Download or read book The Bunkmate written by Lexy Timms and published by . This book was released on with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roommates are not permanent, But the attachments are… Abigail A few weeks ago, I was a nobody at Gulf Coast University. Now I'm the most popular girl on campus. All thanks to my roommate, star quarterback Casey Turner. Everybody wants a piece of me, but all I want is Casey. He's sexy and funny, with the ability to literally charm a girl's pants off. Plus, he noticed me way back when I was invisible. As I climb higher up the social ladder, all the other girls who want him are sharpening their claws. Crushing on Casey when I was a shy, invisible nerd was hard. Wanting him now that I can be knocked off this throne is even harder. I know it's foolish to hope for something more than a fling with the university's most notorious player. But now that I'm in the spotlight, all I want is for Casey to give us a chance. Casey As the king on this campus, I have a reputation. I'm the best quarterback this school has ever had, and even though I'm a player not one of the girls on campus has ever tied me down. Too bad my rep has taken a hit ever since I moved in with the university's biggest nerd. Abigail Hopkins, geek and all-around good girl. Though I tried to resist my shy, nerdy roommate, things got hot and heavy. Turns out Abby is the one girl with the power to bring me to my knees and I didn't see it coming. At first fooling around with her is all fun and games, until she becomes the center of attention. Now, students want to either date her or befriend her. After Abby's dorky, good girl image gets a makeover, I start to wonder. If I'm the one who put her in the limelight, what happens when I decide that I want the school's most popular girl all to myself? Roommate Wanted Series The Roommate The Bunkmate The Flatmate Search Terms: roommate romance, new adult romance, contemporary romance and sex, billionaire obsession, romance love triangle, romance love, sweet love story, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, billionaire romance, billionaire romanc, true love, happily ever after, famos actor, hot and steamy, hot romance, hot doctores, bad boy, Alpha Bad Boy, Alpha male romance, billionaire, romance, new adult, contemporary romance, love and life, cancer, fake girlfriend, fake, sexy, sexy hero, sweet romance, hot steamy, love

Download or read book Serve the People written by Jen Lin-Liu and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memorable and mouthwatering cook's tour of today's China As a freelance journalist and food writer living in Beijing, Jen Lin-Liu already had a ringside seat for China's exploding food scene. When she decided to enroll in a local cooking school--held in an unheated classroom with nary a measuring cup in sight--she jumped into the ring herself. Progressing from cooking student to noodle-stall and dumpling-house apprentice to intern at a chic Shanghai restaurant, she finds poor young men and women streaming in from the provinces in search of a "rice bowl" (living wage); a burgeoning urban middle class hungry for luxury after decades of turmoil and privation; and the mentors who take her in hand in the kitchen and beyond. Together they present an unforgettable slice of contemporary China in the full swing of social and economic transformation.

Download or read book Greetings from Carl s Corner Texas written by Lianne Cain and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ordinary Friday night out for dinner and dancing turned into a seven-month journey that cris-crossed America. When a school teacher met a truck driver, worlds collided. What began as an overnight trip to Texas ended at the Alamo, but the road led through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania and twenty-seven other states! The ride began in January and didn't end until July!

Download or read book The Story of Black Military Officers 1861 1948 written by Krewasky A. Salter I and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black members of the military served in every war, conflict and military engagement between 1861 and 1948. Beyond serving only as enlisted soldiers and non-commissioned officers, many also served as commissioned officers in positions of leadership and authority. This book offers the first complete and conclusive work to specifically examine the history of black commissioned officers.

Download or read book The Idea of You written by Robinne Lee and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now an original movie on Prime Video starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine! When Solène Marchand, the thirty-nine-year-old owner of a prestigious art gallery in Los Angeles, takes her daughter, Isabelle, to meet her favorite boy band, she does so reluctantly and at her ex-husband’s request. The last thing she expects is to make a connection with one of the members of the world-famous August Moon. But Hayes Campbell is clever, winning, confident, and posh, and the attraction is immediate. That he is all of twenty years old further complicates things. What begins as a series of clandestine trysts quickly evolves into a passionate relationship. It is a journey that spans continents as Solène and Hayes navigate each other’s disparate worlds: from stadium tours to international art fairs to secluded hideaways in Paris and Miami. And for Solène, it is as much a reclaiming of self, as it is a rediscovery of happiness and love. When their romance becomes a viral sensation, and both she and her daughter become the target of rabid fans and an insatiable media, Solène must face how her new status has impacted not only her life, but the lives of those closest to her.

Download or read book Joint Service written by Lexy Timms and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am a warrior not because I always win, but because I always fight... SAM Sam Rusev is the youngest of the brothers and an Army general. As the biggest of the brothers, he has always felt a need to protect. But the military isn't his career choice forever, and though he rose fast up the ranks, he wants to get out and do something fun with the rest of his life, hopefully with a partner like two of his brothers have. While on leave for his brothers wedding, Sam is called to a mission at the border of Afghanistan. But not before a night on the town and a chance meeting with a girl who rocks his world. When he finds out she is also going on the same mission as an Army doc, he wonders if he can control his desire for her, and if their passion is too dangerous for them to survive! Rosa: Rosa is almost done with her time in the military and is looking forward to spending her days with Doctors Without Borders. But while on her last leave, she meets Sam, and finds out she will be traveling with him in the sandbox of Afghanistan. But when the situation gets hairy really quickly, and she cant seem to keep her desire for Sam or her emotions about it in check, it threatens to spell disaster for both of them. When it all hits the fan, can she keep her head straight, or will love be the thing that ends her? Department of Defense Series: Dead Ahead Blue Falcon Joint Service Indirect Attack Search Terms: military romance, romantic suspense, contemporary romance, Mob romance, crime romance, thriller, bully romance dark romance, billionaire romance, new adult romance, sexy hero, hot and steamy, romance, ageless romance, FICTION / Romance / Contemporary FICTION / Romance / New Adult FICTION / Romance / Romantic Comedy, sexy, coming of age romance, bully romance college, mafia, enemies to lovers, mountain man, military, navy, navy seal, inspirational romance

Download or read book The Betrayer written by Lexy Timms and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are born with our father's names… The Father: I built my million-dollar company from the ground up with hard work and sweat. Now I can sit back and relax as my son takes on more of the burden. At least, that's what way I see things. My son? Not so much. He's uptight to my laidback, stern to my loose control, and he worries far too much. He disagrees with my lifestyle, but I've earned the way I live, and I'm not about to change. Unless, of course, it tears apart our already tenuous relationship. The Son: My father might have started our company, but I'm the one who made it what it is—a billion-dollar corporation. It required time and my smarts, but I know how to work hard. My father? Not so much. My father is casual and free-wheeling, with a penchant for dating younger women. He frustrates me to no end because he doesn't take life seriously enough. I will never know how we share the same DNA. But what happens when his free-wheeling view of life affects not just the company we built together but also our personal relationship? SIns of the Father Series His Betrayer The Player The Skillful His Limits The Retreat The Fallback Search Terms: billionaire boss, workplace romance, sexy, hot and steamy, sport romance, hired wife, fake girlfriend, happily ever after, sweet love story, romance love, romance love triangle, new adult romance, billionaire obsession, contemporary romance and sex, romance billionaire series, free kindle romance, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, billionaire romance, holiday, holiday romance, romance, billionaire, true love, love and life, golf, bilionaire romance, dark romance, romantic comedy, saga, women's saga, workplace romance, BBW, bad boy, Alpha Bad Boy, Alpha male romance, new adult, contemporary romance, cancer, fictio, big beautiful women, women's fiction

Download or read book Tails of Love written by Lexy Timms and published by . This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best therapist has fur and four legs... Aimee Price thought she had everything in the bag. Then she found out that her ex had stolen her work, sold it, and trashed her reputation on the side. Suddenly things didn't look as rosy as she'd thought. Luckily, she's not facing this on her own. Morgan Clarke, her brother's best friend and her new flame, is willing to stand next to her as she fights for what is right, including going with her to New York to fight for her reputation. Except now, she's got a whole new bag of troubles. The company that bought her stolen work wants to hire her—but only if she moves to New York. Meanwhile, Morgan has plans of his own... that don't include moving to New York City. He's planning to stay in Long Neck with his new contact Gracie to open up a dog-training business. To complicate matters even further, Aimee's parents announce that they're selling the family farm to a land developer and moving out of town. Aimee's brothers come up with a scheme to save the farm, but it will only work if Aimee invests in it. And stays home. Staying home would mean risking her shot at a big career and a move back to the city she once loved. That would mean leaving behind the man she's come to love and losing what she's been building with him. It would also mean turning the family farm over to a developer who will raze the family home. Aimee knows what her heart wants, but she's not sure she's ready to listen to it. After all, she's been burned by love before. The question is, will she choose Morgan, her family, and her home? Or will she run back to the city, take the big job, and move on with her life? The answer lies somewhere in the middle... if Aimee can find it. And if she can convince Morgan to wait for her. Like Cats & Dogs Series Barking Mad Perfectly Flawed Tails of Love Search Terms: romantic comedy, contemporary romance, new adult, romance, contemporary romance and sex, romance billionaire series, true love, overcoming, women's fiction, fake girlfriend, billionaire, Alpha male romance, Alpha Bad Boy, bad boy, hot romance, hot and steamy, happily ever after, love, enemies to lovers, billionaire romance, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, billionaire obsession, new adult romance, romance love triangle, romance love, sweet love story, billionaire romanc, love and life, sexy, sport romance, holiday, holiday romance, bilionaire romance, dark romance, saga, women's saga, military romance, ptsd

Download or read book Saving Forever Part 6 written by Lexy Timms and published by Dark Shadow Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-25 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes the heart needs a different kind of saving... find out if Charity Thompson will find a way of saving forever in this hospital setting Best-Selling Romance by Lexy Timms Charity and Elijah have hit their stride. Now both doctors, they live a busy life but have the perfect family. Jamie Lynn is a lively two year old whom they both adore. There is also Elijah’s mother, Margaret, and Charity’s father, Dr. Scott Thompson. Who says love and passion don’t happen after sixty? Charity is about to learn that with life, even when you have everything; change is inevitable. A new position at the hospital causes her to doubt herself, and a near tragedy involving Jamie are only the start of the obstacles Elijah and Charity must overcome. Will love be enough to carry them through? Or will the hear need a different kind of saving?

Download or read book Red Sorrow written by Nanchu and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, 13-year-old Nanchu watched Red Guards destroy her home and torture her parents, whom they jailed. She was left to fend for herself and her younger brother. When she grew older, she herself became a Red Guard and was sent to the largest work camp in China. There she faced primitive conditions, sexual harassment, and the pressure to conform. Eventually, she was admitted to Madam Mao's university, where politics were more important than learning. Her testimony is essential reading for anyone interested in China or human rights.

Download or read book Sinner written by Lexy Timms and published by . This book was released on with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hate the sin, love the Sinner… I thought I was through with him, that biker bad boy who swept me off my feet seven years ago. I was going to get my life together, settle down with a normal nine to five guy and have a couple of kids. But after watching my best friend Zoe get everything I thought I wanted, I realized that wasn't for me. I needed adventure and excitement, all the things that the Kings of Hades motorcycle club offered. The only problem was that Jasper was off the menu. I demanded a ring and he said no, so that was the end of that. Simon was just a replacement, someone to have fun with when I wasn't working. We weren't seriously involved. How could I be? He was a member of a rival gang with the nickname "The Reaper." That wasn't the kind of guy you put down roots with. How was I to know that Simon was hell bent on getting revenge on Jasper and the rest of the Kings for something that happened long ago? And that I would be caught in the crossfire? King of Hades MC Series Book 1 – Sinner Book 2 – Tempting Sinner Book 3 – Enticing Sinner Search Terms: heist crime, motorcycle club romance, hot romance, sweet romance, motorcycle romance, reapers motorcycle club series, contemporary romance, Biker Romance Series, romance billionaire series, New Adult & College Romance, romance love triangle, love, Cassie Alexander, lexy timms, best seller series, Motorcycle Club, romance, bad boy obsession, Alpha Bad Boy, alpha, mc series, mc romance, action adventure romance, romantic suspence, biker mc, biker mc romance, romantic suspense, Motorcycle Club Romance, Romantic Action & Adventure, billionaire romance, Motorcycle Action Adventure, billionaire obsession, Billionaire, Billionaire bad boys club, love and romance, love and sex, sweet love story, happily ever after, HEA

Download or read book Twisting Ocean written by Lexy Timms and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can't stop the waves… Jake Wolfe has been arrested for hitting his ex-wife despite his innocence. Gabby vows to stand by him and reveal the truth. After getting him out of jail, she has to go home to LA. They maintain a long distance relationship while he works through his legal troubles. When the truth is finally revealed, Gabby and Jake think they can finally be together. Everything changes when Jake's ex goes after Gabby, and then Jake in a violent attack. Will they get through this attempt from his ex to break them up, or will love have the strength to carry them through it? Cottage by the Sea Series Surging Tide Distant Shores Twisting Ocean Search Terms: contemporary romance, new adult, romance, contemporary romance and sex, romance billionaire series, true love, overcoming, women's fiction, fake girlfriend, billionaire, Alpha male romance, Alpha Bad Boy, bad boy, hot romance, hot and steamy, happily ever after, love, enemies to lovers, romantic suspense

Download or read book Snowflake Hollow Part 1 written by Lexy Timms and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beauty of Christmas lies not just in the date, but in the feeling it gives… She's not the biggest fan of Christmas – which is akin to a major sin in the little town of Snowflake Hollow. And with a name like Holly White, it's fitting that she owns the only B&B in town. The whole season is a huge deal, and the people coming to stay at the B&B are paying a premium to get the ultimate festive experience. She's trying to keep the guests busy, but Hank the Handyman just broke his leg trying to hang the lights. Now she has to figure out how to make the holiday festivities happen all by herself. Enter Lawson Lane. Mister green eyes, tall, dark and handsome, has come home to see his mother over the holidays, and is surprised to see Holly as the owner of the B&B. When he notices her struggling to get things done, he offers a helping hand. Seeing Holly again and enjoying the holidays might take a Christmas miracle—or he might end up with a lump of coal in his stocking. It's 12 days of festive fun, what could possibly go wrong? Lexy Timms brings you a Christmas holiday romance with 12 days of Christmas – each part of the story releasing like opening an advent calendar! Join in the holiday spirit with a festive read and some laughs to get you into the Christmas season. Search Terms: Holiday romance, new adult romance, sweet romance, hometown romance, sexy, hot and steamy, happily ever after, sweet love story, romance love, romance billionaire series, billionaire romance, holiday, holiday romance, romance, billionaire, women's fiction, New Years Romance, Christman Romance, Christmas fiction

Download or read book Above the French Lines written by Stuart Walcott and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amerikansk pilot under 1. verdenskrig beskriver i breve sine oplevelser og bidrager således til luftkrigens historie.

Download or read book Royally F cked written by Lexy Timms and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A crown doesn't make you a king... Prince Niko Priestly, the next in line to a small country, doesn't want the crown. The thing is, you can't abdicate the throne when you're the only remaining royal blood left to fill the seat. No uncles that had illegitimate children, no secret love babies… just me. Marriage, life, how many children, everything's basically been all arranged for me before I was even out of the womb. I need to marry royal blood, some high class social snob that's colder than a glacier. Stuck in a life I don't want, forced to fulfill duties I suck at and the more times I screw up, the more the media loves me. The world is f'd. I've got one last chance at pretending to be normal. Sort of. One year left at a proper university that I'm not allowed to flunk out of… which I'm kind of on course to do. But I made a deal with the king: I'll pass all my courses if he promises to lay off on the bodyguards, the social commitments, bascially everything that goes with royalty until I graduate. He agrees — under the condition I get a tutor to help me not fail my classes. I can't say no. It's a door—more like a window—to freedom for one year at least. There's no falling for the tutor - she's a commoner, with divorced parents, her family isn't even from Eldinburgh. She's so far from perfect, my father isn't even worried I might fall for her. A Royal Affair Series Book 1 – Royally F*cked Book 2 – Royally Screwed Book 3 – Royally Obsessed Search Terms: royalty romance, new adult romance, billionaire romance, dark romance, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, romance billionaire series, contemporary romance and sex, billionaire obsession, romance love triangle, romance love, sweet love story, obession, royalty, royal romance, forbidden love

Download or read book The Glint of Desire written by Lexy Timms and published by Dark Shadow Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first step of beginning something is desire… What do you do when your boyfriend suddenly becomes famous? How can you cope when there are millions of women out there who want him? I never thought I would find myself in this situation. When I met Jace, he was a male escort, handsome, charming, and adept at staying off the radar. But after starring in my feature film, The Queen of Brooklyn, he's become a household name. We're on again, off again, and it's driving me crazy. I can't stop wondering if he would be better off without me. In a lot of ways, I feel like I'm holding him back, even though he swears that isn't the case. It all comes down to trust. Do I trust him to walk into a room and ignore the adoration of hundreds of female fans? Do I trust myself enough to support him as he steps into the role of a lifetime? Do we trust each other to always be there, so that time and distance lose their power to split us apart? And most importantly, can I avoid the tendency to see the glass as half empty and find the strength to believe in our future? Escort Romance Series Midnight Kisses The Art of Falling The Glint of Desire Search Term: friends to lovers, escort romance, contemporary romance, billionaires and millionsaires, romantic comedy, sweet romance, steamy, big beautiful women, BBW, romance billionaire series, contemporary romance and sex, billionaire obsession, new adult romance, romance love triangle, romance love, sweet love story, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, billionaire romanc, billionaire, romance, holiday romance, holiday, billionaire romance, happily ever after, fake girlfriend, hired wife, sport romance, hot and steamy, sexy, strong women, women's humorous fiction, bbw romance, harlequin romance, true love, women's fiction, coming of age, famous actor, hot romance, bad boy, Alpha Bad Boy, Alpha male romance, new adult, love and life, fiction, pepper winters, fake fiancee, fake fiance, fake boyfriend, love triangle, bad boy obsession, bad boy romance

Download or read book The Book of Dirt written by Bram Presser and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘An immense work of love and anger, a book Bram Presser was born to write.’ Joan London They chose not to speak and now they are gone...What’s left to fill the silence is no longer theirs. This is my story, woven from the threads of rumour and legend. Jakub Rand flees his village for Prague, only to find himself trapped by the Nazi occupation. Deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, he is forced to sort through Jewish books for a so-called Museum of the Extinct Race. Hidden among the rare texts is a tattered prayer book, hollow inside, containing a small pile of dirt. Back in the city, Františka Roubíčková picks over the embers of her failed marriage, despairing of her conversion to Judaism. When the Nazis summon her two eldest daughters for transport, she must sacrifice everything to save the girls from certain death. Decades later, Bram Presser embarks on a quest to find the truth behind the stories his family built around these remarkable survivors. The Book of Dirt is a completely original novel about love, family secrets, and Jewish myths. And it is a heart-warming story about a grandson’s devotion to the power of storytelling and his family’s legacy. Bram Presser was born in Melbourne in 1976. His stories have appeared in Best Australian Stories, Award Winning Australian Writing, The Sleepers Almanac and Higher Arc. His 2017 debut novel, The Book of Dirt, won the 2018 Goldberg Prize for Debut Fiction in the US National Jewish Book Awards, the 2018 Voss Literary Prize and three awards in the 2018 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards: the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing and The People’s Choice Award. ‘The lyrical, impassioned and culturally rich prose of The Book of Dirt, and its moral force, bears echoes of such great Jewish writers as Franz Kafka (Presser inherited his grandfather’s copy of The Trial), Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Cynthia Ozick...It is a major book, and one for the times: while I was reading it, neo-Nazis in America brought fatal violence to Charlottesville, and, in Melbourne, neo-Nazis placed posters in schools calling for the killing of Jews to be legalised...The Book of Dirt is a courageous work, as necessary for us to read as it was for Presser to write.’ Saturday Paper ‘A beautiful literary mind.’ A.S. Patrić ‘Meet Bram Presser, aged five, smoking a cigarette with his grandmother in Prague. Meet Jakub Rand, one of the Jews chosen to assemble the Nazi’s Museum of the Extinct Race. Such details, like lightning flashes, illuminate this audacious work about the author’s search for the grandfather he loved but hardly knew. Working in the wake of writers like Modiano and Safran Foer, Presser brilliantly shows how fresh facts can derail old truths, how fiction can amplify memory. A smart and tender meditation on who we become when we attempt to survive survival.’ Mireille Juchau ‘The Book of Dirt is a grandson’s tender act of devotion, the product of a quest to rescue family voices from the silence, to bear witness, drawing on legend, journey and history, and shaped by extraordinary storytelling.’ Arnold Zable ‘A remarkable tale of Holocaust survival, love and genealogical sleuthing...A beautiful tale that will stay with the reader long after the book’s end.’ Books+Publishing ‘It’s hard not to be captured from the opening epigraph...[A] magnificent ode to all that is lost.’ Longin to Be ‘It is difficult to convey the breadth and nuance of this extraordinary work. It is a book about how history is made—and about who is allowed the privilege to remake it. There are echoes here of Sebald’s biting honesty and Chabon’s long and rewarding vignettes. An absolute pleasure to read.’ Readings ‘As in Sebald’s prose narratives, Presser’s novel inhabits and the dynamic region between fiction and non-fiction.’ Australian Book Review ‘An impressive and captivating story of remembrance, a journey into the past for the sake of deciphering our present.’ Dasa Drndic ‘In The Book of Dirt the fractured lines of memory create a gripping story of survival and love.’ Leah Kaminsky ‘I found Bram Presser’s The Book of Dirt impossible to forget. Penetrating, soulful, and surprisingly welcoming, it reminded me of my own ancestors and how easy it is to sidestep the past.’ Barry Scott, Australian Book Review, 2017 Publisher Picks ‘Presser blurs the boundaries of fact and fiction in a compelling way...A wonderful and original book, told in rich, lyrically beautiful prose that is laden with history and cultural meaning.’ Good Reading ‘A combination of homage, mystery, family history and a sepia-toned love story...The Book of Dirt is magnificent.’ ANZ LitLovers ‘A heartfelt and original attempt to bridge the ever-growing gaps between history, memory and silence...Its heart beats so earnestly, and so loud...What Presser has produced is a meditation on the ethics of storytelling, of the duties we owe to the people whose stories we tell, and to the people whose stories we don’t.’ Australian ‘Always surprising and beautifully complex, and both deft and sensitive in its handling of its intertwined narratives and materials. It is an incredibly affecting book, one that lingers long after reading—and a remarkably assured debut.’ Age ‘A gripping tale of survival and an absorbing novelisation of his family’s extraordinary lives...Presser fills in the gaps in his grandfather’s story with vivid character studies; together with poignant black and white snapshots, he brings them evocatively to life. His poetic narrative is a perfect foil for the silences of his forbears.’ Toowoomba Chronicle ‘The Book of Dirt is both a loving, honest portrayal of lives that would have been erased, and an incorporation of the broader lessons of their experience into contemporary mythology. It keeps the discussion about trauma, memory, and intergenerational acts of transfer alive for those generations that follow, that risk forgetting. It is a potent achievement for a debut novel.’ Sydney Review of Books