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Best Book of the Year Real Simple • AARP • USA Today • NPR • Virginia Living Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize From the Man Booker finalist and bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic and intimate novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth. In 1822, a secret family moves into a secret cabin some thirty miles northeast of Baltimore, to farm, to hide, and to bear ten children over the course of the next sixteen years. Junius Booth—breadwinner, celebrated Shakespearean actor, and master of the house in more ways than one—is at once a mesmerizing talent and a man of terrifying instability. One by one the children arrive, as year by year, the country draws frighteningly closer to the boiling point of secession and civil war. As the tenor of the world shifts, the Booths emerge from their hidden lives to cement their place as one of the country’s leading theatrical families. But behind the curtains of the many stages they have graced, multiple scandals, family triumphs, and criminal disasters begin to take their toll, and the solemn siblings of John Wilkes Booth are left to reckon with the truth behind the destructively specious promise of an early prophecy. Booth is a startling portrait of a country in the throes of change and a vivid exploration of the ties that make, and break, a family.

Sink your teeth into 20 folklore-inspired short stories with this fantasy-horror anthology featuring bestselling authors like Neil Gaiman, M.R. Carey, and Charlie Jane Anders. ALL THE BETTER TO READ YOU WITH: Includes 12 original curses and 6 classic fairy tales! It's a prick of blood, the bite of an apple, the evil eye, a wedding ring or a pair of red shoes. Curses come in all shapes and sizes, and they can happen to anyone, not just those of us with unpopular stepparents . . . Here you'll find unique twists on curses—from fairy tale classics to brand-new hexes of the modern—by bestselling authors! • NEIL GAIMAN • JANE YOLEN • KAREN JOY FOWLER • M.R. CAREY • CHRISTINA HENRY • CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN • TIM LEBBON • MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH • CHARLIE JANE ANDERS • JEN WILLIAMS • CATRIONA WARD • JAMES BROGDEN • MAURA McHUGH • ANGELA SLATTER • LILLITH SAINTCROW • CHRISTOPHER FOWLER • ALISON LITTLEWOOD • MARGO LANAGAN Expect new monsters and mythologies as well as twists on well-loved fables in this fantasy-horror anthology full of warning, monsters, and magic.

Vencedor do PEN/Faulkner Award (2014) Finalista do Man Booker Prize Você não pode escolher sua família, mas eles fazem escolhas por você. Escolhas que definem uma vida. Rosemary tem 22 anos, acabou de entrar para a Universidade da Califórnia e estava até então decidida a não contar nada a ninguém sobre sua família. Por esse motivo, também não temos a intenção de revelar demais sua história: você terá que descobrir sozinho, por volta da página 80, o que torna a família de Rosemary diferente de todas as outras. Rosemary hoje é filha única, mas nem sempre foi assim. Ela costumava ter Fern ao seu lado, uma irmã quase gêmea que foi retirada repentinamente de sua vida, e também Lowell, seu irmão mais velho que atualmente figura na lista de procurados do FBI. Mas existe algo de singular a respeito de Fern, e foi a decisão de seus pais de dar a Rosemary uma irmã como nenhuma outra que começou todo o seu problema. Para acertar as contas com sua infância, ela agora pretende contar sua história, repleta de ironia, sagacidade e um certo toque de amargura em uma narrativa em loop, que começa no final até voltar ao começo. Duas vezes. Engraçado, inteligente, intimista, honesto, hiperanalítico, Estamos todos completamente transtornados é um livro tão cheio de vida que seria capaz de mordê-lo. Esperamos que você goste, e, caso queira recomendar a um amigo e não resistir em contar tudo sobre Fern, não se preocupe: um dos poucos estudos científicos que Rosemary não cita afirma que os spoilers podem melhorar a leitura.

Consagrada pelos diálogos afiados e pela ironia presente em seus romances, Jane Austen é uma das escritoras inglesas mais conhecidas no mundo. Fã da autora, a norte-americana Karen Joy Fowler faz um divertido passeio por suas obras em O clube de leitura de Jane Austen, que se manteve por 33 semanas na lista dos mais vendidos do The New York Times, figurou no prestigioso ranking dos 100 livros notáveis do ano do jornal e deu origem ao filme de mesmo nome. No livro, Fowler apresenta um grupo formado por cinco mulheres e um homem, traçando um paralelo entre seus personagens e os criados pela autora britânica, numa deliciosa análise dos relacionamentos modernos à luz da obra de Jane Austen. A trama, que se passa na Califórnia, começa quando Jocelyn, uma criadora de cães da raça Leão da Rodésia, decide montar um clube de leitura para discutir as obras de Jane Austen. Ela escolhe a dedo os integrantes: Sylvia, sua melhor amiga desde quando as duas tinham 11 anos; Allegra, filha de Sylvia; Prudie, professora de francês na escola local; a falante Bernadette, conhecida por ter se casado várias vezes; e Grigg, o único homem autorizado a participar. Enquanto mergulha no universo de Jane Austen, o sexteto vive suas próprias histórias. Os leitores acompanham dramas como o divórcio de Sylvia, a morte da mãe de Prudie e o rompimento do namoro de Allegra. Mas nem tudo é tristeza: as irmãs mais velhas de Grigg dão uma ajuda para que ele se aproxime de sua paixão secreta, Bernadette encontra um novo marido e Jocelyn tem a chance de redescobrir o amor. Sucesso de vendas nos Estados Unidos, O clube de leitura de Jane Austen mostra que Karen Joy Fowler é capaz de criar uma trama deliciosa, transportando para os dias de hoje a voz da escritora inglesa que soube, como ninguém, descrever a sociedade provinciana da Inglaterra no século XVIII. O livro de Fowler ganhou uma adaptação para o cinema, com roteiro de Robin Swicord e nomes como Emily Blunt e Kathy Baker no elenco.

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher A collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldova, Tanzania, Austria and beyond, edited by long-term Lonely Planet collaborator Don George. The 35 impassioned stories included in this collection - of fortune tellers, tribal baboon hunters, a friendly Japanese family, and other notable characters - span a worldwide spectrum of themes, styles and settings, but all show how travel in its unexpected turns tests and teaches us, making us aware that we are resilient, that we are not alone, and that there is so much love and connection to be had if we open ourselves up. This collection affirms that if we follow the compass of the heart, we will always find our way. Whether you read the book on the road or in an armchair at home, these tales are sure to entertain, amuse and inform you, and resonate long after the book is finished. 'As you travel through these pages, may your mind be widened, your spirit enlivened, and your own path illuminated by these worldly word-journeys.' ---Don George With sparkling contributions from some of the most acclaimed names in contemporary fiction and travel writing plus some new voices from around the world, including: Ann Patchett, Francine Prose, TC Boyle, Karen Joy Fowler, Pico Iyer, Torre DeRoche, Blane Bachelor, Rebecca Dinerstein, Jan Morris, Elizabeth George, Jane Hamilton, Alexander McCall Smith, Keija Parssinen, Mridu Khullar Relph, Yulia Denisyuk, Emily Koch, Carissa Kasper, Jessica Silber, Candace Rose Rardon, Marilyn Abildskov, Shannon Leone Fowler, Robin Cherry, Robert Twigger, Porochista Khakpour, Natalie Baszile, Suzy Joinson, Anthony Sattin, LH McMillin, Bridget Crocker, Maggie Downs, Bishwanath Ghosh, Jeff Greenwald, James Dorsey and Tahir Shah. About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, gift and lifestyle books and stationery, as well as an award-winning website, magazines, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

" Je n'avais que cinq ans lorsqu'elle disparut de ma vie, mais je me souviens d'elle. Je me souviens d'elle avec précision : son odeur, son contact, des images morcelées de son visage, ses oreilles, son menton, ses yeux. Ses bras, ses pieds, ses doigts. " Il était une fois deux sœurs, un frère et leurs parents qui vivaient heureux tous ensemble. Rosemary était une petite fille très bavarde, si bavarde que ses parents lui disaient de commencer au milieu lorsqu'elle racontait une histoire. Puis sa sœur disparut. Et son frère partit. Alors, elle cessa de parler... jusqu'à aujourd'hui. C'est l'histoire de cette famille hors normes que Rosemary va vous conter, et en particulier celle de Fern, sa sœur pas tout à fait comme nous... " Il y a eu beaucoup de livres écrits sur l'amour et la rivalité fraternels, mais peu, j'en suis sûre, capables de vous déchirer le cœur et de vous bouleverser comme celui-ci... Préparez-vous à être enchanté et traumatisé. " The Times " Un portrait touchant d'une famille américaine qui soulève en vous des questions et des sentiments inattendus : sur l'humanité, la psychologie et l'amour sous toutes ses formes. " Psychologies " Cela fait des années que je ne me suis pas sentie autant passionnée par un livre. Quand je l'ai terminé à 3 heures du matin, je pleurais, puis quand je me suis réveillée, j'ai relu la fin et je me suis remise à pleurer. " Ruth Ozeki, auteur d' En même temps, toute la terre et tout le ciel

From Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher, Better Than Fiction 2, the follow-up to 2012's Better Than Fiction, is a second serving of true travel stories told by some of the world's best fiction writers including Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley and Karen Joy Fowler. Varied in place, plot and voice, these are stirring and evocative pieces that all share one common characteristic-they manifest a passion for the precious gift of travel, from its unexpected but inevitably enriching lessons about other peoples and places, to the truths, sometimes uncomfortable but always enlarging, it reveals about ourselves. By turns comic, dramatic, and moving - from Francine Prose's confrontation of the mysteries of India to DBC Pierre's search for Hemingway's muse in Italy - these 30 short tales reveal the joys, perils, and surprises of travel, and that truth can often be stranger (and better) than fiction. Whether on a plane en route to your own travel adventure, or at home settling in for a vicarious experience of world adventures, embark on this literary journey around the world and explore your passion for travel now! Authors: Lonely Planet, Don George, Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley, Karen Joy Fowler, Stefan Merrill Block, Francine Prose, DBC Pierre, Fiona Kidman, Alexander McCall Smith, Keija Parssinen, MJ Hyland, Catherine Lacey, Rebecca Dinerstein, Lloyd Jones, Porochista Khakpour, Jack Livings, Marina Lewycka, Lydia Millet, Suzanne Joinson, Sophie Cunningham, Christina Nichol, Mandy Sayer, Steven Amsterdam, Marie-Helene Bortino, Shirley Streshinsky, Steven Hall, David Shafer, Avi Duckor-Jones, Lily King, Aliya Whitely, and Natalie Baszile About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. Lonely Planet's award-winning list travel literature anthologies include An Innocent Abroad (Independent Publishers Award, Silver for Essays, 2015) and A Fork in the Road (Lowell Thomas Award, Bronze for Travel Book, 2014; James Bear Award, Nominated for Travel Fiction, 2014). 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' -- Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Kirja joka takuulla yllättää Vanhempiaan ei voi kukaan valita, mutta he voivat tehdä lapsensa puolesta valintoja. Hurjia, koko elämän mullistavia valintoja. Lapsena Rosemary puhua pälpätti lakkaamatta, joten miksi nyt, opiskelijatyttönä, hän ei puhu juuri mitään? Hänellä oli samanikäinen sisar, Fern, ja isoveli, Lowell. Hän rakasti heitä palavasti, mutta nyt molemmat ovat kadonneet. Veljen odottamaton yhteydenotto auttaa Rosemarya selvittämään, mitä lopulta tapahtui. Samalla lukija joutuu pohtimaan perustavanlaatuisia kysymyksiä ihmisen suhteesta muuhun luomakuntaan. Tämä on Rosemaryn poikkeuksellinen tarina: naurattava, surullinen ja ajatuksia herättävä. Karen Joy Fowler on kirjoittanut kolme novellikokoelmaa ja kolme romaania, joista tunnetuin on Jane Austen -lukupiiri. Hän on ollut ehdolla useiden palkintojen saajaksi. Olimme ihan suunniltamme oli ehdolla Man Booker -palkinnon saajaksi viime vuonna ja oli kaikista ehdokkaista selvästi myydyin kirja.

An early work from PEN/Faulkner Award winner and Man Booker finalist Karen Joy Fowler, reissued and beautifully repackaged for new fans and old. First published in 1998 to high praise, and now reissued with the addition of a prefatory essay, Black Glass showcases the extraordinary talents of this prizewinning author. In fifteen gemlike tales, Fowler lets her wit and vision roam freely, turning accepted norms inside out and fairy tales upside down—pushing us to reconsider our unquestioned verities and proving once again that she is among our most subversive writers. So, then: Here is Carry Nation loose again, breaking up discos, smashing topless bars, radicalizing women as she preaches clean living to men more intent on babes and booze. And here is Mrs. Gulliver, her patience with her long-voyaging Lemuel worn thin: Money is short and the kids can’t even remember what their dad looks like. And what of Tonto, the ever-faithful companion, turning forty without so much as a birthday phone call from that masked man? It is a book full of great themes and terrific stories—but it is the way in which Fowler tells the tale, develops plot and character, plays with time, chance, and reality that makes these pieces so original.

»Hattest du als Kind auch diesen Moment, in dem dir plötzlich klar wurde, dass deine Familie verrückt ist?« Es war einmal ein Haus mit einem Garten, in dem wohnten ein Apfelbaum, ein Bach und ein kleine Katze mit mondgelben Augen. Hier wachsen drei Kinder auf: Rosemary, ihre ungestüme Schwester Fern und ihr großer Bruder Lowell. Sie könnten eine ganz normale Familie sein. Wäre ihr Vater nicht Wissenschaftler, und wäre Fern nicht ein ganz besonderes kleines Mädchen, das Wachsmalstifte verspeist, den perfekten Rückwärtssalto beherrscht und lacht wie eine Säge. Jahre nach Ferns Verschwinden erzählt Rosemary nun deren Geschichte. Denn erzählen war das Einzige, was Fern nie konnte. »Die wundersame Reise ins Herz einer Familie. Am Ende bricht das Buch dem Leser nicht einfach das Herz – es nimmt sein Herz und gibt es nicht mehr zurück.« Dan Chaon »Mein Lieblingsbuch des Jahres.« Elizabeth George

PREMIO PEN/FAULKNER 2014 «UN LIBRO DAL GRANDE CUORE, INCREDIBILMENTE INTELLIGENTE, PROFONDO E AMBIZIOSO». KHALED HOSSEINI Non possiamo dirvi qui il fondamentale segreto di questo libro, che scoprirete leggendo. Possiamo però riferire quel che ne ha scritto la giuria del PEN/ Faulkner, uno dei più prestigiosi premi letterari americani, assegnato nel 2014 a Siamo tutti completamente fuori di noi: «Fowler dà un nuovo significato al principio secondo cui “ogni famiglia infelice è infelice a modo suo”». E raccontare solo alcuni aspetti della trama: Rosemary Cooke ha cinque anni quando, d’estate, viene spedita dai nonni. Al ritorno in famiglia scopre che sua sorella è sparita e dell’argomento non bisogna parlare. Cinque anni più tardi, suo fratello scappa di casa, e probabilmente è ricercato dall’FBI. È facile intuire che la vita di Rosemary sia segnata da queste due assenze. Ma quando devi raccontare una storia, le ha insegnato suo padre, comincia dal centro. Salta l’inizio. E al centro di questa storia c’è lei ventiduenne che si ritrova finalmente a fare i conti col proprio passato e coi propri ricordi. Tra l’altro, e lei lo sa benissimo, dei ricordi non ci si può fidare più di tanto... Avete fra le mani un romanzo sorprendente. Le vicende della famiglia Cooke (decisamente non convenzionale, lo avrete capito; e tre fratelli così non si sono mai visti, nella letteratura di tutti i paesi) si intrecciano, nel racconto di Rosemary, con le sue avventure di studentessa, in un turbinio di battute sferzanti e colpi di scena. Spesso si ride, e talvolta si piange: due delle espressioni più tipiche di quel particolare tipo di primate che è l’essere umano.

"As a girl in Indiana, Rosemary, Fowler's breathtakingly droll 22-year-old narrator, felt that she and Fern were not only sisters but also twins. So she was devastated when Fern disappeared. Then her older brother, Lowell, also vanished. Rosemary is now prolonging her college studies in California, unsure of what to make of her life. Enter tempestuous and sexy Harlow, a very dangerous friend who forces Rosemary to confront her past. We then learn that Rosemary's father is a psychology professor, her mother a nonpracticing scientist, and Fern a chimpanzee. Fowler... explores the profound consequences of this unusual family configuration in sustained flashbacks. Smart and frolicsome Fern believes she is human, while Rosemary, unconsciously mirroring Fern, is instantly tagged "monkey girl" at school. Fern, Rosemary, and Lowell all end up traumatized after they are abruptly separated. As Rosemary - lonely, unmoored, and caustically funny - ponders the mutability of memories, the similarities and differences between the minds of humans and chimps, and the treatment of research animals, Fowler slowly and dramatically reveals Fern and Lowell's heartbreaking yet instructive fates. Piquant humor, refulgent language, a canny plot rooted in real-life experiences, an irresistible narrator, threshing insights, and tender emotions... " -- Donna Seaman, amazon.com review of English language edition.

Rosemary's young, just at college, and she's decided not to tell anyone a thing about her family. So we're not going to tell you too much either: you'll have to find out for yourselves. Rosemary is now an only child, but she used to have a sister the same age as her, and an older brother. Both are now gone - vanished from her life. There's something unique about Rosemary's sister, Fern. So now she's telling her story: full of hilarious asides and brilliantly spiky lines, it's a looping narrative that begins towards the end, and then goes back to the beginning. Twice.

Widely respected in the so-called “mainstream” for her New York Times bestselling novels, Karen Joy Fowler is also a formidable, often controversial, and always exuberant presence in Science Fiction. Here she debuts a provocative new story written especially for this series. Set in the days of Darwin, “The Science of Herself” is a marvelous hybrid of SF and historical fiction: the almost-true story of England’s first female paleontologist who took on the Victorian old-boy establishment armed with only her own fierce intelligence—and an arsenal of dino bones. Plus… “The Pelican Bar,” a homely tale of family ties that makes Guantánamo look like summer camp; “The Further Adventures of the Invisible Man,” a droll tale of sports, shoplifting and teen sex; and “The Motherhood Statement,” a quietly angry upending of easy assumptions that shows off Fowler’s deep radicalism and impatience with conservative homilies and liberal pieties alike. And Featuring: our Outspoken Interview in which Fowler prophesies California’s fate, reveals the role of bad movies in good marriages, and intimates that girls just want to have fun (which means make trouble).

The New York Times bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club introduces a middle-class American family that is ordinary in every way but one in this novel that won the PEN/Faulkner Award and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize. Meet the Cooke family: Mother and Dad, brother Lowell, sister Fern, and Rosemary, who begins her story in the middle. She has her reasons. “I was raised with a chimpanzee,” she explains. “I tell you Fern was a chimp and already you aren’t thinking of her as my sister. But until Fern’s expulsion...she was my twin, my funhouse mirror, my whirlwind other half and I loved her as a sister.” As a child, Rosemary never stopped talking. Then, something happened, and Rosemary wrapped herself in silence. In We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler weaves her most accomplished work to date—a tale of loving but fallible people whose well-intentioned actions lead to heartbreaking consequences. “A gripping, big-hearted book...through the tender voice of her protagonist, Fowler has a lot to say about family, memory, language, science, and indeed the question of what constitutes a human being.”—Khaled Hosseini

Stories that slip up behind you and break your heart before you know it.

An extraordinary collection of short stories from the award-winning author of Sarah Canary. Including "Praxis", the story about a theater where the real and unreal collide; "The Poplar Street Study", Fowler's darkly comic account of an alien invasion; and "The Gates of Ghosts", in which a child journeys to a strange and deadly world, this anthology of 13 tales also features a new foreword by the author. The lake was full of artificial things - The Poplar Street study - Face value - The dragon's head - The war of the roses - Contention - Recalling Cinderella - Other planes - The gate of ghosts - The bog people -Wild boys: variations on a theme - The view from Venus - Praxis

This “delightful and eccentric new tale”(The Boston Globe) from the bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club subverts the whodunit and gives us a thoroughly modern meta-mystery with wit, warmth, and heart. At loose ends and weary from her recent losses—the deaths of an inventive if at times irritating father and her beloved brother—Rima Lansill comes to Wit's End, the home of her legendary godmother, bestselling mystery writer Addison Early, to regroup...and in search of answers. For starters, why did Addison name one of her characters—a murderer—after Rima's father? But Addison is secretive and feisty, so consumed with protecting her famous fictional detective, Maxwell Lane, from the vagaries of the Internet rumor that she has writer's block. As one woman searches for truth, the other struggles to control the reality of her fiction. Rima soon becomes enmeshed in Addison's household of eccentrics: a formerly alcoholic cook and her irksome son, two quirky dog-walkers, a mysterious stalker, the tiny characters that populate Addison's dollhouse crime-scene replicas, and even Maxwell Lane himself. But, wrapped up in a mystery that may or may not be of her own creation, Rima discovers to her surprise that the ultimate solution to this puzzle is the new family she has found at the house called Wit's End. Here, Karen Joy Fowler delivers top-notch storytelling—creating characters both oddball and endearing in a voice that is utterly and memorably her own—in this clever, playful novel about finally allowing oneself to grow up-with a dash of mystery thrown in.

Rima Lanisell is at a loose end, following the death of her father. She has come to California to stay with her godmother, Addison Early, who once knew Rima's father well. Addison is a best-selling mystery writer. Over the years, she has tried to protect her work and her privacy as her fans have become ever more intrusive.

As six Californians get together to form a book club to discuss the novels of Jane Austen, their lives are turned upside down by troubled marriages, illicit affairs, changing relationships, and love.

Two unlikely people form an unexpected bond in bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler’s captivating historical novel—a New York Times Notable Book. When black cloaked Sarah Canary wanders into a Chinese labor camp in the Washington territories in 1873, Chin Ah Kin is ordered by his uncle to escort “the ugliest woman he could imagine” away. Far away. But Chin soon becomes the follower. In the first of many such instances, they are separated, both resurfacing some days later at an insane asylum. Chin has run afoul of the law and Sarah has been committed for observation. Their escape from the asylum in the company of another inmate sets into motion a series of adventures and misadventures that are at once hilarious, deeply moving, and downright terrifying. “Powerfully imagined...Drop everything and follow Sarah Canary....Humor and horror, history and myth dance cheek to cheek in this Jack London meets L. Frank Baum world....Here is a work that manages to be at the same time (and often in the same sentence) dark and deep and fun.”—The Washington Post Book World

Loosely based in historical fact, Sister Noon is a wryly funny, playfully mysterious, and totally subversive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club. Lizzie Hayes, a member of the San Francisco elite, is a seemingly docile, middle-aged spinster praised for her volunteer work with the Ladies Relief and Protection Society Home, or "The Brown Ark". All she needs is the spark that will liberate her from the ruling conventions. When the wealthy and well-connected, but ill-reputed Mary Ellen Pleasant shows up at the Brown Ark, Lizzie is drawn to her. It is the beautiful, but mysterious Mary Ellen, an outcast among the women of the elite because of her notorious past and her involvement in voodoo, who will eventually hold the key to unlocking Lizzie's rebellious nature.

In 1947, the bucolic mill town of Magrit, Minnesota, confronts the terrible problem that none of its young men want to return home, leaving the town's girls romantically bereft, until the old mill owner forms a ball team and puts them on the road. By the author of Sarah Canary.

A könyv díjai: 2014 – PEN/Faulkner-díj 2004 – California Book Award 2014 – MAN Booker Prize döntőse The New York Times-bestseller ELLE Magazin olvasói különdíja Ismerkedjünk meg a Cooke családdal, akik, úgy tűnik, minden szempontból teljesen hétköznapi életet éltek: apa, anya és a gyerekek, Lowell, Fern, no meg Rosemary, a történet mesélője. Rosemarynek gyerekként be nem állt a szája – de aztán történt valami, amitől fiatal nőként már csendbe burkolózott. Valami szörnyűség, amit mélyen eltemetett agya legrejtettebb zugába, de ez nem mentette meg attól, hogy élete teljes fordulatot vegyen, családja pedig atomjaira hulljon. Jelenleg bátyja szó szerint szökevény, akit köröz az FBI, anyja csak árnyéka egykori önmagának, egykor okos és tekintélyt parancsoló apja pedig zárkózott, szomorú ember lett. És Fern, akit Rosemary annyira szeretett, és aki társa volt minden gyerekkori csínytevésben? Neki olyan sors jutott, amire a család legvadabb álmaiban sem gondolt volna soha... „Olyan olvasmányosan zaftos és fondorlatosan okos, hogy megérdemel minden figyelmet... Ez a történet bármelyik családról szólhatna, amelyben a veszteség aláássa a kapcsolatokat, felnőni pedig egyet jelent azzal, hogy eltávolodunk önmagunktól, és fölismerjük az én alakváltó képességét.” – The New York Times Book Review „Magával ragadó és fantasztikusan intelligens könyv egy család széteséséről... Sokkal mélyebb és igényesebb, mint a témája alapján bárki is sejtené.” – Khaled Hosseini, a Papírsárkányok szerzője „Csodálatos munka. A legnagyobb örömöm akkor telt benne, amikor mások kezébe adtam, hogy olvassák el. Kivétel nélkül mindenki azt a visszajelzést adta, hogy imádta a könyvet.” – Ann Patchett, az Életszonáta szerzője Karen Joy Fowler eredetileg politológia szakon végzett az egyetemen, 30 évesen dönt