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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 1987. Thirty-year old Leo Johnstone is at a crossroads in hislife. After suriviving a vicious assault from a drug dealer,Leo turns to God for guidance and inspiration.

"Sally Koslow channels Nora Ephron in this lively tale of obligation versus desire and the politics of family power. Deftly written with equal parts intelligence, pathos, and humor, The Real Mrs. Tobias is a pure pleasure to read."—Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of It All Comes Down to This

A sharply funny and big-hearted multi-generational story about the deeply complicated relationships

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The main character, Ann, is born into poverty in 1947. It shows how her family controls her and keeps her in poverty through their attitudes regarding gender inequality, immigrants, and minorities. We learn from her how to break this cycle to get out of poverty. She grows up in Brooklyn with a single mother and an absentee father and tells the story through her memories. You hear about the three generations of women who were chained to poverty because...

After a family member tragically falls ill, Una Golden was forced to move from Pennsylvania to New York in order to get a job to help support her family. Set in the early 1900s, going to the big city as a single woman was daunting and unconventional, but Una is dedicated to helping her family. After diligently job searching and excelling in additional training and education, Una discovers that she has the skills to be a talented commercial real estate...

Han pasado muchos años desde que el protagonista de este relato, que escribe desde una mazmorra en la que, sin saber cómo ni por quién, ha sido confinado, observaba desde su ventana el deprimente espectáculo de la existencia en el Barrio Viejo, e imaginaba una vida emocionante en los extramuros, alejado de sus hermanos, de su abnegada e inexpresiva madre y de una niñera sumida en la desesperanza. La llegada intempestiva de una extraña joven...

Follaje es el aullido de una generación de soñadores sumida en una carrera de fondo sin fin en la que despertar cada mañana llorando, tiritando del pavor. Una historia de resignación y redención en la que el narrador nos invita a acompañarle en su lúgubre descenso a los infiernos. Artur Nahasapemapetilon, de treinta y cuatro años, es un joven asalariado de cuello blanco cuyo puesto de trabajo transcurre en una moderna agencia creativa. Pesimista...

Meet Lenny Bird. He's in his mid-twenties, big and burly, with a ravenous appetite. He's a larger-than-life, eccentric, impetuous, exuberant photographer who has recently relocated from Oklahoma to Los Angeles. Travel with him through various jobs, relationships and experiences as he confronts life head-on. In his job as a photojournalist, Lenny is obsessed with getting perfect, unique photographs. He is an unconventional employee who dislikes bureaucrats...

Between the years of 2003 and 2018, the number of working women in India fell from 42.7% to a staggering 23.3%. When novice journalist Neha learns of this mind-boggling statistic, she is determined to do something about it. Neha knows how best to communicate the issue at hand - through her first article series with Arkaa magazine. But when Neha's assignment on Artificial Intelligence proves more than she bargained for, she finds herself trapped...

Nobody rides for free.Not even a talented opera singer . . .My initial encounter with the diva had been on a Hollywood Blvd bus in the mid-70s. I was sitting in the middle somewhere on my way to another nothing job interview that I doubted I had a chance to land. Nam vet, you see. With a case of PTSD.She had boarded and claimed the bench seat across from the driver. Next thing we knew, she was squatting. . . . Well, let's just say the air suddenly...