A singular debut from "an important and radical new literary voice" (Elif Batuman), The Applicant explores with wit and brevity what it means to be an immigrant, woman, and emerging writerIt's 2017 and Leyla, a Turkish twenty-something living in Berlin is scrubbing toilets at an Alice in Wonderland-themed hostel after failing her thesis, losing her student visa, and suing her German university in a Kafkaesque attempt to reverse her failure.Increasingly...

This is a book of poems, mainly about coming of age and finding friendship and love.

From The Good and Two Fly Fishing Women:Now, as I approach the autumn of my life and some, though not all, of my dreams have come true, how do I describe myself? As a wife and a mother who loves her family, as an attorney who admires the law, and as a fly fisher who proudly says she learned from the greatest fly fisher she ever knew: her grandmother.And whether by accident or not, my grandmother, with the help of some unexpected and dark events, taught...

Cuando Anddor Shallau es invadido por el ejército Russnori, la tribu de Sikandar es conducida a la remota Alcina Sahar, a veces llamada el patio de juegos del diablo. Sikandar y Mónica regresan al desierto donde entran en conflicto con el ejército invasor. Cuando la patria de Sikandar es invadida, debe regresar para defender a su pueblo. Mónica lo desafía, negándose a quedarse atrás, insistiendo en que no volverá a perderlo. Los dos, más...

In the turbulent times of the Sixties, a young boy adopted to North America from India settles with his adopted family in a rustic fishing village of Aquilon. His plans are to get along with new friends, but events take a turn when Felix brother dies in a boating accident and Aryl's former adoptive father comes looking for him. Guided by the parish priest Father Brenwitz (who has a medical problem from a tumor on his brain) Aryl discovers his interests...

The most popular girl in her class has to cope with hard truths after high school graduation as she wonders, Now what? Prom queen. Captain of the cheerleading squad. Girlfriend of the most popular guy in school. Westerly High senior Helen Miranda Revness-Hallie to her friends-has it all. She just wishes everyone would stop talking about where they're going to college-and asking her why she's not applying to schools. Hallie has zero interest in four...

Una exasperada profesora de ciencias sociales de secundaria con la mitad de su clase de último año reprobando, recurre a una medida drástica que resulta en el Mar de la Tranquilidad 2.0. Cuatro de sus estudiantes proponen un proyecto radical para ayudar a frenar el aumento del nivel del mar y proporcionar una patria a algunos de los millones de refugiados que están a la deriva por las guerras, las economías en quiebra y la violencia de las pandillas....

After writing a pioneering TV drama series in the nineties and knowing nothing but success afterwards, Adam Donovan mysteriously abandons Hollywood for his hometown of Redmond, Washington.When attorney Natalie Summers asks him to take in three roughed-up orphan girls from L.A., Adam is as surprised as anyone when he says yes. The oldest is rude and shrewd--she threatened to kill him the first night they met--but maybe that's why he's drawn to her.Natalie...

n the pages of "Meri Kya Galti Thi," we delve into a compelling and thought-provoking journey through the labyrinth of life's uncertainties. This is a tale of a young person, caught in the maelstrom of a bewildering world where innocence is met with adversity, and every step forward unveils another layer of complexity.

At the age of four, you witness your mother's collapse as the washing machine overflows and sends clumps of soapsuds scudding past her across the kitchen floor. When your father goes to work, he leaves you next door at the Blue Belle Diner, under the watchful eye of Charlie, an ex-boxer turned short-order cook. The Diner becomes your day-care center as your mother waits for remission. Deprived of a mother's physical affection, you become increasingly...