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Su, Tong Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas William Morrow & Co 1993 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1030331. ISBN #0688122175 / 9780688122171. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Su, Tong Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas William Morrow & Co 1993 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1030331. ISBN #0688122175 / 9780688122171. (filed under: Fiction ) *
Four concubines compete for the sexual attentions of their master in a stifling 1930s rural clan house in a collection of novellas that explore relationships between women and men. 25,000 first printing. 15,000 ad promo.
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Sue, Eugene The Mysteries of Paris Dedalus Ltd 1989 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127890. ISBN #0946626308 / 9780946626304. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sue, Eugene The Mysteries of Paris Dedalus Ltd 1989 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127890. ISBN #0946626308 / 9780946626304. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Excerpt from The Mysteries of Paris: A Novel Another of these families had just lost its h an hon est painter, who, while at work, fell from the urth story of a house. He left a wife and several young children in the most profound grief and greatest destitution.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Sullivan, J. Courtney Engagements 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1023151. ISBN #030795871X / 9780307958716. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sullivan, J. Courtney Engagements 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1023151. ISBN #030795871X / 9780307958716. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the New York Times best-selling author of Commencement and Maine comes a gorgeous, sprawling novel about marriage about those who marry in a white heat of passion, those who marry for partnership and comfort, and those who live together, love each other, and have absolutely no intention of ruining it all with a wedding. Evelyn has been married to her husband for forty years forty years since he slipped off her first wedding ring and put his own in its place. Delphine has seen both sides of love the ecstatic, glorious highs of seduction, and the bitter, spiteful fury that descends when it s over. James, a paramedic who works the night shift, knows his wife s family thinks she could have done better; while Kate, partnered with Dan for a decade, has seen every kind of wedding beach weddings, backyard weddings, castle weddings and has vowed never, ever, to have one of her own. As these lives and marriages unfold in surprising ways, we meet Frances Gerety, a young advertising copywriter in 1947. Frances is working on the De Beers campaign and she needs a signature line, so, one night before bed, she scribbles a phrase on a scrap of paper: A Diamond Is Forever. And that line changes everything. A rich, layered, exhilarating novel spanning nearly a hundred years, The Engagements captures four wholly unique marriages, while tracing the story of diamonds in America, and the way for better or for worse these glittering stones have come to symbolize our deepest hopes for everlasting love.
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Sumell, Matt Making Nice 2015 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133380. ISBN #1627790934 / 9781627790932. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sumell, Matt Making Nice 2015 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133380. ISBN #1627790934 / 9781627790932. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Named a book of the year by BUSTLE and ELECTRIC LITERATURE Alby is Holden Caulfield in the Internet age..." -- Los Angeles Times Hailed as "indelible" by Entertainment Weekly , a "cringe-inducingly funny" The Wall Street Journal gut-punch of a debut about love, grief, and family "unleashes one of the most comically arresting voices this side of Sam Lipsyte's Homeland " Publishers Weekly , starred review In Matt Sumell's blazing first book, our hero Alby flails wildly against the world around him he punches his sister she deserved it , "unprotectos" broads they deserved it and liked it , gets drunk and picks fights all deserved , defends defenseless creatures both large and small, and spews insults at children, slow drivers, old ladies, and every single surviving member of his family. In each of these stories Alby distills the anguish, the terror, the humor, and the strange grace or lack of he experiences in the aftermath of his mother's death. Swirling at the center of Alby's rage is a grief so big, so profound, it might swallow him whole. As he drinks, screws, and jokes his way through his pain and heartache, Alby's anger, his kindness, and his capacity for good bubble up when he and we least expect it. Sumell delivers "a naked rendering of a heart sorting through its broken pieces to survive. " Making Nice is a powerful, full-steam-ahead ride that will keep you laughing even as you try to catch your breath; a new classic about love, loss, and the fine line between grappling through grief and fighting for and with the only family you've got. Mark Richard
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Sundaresan, Indu Feast Of Roses 2003 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1056041. ISBN #0743456408 / 9780743456401. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sundaresan, Indu Feast Of Roses 2003 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1056041. ISBN #0743456408 / 9780743456401. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The love story of Emperor Jahangir and Mehrunnisa, begun in the critically praised debut novel The Twentieth Wife, continues in Indu Sundaresan's The Feast of Roses. This lush new novel tells the story behind one of the great tributes to romantic love and one of the seven wonders of the world -- the Taj Mahal. Mehrunnisa, better known as Empress Nur Jahan, comes into Jahangir's harem as his twentieth and last wife. Almost from the beginning of her royal life she fits none of the established norms of womanhood in seventeenth-century India. Mehrunnisa is the first woman Jahangir marries for love, at the "old" age of thirty-four. He loves her so deeply that he eventually transfers his powers of sovereignty to her. Power and wealth do not come easily to Mehrunnisa -- she has to fight for them. She has a formidable rival in the imperial harem, Empress Jagat Gosini, who has schemed and plotted against Mehrunnisa from early on. Mehrunnisa's problems do not just lie within the harem walls, but at court, too, as she battles powerful ministers for supremacy. These ministers, who have long had Emperor Jahangir's confidence and trust, consider Mehrunnisa a mere woman who cannot have a voice in the outside world. Mehrunnisa combats all of this by forming a junta of sorts with three men she can rely on -- her father, her brother, and Jahangir's son Prince Khurram. She demonstrates great strength of character and cunning to get what she wants, sometimes at a cost of personal sorrow when she almost loses her daughter's love. But she never loses the love of the man who bestows this power upon her -- Emperor Jahangir. The Feast of Roses is a tale of this power and love, the story of power behind a veil.
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Sundaresan, Indu In The Convent Of Little Flowers: Stories 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1079041. ISBN #1416586091 / 9781416586098. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sundaresan, Indu In The Convent Of Little Flowers: Stories 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1079041. ISBN #1416586091 / 9781416586098. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Now in paperback, internationally bestselling author Indu Sundaresan presents a poignant collection of contemporary short stories about the challenges and consequences faced by women in Indian life today. Like Jhumpa Lahiri s Interpreter of Maladies, Indu Sundaresan s In the Convent of Little Flowers gives readers an eloquent and illuminating collection of stories about contemporary Indian life, exploring the cutting-edge issues that surround the clash between ancient tradition and modernity. In the collection s title story, a young woman adopted by an American family in Seattle receives a letter from Sister Mary Theresa, a nun at the Convent of Little Flowers in Chennai, where she stayed as a child. Unbeknownst to the Indian woman, the nun is her biological mother s sister. In another story, the grandmother of an Indian journalist begs her grandson to intervene and stop a young widow from being burned alive. And when a teenaged daughter bears a child out of wedlock, her entire family is thrown into turmoil. With their lush prose, vividly rendered settings, and complex characters, these and the other stories in this elegant collection bring readers into the experience of Indian women at home and abroad, where modernity offers them lives their grandmothers could never dream of, while at the same time taking away parts of their history. With a delicate touch, Indu Sundaresan weaves the pieces of the conflict together, presenting a nuanced and unforgettable tapestry.
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Sundaresan, Indu In The Convent Of Little Flowers: Stories 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1093460. ISBN #1416586105 / 9781416586104. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sundaresan, Indu In The Convent Of Little Flowers: Stories 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1093460. ISBN #1416586105 / 9781416586104. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Now in paperback, internationally bestselling author Indu Sundaresan presents a poignant collection of contemporary short stories about the challenges and consequences faced by women in Indian life today. Like Jhumpa Lahiri s Interpreter of Maladies, Indu Sundaresan s In the Convent of Little Flowers gives readers an eloquent and illuminating collection of stories about contemporary Indian life, exploring the cutting-edge issues that surround the clash between ancient tradition and modernity. In the collection s title story, a young woman adopted by an American family in Seattle receives a letter from Sister Mary Theresa, a nun at the Convent of Little Flowers in Chennai, where she stayed as a child. Unbeknownst to the Indian woman, the nun is her biological mother s sister. In another story, the grandmother of an Indian journalist begs her grandson to intervene and stop a young widow from being burned alive. And when a teenaged daughter bears a child out of wedlock, her entire family is thrown into turmoil. With their lush prose, vividly rendered settings, and complex characters, these and the other stories in this elegant collection bring readers into the experience of Indian women at home and abroad, where modernity offers them lives their grandmothers could never dream of, while at the same time taking away parts of their history. With a delicate touch, Indu Sundaresan weaves the pieces of the conflict together, presenting a nuanced and unforgettable tapestry.
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Sundaresan, Indu Splendor Of Silence 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1093395. ISBN #0743283678 / 9780743283670. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sundaresan, Indu Splendor Of Silence 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1093395. ISBN #0743283678 / 9780743283670. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary When Sam Hawthorne, a twenty-five-year-old U.S. Army captain, arrives at the princely state of Rudrakot in May of 1942, it is on a personal quest to find his missing brother. But Sam's mission is soon threatened by the unlikeliest of sources -- he falls hopelessly in love with Mila, daughter of the local political agent. And Mila, unexpectedly attracted to Sam, finds herself torn between loyalty to her family and the man she loves. A sweeping and poignant story of forbidden love, The Splendor of Silence opens twenty-one years later with Olivia, Sam's daughter, receiving a trunk of treasures from India, along with an anonymous letter that finally fills the silences of her childhood. She finally learns the heartrending story of her parents' passionate and enduring love affair -- throwing them in the path of racial prejudice, nationalist intrigue, and the explosive circumstances of a country on the brink of independence from British rule.
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Sundaresan, Indu The Feast of Roses: A Novel Washington Square Press 2004 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136067. ISBN #0743456416 / 9780743456418. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sundaresan, Indu The Feast of Roses: A Novel Washington Square Press 2004 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136067. ISBN #0743456416 / 9780743456418. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The love story of Emperor Jahangir and Mehrunnisa, begun in the critically praised debut novel The Twentieth Wife, continues in Indu Sundaresan's lush second novel, The Feast of Roses. Here, Mehrunnisa comes into Jahangir's harem as his twentieth and last wife. This time Jahangir has married for love, and members of his court are worried that Mehrunnisa could exert control over their futures. Their concerns are well founded. Mehrunnisa soon becomes the most powerful woman in the Mughal Empire in spite of a formidable rival in the imperial harem who has schemed and plotted against her from the start. She rules from behind the veil, securing her status by forming a junta of sorts with her father, brother, and stepson -- and risking it all, even her daughter, to get what she wants. But she never loses the love of the man who bestows this power upon her....
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Suri, Manil The Death of Vishnu W. W. Norton & Company 2001 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or967622. ISBN #0393050424 / 9780393050424. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Suri, Manil The Death of Vishnu W. W. Norton & Company 2001 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or967622. ISBN #0393050424 / 9780393050424. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Winner of the Barnes Noble 2001 Discover Great New Writers Award for Fiction; finalist in the First Fiction category of the 2002 Los Angeles Times Book Awards. "Vibrantly alive, beautifully written, full of wonderfully rich and deeply human characters." At the opening of this masterful debut novel, Vishnu lies dying on the staircase he inhabits while his neighbors the Pathaks and the Asranis argue over who will pay for an ambulance. As the action spirals up through the floors of the apartment building we are pulled into the drama of the residents lives: Mr. Jalal s obsessive search for higher meaning; Vinod Taneja s longing for the wife he has lost; the comic elopement of Kavita Asrani, who fancies herself the heroine of a Hindi movie. Suffused with Hindu mythology, this story of one apartment building becomes a metaphor for the social and religious divisions of contemporary India, and Vishnu s ascent of the staircase parallels the soul s progress through the various stages of existence. As Vishnu closes in on the riddle of his own mortality, we wonder whether he might not be the god Vishnu, guardian not only of the fate of the building and its occupants, but of the entire
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Surtees, R. S. Handley Cross hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088858. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Surtees, R. S. Hawbuck Grange hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088901. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Surtees, R.S. Hillingdon Hall hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088881. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Surtees, Robert Smith Ask Mamma hardcover. lacks slipcase. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1086641. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Susan, Howatch Shrouded Walls & The Dark Shore hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1113224. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sutcliff, Rosemary Sword At Sunset hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1013457. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sutcliffe, Anne A Rock and A Hard Place Autism Asperger Publishing Company 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1030473. ISBN #193128282X / 9781931282826. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sutcliffe, Anne A Rock and A Hard Place Autism Asperger Publishing Company 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1030473. ISBN #193128282X / 9781931282826. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This gripping novel draws the reader into the heartbreaking dilemma faced by Lucy a mother of three children, the oldest of whom, 9-year-old Hollie, has severe autism. Due to Hollie s erratic and often destructive behaviors, the day-to-day life of the rest of the family is fragmented and chaotic, putting a strain on Lucy s marriage and affecting her younger children. In trying to get the best possible educational services for her daughter, Lucy becomes overwhelmed and exhausted, and as she tries to preserve her family, she finds herself stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Heartbreakingly realistic, engaging the reader with raw emotion, this book is not only great for parents of children on the autism spectrum, but parents of neurotypcial children as well
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Swann, Maxine Flower Children 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132845. ISBN #1594483116 / 9781594483110. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Swann, Maxine Flower Children 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132845. ISBN #1594483116 / 9781594483110. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary ?A work of stunning lyricism and intense originality? Mary Gordon, author of Pearl . From an award-winning short story writer comes this spare, lively, moving novel, quickly embraced by critics and readers, portraying the strangely celebrated and unsupervised childhood of four hippie offspring in the 1970s and 80s. Based on the author?s own upbringing, Flower Children tells the story of four children growing up in rural Pennsylvania, impossibly at odds with their surroundings. In time, as the sheltered utopia their parents have created begins to collapse, the children long for structure and restraint?and all their parents have avoided.
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