Download or read book Build Your House Around My Body written by Violet Kupersmith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part puzzle, part revenge tale, part ghost story, this ingenious novel spins half a century of Vietnamese history and folklore into “a thrilling read, acrobatic and filled with verve” (The New York Times Editors’ Choice). FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION’S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Good Housekeeping, Kirkus Reviews “Fiction as daring and accomplished as Violet Kupersmith’s first novel reignites my love of the form and its kaleidoscopic possibilities.”—David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas Two young women go missing decades apart. Both are fearless, both are lost. And both will have their revenge. 1986: The teenage daughter of a wealthy Vietnamese family loses her way in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father and is forever changed. 2011: A young, unhappy Vietnamese American woman disappears from her new home in Saigon without a trace. The fates of these two women are inescapably linked, bound together by past generations, by ghosts and ancestors, by the history of possessed bodies and possessed lands. Alongside them, we meet a young boy who is sent to a boarding school for the métis children of French expatriates, just before Vietnam declares its independence from colonial rule; two Frenchmen who are trying to start a business with the Vietnam War on the horizon; and the employees of the Saigon Spirit Eradication Co., who find themselves investigating strange occurrences in a farmhouse on the edge of a forest. Each new character and timeline brings us one step closer to understanding what binds them all. Build Your House Around My Body takes us from colonial mansions to ramshackle zoos, from sweaty nightclubs to the jostling seats of motorbikes, from ex-pat flats to sizzling back-alley street carts. Spanning more than fifty years of Vietnamese history and barreling toward an unforgettable conclusion, this is a time-traveling, heart-pounding, border-crossing fever dream of a novel that will haunt you long after the last page.

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Download or read book Violet the Snowgirl written by Lisa Walsh and published by Free Spirit Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This versatile story gives children permission to grieve and helps them develop positive coping skills. When third grader Jerzie wakes up the day after her birthday, she feels grumpy. Her birthday cheer is gone, and she knows today is going to be nothing but boring—until she hears a knock at her door. Grandma’s here! Grandma, Jerzie, and her little brother, Josiah, spend all day outside building and playing with Violet, a snowgirl that becomes a pilot, a teacher, a vet, and even their late granddad throughout the day. But when a warm day comes and Violet melts, Jerzie must learn to cope with her grief and develop positive coping skills. The stages of grief are complex, but using the simple analogy of building a snowman, Violet the Snowgirl is accessible and versatile. It helps children develop positive coping skills so they can process change, like moving to a new school. It also offers strategies for dealing with more difficult loss, like divorce or death. At the back of the book, you will find conversation prompts and resources to support children experiencing grief.

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Download or read book Rose Gardner Box Set 1 written by Denise Grover Swank and published by DGS. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA TODAY Bestseller! Box set of the first three books and novella in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series. When Rose Gardner decides she's done frittering her days away at the DMV, she turns Henryetta, Arkansas upside down as she navigates life, love and the investigation of a murder every now and then. TWENTY-EIGHT AND A HALF WISHES: When Rose sees a vision of her murder, she’s done frittering her life away and makes a list. Her sexy neighbor Joe offers to help yet refuses to cooperate with #15-- do more with a man. But time’s running out and suddenly dying a virgin in the county jail becomes the least of her worries.--winner of the Write Touch Readers' Award 2012 TWENTY-NINE AND A HALF REASONS: Rose thinks a jury summons means a morning off from work, until she sees a vision of the murderer in the men’s restroom: a huge problem since the murderer isn’t the one on trial. If that weren’t enough, Rose is caught between her sister Violet and her new boyfriend Joe. Henryetta, Arkansas just got messier. --USA Today Bestseller THIRTY AND A HALF EXCUSES: While Rose and Violet open their nursery, an elderly woman on Rose’s street dies. The police rule her death from natural causes, but Rose and her cranky neighbor Mildred disagree. --iBooks Best of 2013 FALLING TO PIECES: (novella) Rose struggles with heartbreak with the support of her new friends while Joe gets support from someone in his past.

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Download or read book An Undesirable Duke written by Dayna Quince and published by Red Rose Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a fateful meeting in Hyde Park, Violet lost her heart to a young lord who disappeared. But now he’s returned, and whispers amongst Society hint that he’s grossly disfigured and fit for Bedlam. Weirick, the new Duke of Selbourne, intends to leave England again and the past that left him with deep scars by staging his own death. But before he can, Weirick must see his heir married and settled. When Violet and Weirick five years after their first encounter, Violets long held feelings remain true and she’s not going to let go of him again. But Weirick resists her at every turn. How can she prove to him she sees past the beast he’s become and she wants his heart, not his title? Though his temper runs hot, Weirick’s desire for Violet burns hotter. But keeping Violet for himself would mean embracing a destiny he’s run from all his life. If you like Steamy Regency Romance, rogues, strong heroines, and scintillating love scenes, then you’ll love Dayna Quince’s Historical Romance novels. Romance Awaits! Download now!

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Download or read book Hero of Her Heart written by Dayna Quince and published by Red Rose Press. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Charlotte Angelwood made a deathbed promise to her father that she would marry Lord Shelding’s son. But now that her father has died, Charlotte will do anything to break her betrothal to her revolting fiancé. Christopher Thorn arrived in England to expand his American brewing company with an English investor. But on his first day on English soil, he meets a young woman in need of a hero and he can’t resist seeing her again. But their growing desire puts them both in danger of losing everything. Charlotte must escape Lord Shelding’s hold on her but it could all be for nothing if Thorn doesn’t return her feelings. Thorn must risk everything he’s worked for or turn his back on the woman who has stolen his heart. Can love save them from a determined enemy or will Thorn be forced to leave Charlotte behind when he returns to America? If you like Steamy Regency Romance, rogues, strong heroines, and scintillating love scenes, then you’ll love Dayna Quince’s Historical Romance novels. Romance Awaits! Download now!

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Download or read book Just Another Day written by Viviana Santos and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violet Smith is just another dormant dreamer, living day by day lost in her usual routine, wishing she could help the whole world, feed the hungry and free all the innocent caged souls. Until luck brings her and her friends to an unexpected acclaimed party. She finds herself facing her nightmares and fears, more possibilities than she cares to be open to.Tom isn’t your average contender you would meet in a pub, but they neither can’t deny nor resist the chemistry that brings them together. All he wants is time with her, just one more dance while Violet tries to find where the catch is. Will she open herself up to possible hurt again or will she step outside and discover the world, herself?