New Releases by Matthew Quick

Um romance profundo e cativante sobre encontrar a própria luz diante dos obstáculos da vida Do mesmo autor do best-seller O lado bom da vida Lucas Goodgame mora em Majestic, uma pequena e pitoresca cidade da Pensilvânia que foi devastada por uma tragédia recente: um tiroteio em massa que matou diversas pessoas no cinema local. Ele sobreviveu, mas sua esposa, Darcy, infelizmente não teve a mesma sorte. Todos na cidade enxergam Lucas como herói, exceto ele mesmo. Enquanto tenta lidar com o luto e a depressão, tem como único alento as penas que encontra todas as manhãs em sua cama. Ele acredita que elas pertencem a sua falecida esposa, que, transformada em um anjo, espera a hora certa para levá-lo com ela. Quando Eli, um jovem de dezoito anos, irmão do atirador e rejeitado pelos habitantes de Majestic, acampa de forma inesperada no quintal de Lucas, uma improvável amizade se forma. Assim, os dois embarcam em uma jornada para curar a si mesmos e sua cidade através do poder transformador da arte. Nós somos a luz é um romance inesquecível sobre dor, luto e esperança. Uma obra comovente e otimista de Matthew Quick, autor best-seller do New York Times, que nos mostra a importância da união no processo de cura e reconstrução.

*“A treasure of a novel…read it and be healed.” —Justin Cronin * “Beautifully written and emotion-packed.” —Harlan Coben * From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook—made into the Academy Award–winning movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper—a poignant and hopeful novel about a widower who takes in a grieving teenager and inspires a magical revival in their small town. Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb that has been torn apart by a recent tragedy. Everyone in Majestic sees Lucas as a hero—everyone, that is, except Lucas himself. Insisting that his deceased wife, Darcy, visits him every night in the form of an angel, Lucas spends his time writing letters to his former Jungian analyst, Karl. It is only when Eli, an eighteen-year-old young man whom the community has ostracized, begins camping out in Lucas’s backyard that an unlikely alliance takes shape and the two embark on a journey to heal their neighbors and, most importantly, themselves. From Matthew Quick, whose work has been described by the Boston Herald as “like going to your favorite restaurant. You just know it is going to be good,” We Are the Light is “a testament to the broken and the rebuilt” (Booklist, starred review). The humorous, soul-baring story of Lucas Goodgame offers an antidote to toxic masculinity and celebrates the healing power of art. In this unforgettable and optimistic tale, Quick reminds us that life is full of guardian angels.

This research replicates the study of DiMaggio et al. (2020) which investigates the associations between positive COVID-19 tests and demographic, socioeconomic, and racial characteristics in New York City at the ZIP Code Tabulation Area level. This research directly replicates DiMaggio et al. (2020) in Phoenix, Arizona during that city''s first wave of COVID-19; May 31, 2020 to August 1, 2020. We extend that work and complete a conceptual replication by introducing covariates appropriate to the context of Phoenix, AZ. Our direct replication demonstrates that the framework used by DiMaggio et al. can be transferred across cities, but also identifies specification decisions from the original analysis that need careful consideration. Our conceptual replication identifies the proportion of Hispanic residents rather than that of Black/African American residents to be a key predictor of positive COVID-19 testing. This finding sheds light on the dynamixs of race during the pandemic.

Draz And The Birth of The Dracard Kingdom is a webcomic series following the adventures of a strong, powerful, and retired female warrior. After leaving the war behind, Draz made a living as a simple tavern owner, telling tales of her adventures to all who would listen. One of her favorite stories was the time she and her party destroyed the top of one of the Northern Mountains while battling an ancient beast of divine nature. However, her adventures are not truly over, as tensions between the people and the ruling kingdom begin to rise.

Aos 18 anos, Nanette O’Hare é a típica rapariga bem-comportada. Porém, ela nunca sentiu realmente fazer parte de um grupo, sufocando num permanente desconforto com diversas atitudes das amigas e com os padrões sociais estabelecidos. Mas tudo muda quando, no último ano do colégio, ela recebe um livro do seu professor preferido, o clássico O Ceifador da Pastilha Elástica. Nesse momento, Nanette fica fascinada com a mensagem de que ela pode ser de facto quem é. Nanette torna-se amiga do recluso autor e apaixona-se por Alex, um jovem poeta que também é fã do livro. Encantada com este novo mundo que se abre, ela vai, pela primeira vez, tomar as suas próprias decisões. No entanto, aos poucos Nanette percebe que a liberdade pode ser um desejo arriscado e começa a questionar se a rebeldia não tem um preço demasiado elevado. Depois do bestseller Guia para um Final Feliz, Matthew Quick traz ao público jovem uma ode à liberdade, abordando as complexas questões de identidade que marcam a transição para a idade adulta

Traditional Chinese edition of The Silver Linings Playbook

Crime and disorder influence individual quality of life, community social cohesion, and processes of neighbourhood and urban change. Existing studies that analyze local crime and disorder patterns generally focus only on where crime and disorder events occur. However, understanding the spatiotemporal patterning of crime and disorder, or both where and when events occur, is central to the design, implementation, and evaluation of crime prevention policies and programs. This dissertation explores the connections between local spatiotemporal patterns of crime and disorder, the urban environment, and urban planning through three research articles. Each article makes theoretical contributions that improve understanding of how characteristics of the urban environment influence crime and disorder, methodological contributions that advance spatiotemporal modeling of small-area crime data, and policy-oriented contributions that inform place-based crime prevention initiatives in urban planning, local government, and law enforcement. The first research article examines if, and how, physical disorder, social disorder, property crime, and violent crime share a common spatial pattern and/or a common time trend. Three multivariate models are compared and the results of the best-fitting model show that all crime and disorder types share a common spatial pattern and a common time trend. The shared spatial pattern is found to explain the largest proportion of variability for all types of crime and disorder, and type-specific spatiotemporal hotspots of crime and disorder are identified and investigated to contextualize broken windows theory. This study supports collective efficacy theory, which contends that multiple crime and disorder types are associated with same underlying processes, and highlights specific areas where crime prevention interventions should be designed to address all, or only one, type(s) of crime and disorder. The second article quantifies the time-varying relationships between land use and property crime for twelve seasons at the small-area scale. A set of spatiotemporal regression models with time-constant and time-varying regression coefficients are compared and the results of the best-fitting model show that parks and eating and drinking establishments exhibit recurring seasonal relationships, where parks are more positively associated with property crime during spring/summer and eating and drinking establishments are more positively associated with property crime during autumn/winter. Local land use composition is shown to have a more substantial impact on the spatial, rather than the spatiotemporal, patterning of crime. Applied to policy, the results of this article inform the design and coordination of time-constant and time-varying crime prevention initiatives as implemented by urban planning and law enforcement agencies, respectively. The third article investigates the spatiotemporal patterning of violent crime across multiple spatial scales. Violent crime data are measured at the small-area scale (lower-level units) and small-areas are nested in neighbourhoods, electoral wards, and patrol zones (higher-level units). A cross-classified multilevel model is applied to accommodate the three higher-level units that are non-hierarchical and have overlapping boundaries. Accounting for sociodemographic, built environment, and civic engagement characteristics, planning neighborhoods, electoral wards, and patrol zones are found to explain approximately fourteen percent of the total spatiotemporal variation of violent crime. Planning neighborhoods are the most important source of variation amongst the higher-level units. This article advances understanding of the multiscale processes that influence where and when violent crime events occur and provides area-specific crime risk information within the geographical frameworks used by policymakers in urban planning (neighbourhoods), local government (wards), and law enforcement (patrol zones). Broadly, this dissertation advances research focused on the connections between crime and disorder and the urban environment by (1) quantifying the degree to which spatiotemporal crime and disorder patterns are stable and/or dynamic, (2) examining the relationships between crime and disorder and local sociodemographic and built environment characteristics, (3) illustrating a set of statistical models that make sense of spatiotemporal crime and disorder patterns at the small-area scale, and (4) providing local spatiotemporal information that can be used to design and implement place-based crime prevention initiatives in urban planning, local government, and law enforcement.

Você é livre para ser quem quiser — mesmo que isso tenha um preço. Depois de O lado bom da vida, Matthew Quick cria romance para todos que desejam se encontrar Consagrado no Brasil com o best-seller O lado bom da vida, Matthew Quick traz ao público jovem uma ode à liberdade, abordando as complexas questões de identidade que marcam a transição para a idade adulta. Aos 18 anos, Nanette O’Hare é a típica boa garota. No fundo, porém, ela nunca se sentiu realmente parte do grupo, sufocando em um permanente desconforto com diversas atitudes das amigas e com os padrões sociais. Mas tudo muda quando, no último ano do colégio, ela ganha um livro de seu professor preferido, o clássico cult O ceifador de chicletes, e fica fascinada com a mensagem de que ela pode ser de fato quem é. Nanette se torna amiga do recluso autor e se apaixona por Alex, um jovem poeta que também é fã do livro. Encantada com esse novo mundo que se abre, ela se permite, pela primeira vez, tomar as próprias decisões. No entanto, aos poucos Nanette percebe que a liberdade pode ser um desejo arriscado e começa a se perguntar se a rebeldia não cobra um preço alto demais.

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook offers a timely novel featuring his most fascinating character yet, a Vietnam vet embarking on a quixotic crusade to track down his nemesis from the war. After sixty-eight-year-old David Granger crashes his BMW, medical tests reveal a brain tumor that he readily attributes to his wartime Agent Orange exposure. He wakes up from surgery repeating a name no one in his civilian life has ever heard—that of a Native American soldier whom he was once ordered to discipline. David decides to return something precious he long ago stole from the man he now calls Clayton Fire Bear. It may be the only way to find closure in a world increasingly at odds with the one he served to protect. It may also help him to finally recover from his wife’s untimely demise. As David confronts his past to salvage his present, a poignant portrait emerges: that of an opinionated and good-hearted American patriot fighting like hell to stay true to his red, white, and blue heart, even as the country he loves rapidly changes in ways he doesn’t always like or understand. Hanging in the balance are Granger’s distant art-dealing son, Hank; his adoring seven-year-old granddaughter, Ella; and his best friend, Sue, a Vietnamese American who respects David’s fearless sincerity. Through the controversial, wrenching, and wildly honest David Granger, Matthew Quick offers a no-nonsense but ultimately hopeful view of America’s polarized psyche. By turns irascible and hilarious, insightful and inconvenient, David is a complex, wounded, honorable, and loving man. The Reason You’re Alive examines how the secrets and debts we carry from our past define us; it also challenges us to look beyond our own prejudices and search for the good in us all.

Nanette O''Hare, a star student and athlete, is given a mysterious out-of-print cult classic novel "The Bubblegum Reaper" by her beloved teacher that sparks the rebel within her, but as she befriends the reclusive author and attempts to insert her true self into the world with wild abandon, Nanette learns the hard way that sometimes rebellion comes at a high price.

From the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook comes a heartfelt and rebellious novel in the vein of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Nanette O''Hare is an unassuming teen who has played the role of dutiful daughter, hardworking student, and star athlete for as long as she can remember. But when a beloved teacher gives her his worn copy of The Bubblegum Reaper— a mysterious, out-of-print cult classic— the rebel within Nanette awakens. As she befriends the reclusive author, falls in love with a young but troubled poet, and attempts to insert her true self into the world with wild abandon, Nanette learns the hard way that rebellion sometimes comes at a high price. A celebration of the self and the formidable power of story, Every Exquisite Thing is Matthew Quick at his finest.

Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in a town ruled buy the Irish mob, drugs, violence, and racial tension. He has always dreamed of getting out of this place, but wearing number 21 helps him in the meantime. Super athlete Russ has just moved to the neighborhood due to tragic circumstances. Separated from all his loved ones, he only responds to the name Boy 21, taken from his old jersey. Both are forced to put on act to continue with their lives. They meet in senior year and the friendship that they develop offers them the answers they both seek.

Pendant trente-huit ans, Bartholomew Neil a vécu seul avec sa mère... jusqu''au jour où la maladie l''emporte. Comment vivre sans elle ? Ainsi commence la quête de notre héros pour se construire une nouvelle famille. Un prêtre défroqué, une bibliothécaire agoraphobe, un acolyte survolté rencontré en analyse, une psychothérapeute borderline, sans oublier Richard Gere, auquel Bartholomew est persuadé d''être uni par un lien cosmique... Tout ce petit monde s''embarquera dans une Ford Focus de location, à la recherche d''un mystérieux Parlement des Chats, et de bien plus encore... Best-seller international, Cher Monsieur Richard Gere est en cours de réalisation par Dreamworks. Matthew Quick est aussi l''auteur d''un roman adapté au cinéma sous le titre Happiness Therapy, un film récompensé par huit Oscars. Merveilleux et extravagant, bourré d''émotion, d''humour et de folie. Le Parisien. Drôle, tendre, farfelu, terriblement humain. L’Alsace. Ce livre a paru initialement dans la collection Préludes sous le titre Saisis ta chance, Bartholomew Neil.

Après un séjour en hôpital psychiatrique, Pat est de retour chez lui avec une philosophie de vie bien particulière : faire du sport, maigrir, et essayer d’être toujours d''humeur positive. Tout cela dans un seul but : reconquérir sa femme. Un soir, chez un couple d’amis, il fait la connaissance de Tiffany, une jeune veuve dépressive qui semble avoir au moins autant de failles que lui. Malgré les réticences premières de Pat, ils concluent un marché : elle servira d’intermédiaire pour transmettre les lettres que Pat écrit à sa femme si celui-ci accepte de participer avec elle à une compétition de danse... Ce premier roman qui a révélé Matthew Quick a été adapté au cinéma avec Bradley Cooper et Jennifer Lawrence en têtes d’affiche. « Un premier roman touchant et drôle. Cette histoire décalée possède tous les marqueurs d’un succès populaire. » Publishers Weekly « Un premier roman charmant. » The Wall Street Journal

Repetir um movimento várias e várias vezes ajuda a clarear a mente – uma lição que Finley aprendeu muito cedo, nas quadras de basquete. Numa cidade comandada pela violência do tráfico e da máfia irlandesa, vestir a camisa 21 e dar o sangue em quadra é sua válvula de escape. Vinte e um também é o número da camisa de Russ, um gênio do basquete. Ou pelo menos era. Recém-chegado à cidade de Bellmont depois de ter a vida virada de cabeça para baixo por uma tragédia, a última coisa que ele quer é pegar de novo numa bola. Russ está confuso, parece negar o que lhe aconteceu e agora se autointitula um alienígena de passagem pela Terra. Finley recebe a missão de ajudá-lo a se recuperar e, para isso, precisará convencê-lo a voltar a jogar, mesmo sob o risco de perder seu lugar como estrela do time. Contra todas as probabilidades, Russ e Finley se tornam amigos e, por mais estranho que pareça, a presença de Russ poderá transformar a vida de Finley completamente. Uma emocionante história sobre esperança, amizade e redenção, com a prosa sensível e inteligente de Matthew Quick. “Não vou dizer como termina, mas vai deixar você com vontade de rir e chorar, sentindo saudade dos personagens assim que virar a última página.” The Guardian

Nur wer fällt, lernt fliegen. Portia Kane ist in einer Sackgasse angelangt. Sie hat ihr Leben vermasselt. Aber eines gibt es noch, was sie tun kann: Sie beschließt, ihren Lieblingslehrer aus der Highschool zu retten, den Mann, dem sie alles zu verdanken hat. Früher hat er seine Schüler Papierflugzeuge basteln und beschriften lassen, um sie Optimismus und Hoffnung zu lehren. Doch nach einem schockierenden Gewaltakt im Klassenzimmer hat er sich von der Welt zurückgezogen. Portia möchte ihn ins Leben zurückholen, so sehr, wie sie daran glauben möchte, dass das Gute auf der Welt existiert. Eine halluzinierende Nonne und ein Exjunkie stehen ihr zur Seite, als eine Reise voller Wunder und Rückschläge ihren Anfang nimmt. Eine Geschichte über den Mut, das zu werden, was wir zu sein bestimmt sind.

Επί τριάντα εννιά χρόνια ο Μπαρθόλομιου Νηλ έχει ζήσει προστατευμένος από τη μητέρα του. Όταν εκείνη πεθαίνει, ο Μπαρθόλομιου καλείται να πάρει τη ζωή του στα χέρια του. Πώς όμως ένας άντρας που όλη του η πορεία έχει καθοριστεί από τη μητέρα του, την Εκκλησία και τις επισκέψεις του στη βιβλιοθήκη θα μπορέσει να σταθεί στα πόδια του; Προσπαθώντας να αντλήσει κουράγιο και αυτοεκτίμηση, ο Μπαρθόλομιου αρχίζει να παίζει ένα παιχνίδι με τον εαυτό του προσποιούμενος ότι είναι ο Ρίτσαρντ Γκιρ, ο σταρ τον οποίο λάτρευε η μητέρα του, και να μοιράζεται αυτή την εμπειρία με τον ηθοποιό μέσω μιας μονόπλευρης αλληλογραφίας μαζί του, με τις επιστολές του να εξελίσσονται σε ημερολόγιο αποκαλυπτικό της συγκινητικής προσπάθειας ενός ανθρώπου να ενταχθεί στο κοινωνικό σύνολο. Ένας έκπτωτος αλκοολικός ιερέας, μια νεαρή βιβλιοθηκάριος και ο αθυρόστομος αδερφός της θα συνθέσουν μια ασυνήθιστη παρέα που θα βοηθήσει τον Μπαρθόλομιου στο ταξίδι της πραγματικής ενηλικίωσής του.

Portia Kane is escaping her ritzy Florida life and her cheating pornographer husband, running back to South Jersey, a place that remains largely unchanged from the years of her unhappy youth. Looking to find the goodness in the world she believes still exists, Portia sets off to save herself by saving someone else-- a beloved high school English teacher who has retired after a traumatic incident. With the ''help'' of a sassy nun, an ex-heroin addict, a metal-head little boy, and her hoarder mother, will Portia be able to restore a good man''s reputation-- and find renewed hope in the human race?

Was im Leben wirklich zählt Finleys Ticket raus aus der von rivalisierenden Gangs regierten Stadt Bellmont heißt Basketball. Und er und seine Freundin Erin haben tatsächlich gute Chancen, in ihrem letzten Highschooljahr ein Stipendium zu ergattern. Da taucht Russ Allen auf. Er nennt sich Boy21 und behauptet, aus dem Weltall zu kommen. Nur Finley weiß, dass Allen seit der Ermordung seiner Eltern in einer Scheinwelt lebt und eigentlich einer der begnadetsten Basketballtalente überhaupt ist. Und er weiß auch, dass, wenn Russ je wieder spielen sollte, sein eigener Stammplatz im Team in Gefahr ist. Ausgerechnet Finley wird vom Coach gebeten, sich mit Russ anzufreunden, um ihm einen Weg zurück ins Leben und zurück zum Spiel zu ermöglichen...

Bartholomew Neil passou todos os seus quase 40 anos morando com a mãe. Depois que ela fica doente e morre, ele não faz ideia de como viver sozinho. Wendy, sua conselheira de luto, diz que Bartholomew precisa abandonar o ninho e fazer amigos. Mas como um homem que ficou a vida toda ao lado da mãe, indo com ela à missa e à biblioteca, pode aprender a voar? O homem então descobre uma carta de Richard Gere na gaveta de calcinhas da mãe, e acredita ter encontrado uma pista de por que, afinal, em seus últimos dias a mãe o chamava de Richard... Só pode haver alguma conexão cósmica! Convencido de que Richard Gere vai ajudá-lo, Bartholomew começa essa nova vida sozinho escrevendo uma série de cartas altamente íntimas para o ator. De Jung a Dalai Lama, de filosofia a fé, de abdução alienígena a telepatia com gatos, da Igreja Católica aos mistérios femininos, tudo é explorado nessas cartas que não só expõem a alma de Bartholomew, como, acima de tudo, revelam sua tentativa dolorosamente sincera de se integrar à sociedade. Original, arrebatador e espirituoso, A sorte do agora é escrito com a mesma inteligência e sensibilidade de O lado bom da vida. Uma história divertida e inspiradora que fará o leitor refletir sobre o poder da bondade e do amor. Considerado um dos melhores livros de 2014 por diversos veículos, entre eles a Entertainment Weekly, a Publishers Weekly e a Cosmopolitan. “Tão divertido quanto comovente, A sorte do agora não deve nada a O lado bom da vida.” USA Today “Pegar um livro de Matthew Quick para ler é como ir ao seu restaurante favorito. Você sabe que vai ser bom.” Boston Herald

An aspiring feminist and underappreciated housewife embarks on an odyssey to find human decency and goodness—and her high school English teacher—in New York Times bestselling author Matthew Quick’s offbeat masterpiece, a quirky ode to love, fate, and hair metal. Portia Kane is having a meltdown. After escaping her ritzy Florida life and her cheating pornographer husband, she finds herself back in South Jersey, a place that remains largely unchanged from the years of her unhappy youth. Lost and alone, looking to find the goodness in the world she believes still exists, Portia sets off to save herself by saving someone else—a beloved high school English teacher who has retired after a traumatic incident. Will a sassy nun, an ex-heroin addict, a metal-head little boy, and her hoarder mother help or hurt her chances on this madcap quest to restore a good man’s reputation and find renewed hope in the human race? Love May Fail is a story of the great highs and lows of existence: the heartache and daring choices it takes to become the person you know (deep down) you are meant to be.

Aujourd''hui, c''est l''anniversaire de Leonard Peacock. C''est aussi le jour où il dissimule une arme à feu dans son sac. Parce que, c''est décidé, il va tuer son ex-meilleur ami, puis lui-même, avec le P38 ayant appartenu à son grand-père. Mais il doit tout d''abord faire ses adieux aux quatre personnes qui ont le plus compté pour lui : Walt, son voisin littéralement obsédé par Humphrey Bogart, Baback, un camarade de classe violoniste virtuose, Lauren, la fille de pasteur dont il est amoureux, et Herr Silverman, qui enseigne l''histoire de l''Holocauste au lycée. Leonard va parler à chacun d''entre eux, révélant progressivement ses secrets tandis que l''heure tourne et qu''approche le moment de vérité. Explorant sans fausse pudeur les choix impossibles auxquels Leonard se retrouve confronté, Matthew Quick nous offre une perspective unique sur une journée de la vie d''un adolescent perturbé. « Le P38 sera peut-être mon cadeau quand je le déballerai pour tirer sur Asher Beal. C''est probablement le seul cadeau que je recevrai aujourd''hui. En plus du flingue, il y a quatre paquets, un pour chacun de mes amis. Je veux leur dire au revoir correctement. Je veux qu''ils gardent un souvenir de moi. Qu''ils sachent que je tiens à eux et que je suis désolé de ne pas avoir pu être davantage. Désolé d''avoir dû leur fausser compagnie. Qu''ils sachent qu''ils ne sont pas responsables de ce qui va se passer aujourd''hui. Je ne veux pas qu''ils soient traumatisés par ce que je m''apprête à faire ni qu''ils soient déprimés après. »

Desde que o namorado da mãe as expulsou de casa, Amber Appleton, a mãe e o cachorro moram em um ônibus escolar. Aos dezessete anos e no segundo ano do ensino médio, Amber se autoproclama princesa da esperança e é dona de um otimismo incansável, mas quando uma terrível tragédia faz seu mundo desabar por completo, ela não consegue mais encarar as coisas da mesma forma. Será que no meio de tanta tristeza e sofrimento Amber vai recuperar a fé na vida? Com personagens cativantes e uma protagonista apaixonante, Matthew Quick constrói de forma encantadora um universo de risadas, lealdade e esperança conquistada a duras penas. Os direitos da adaptação cinematográfica de Quase uma rockstar foram comprados pela Fox Searchlight. Os produtores serão os mesmos da série Crepúsculo e de A Culpa É das Estrelas. “Quase uma rockstar é a resposta para todos os romances repletos de angústia e dor. Extremamente prazeroso.” School Library Journal “Uma vigorosa história de redenção. É praticamente impossível ficar indiferente a Amber.” Publishers Weekly

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Der 38-jährige Bartholomew kennt nur das Leben mit seiner Mutter. Als diese an Krebs stirbt, weiss er nicht, wie es weitergehen soll. Um sich Mut zu machen, schreibt er Briefe an Richard Gere, da seine Mutter ein grosser Fan des Schauspielers war, und erzählt ihm von seinem Leben.