Throughout childhood, Lisa is bullied by sister Caroline who believes that she has stolen affection from their parents. Caroline is beautiful, and adored, Lisa is overweight and insecure. At 17, Caroline meets Gino, who awaits marriage to Maria. He claims to love Caroline until she falls pregnant, then insists that she has a termination. Lisa supports her, Caroline then refuses termination, expecting Gino to marry her. He refuses, he is marrying Maria. Baby Michelle is born Caroline leaves the Midlands and meets Simon. Following the heartbreak long ago, described as obese, Lisa changes her lifestyle, emerging as an attractive girl. She meets Alex finding happiness in Marriage and family. Caroline finishes with Simon and returns home where Lisa offers her a home. Her kindness is not appreciated. Caroline is furious that her sister is happy, she does not deserve Alex. Evil plans are afoot, ... will they work'.

Fourth in the Anguished English series, this updated collection of verbal bloopers will have word nerds in stitches. Pulling together a hilarious array of unfortunate typos, misplaced modifiers, malapropisms, and unintended double-entendres, the grammatical gaffes of the innocent, the negligent, and the downright pompous are all brought to light. From the gas station sign stating "Eat Here and Get Gas" to the church bulletin that reads "Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a health lunch," hundreds of linguistic blunders are gathered from every layer of society and presented in this jocular assemblage, extracted exactly as they were originally presented.

Includes a preview of the author's novel 'Decadence.'

A New Orleans senior district attorney and his lawyer wife are caught up in a faith-testing courtroom battle involving the rights of infants born alive during abortions.

"It's not just Murakami but also the shadow of Borges that hovers over this mesmerizing book... [and] one may detect a slight bow to the American macabre of E.A. Poe. Ogawa stands on the shoulders of giants, as another saying goes. But this collection may linger in your mind -- it does in mine -- as a delicious, perplexing, absorbing and somehow singular experience." -- Alan Cheuse, NPR Sinister forces collide---and unite a host of desperate characters---in this eerie cycle of interwoven tales from Yoko Ogawa, the critically acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor. An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart. And while the surgeon's jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. Desire meets with impulse and erupts, attracting the attention of the surgeon's neighbor---who is drawn to a decaying residence that is now home to instruments of human torture. Murderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent bystanders---their fates converge in an ominous and darkly beautiful web. Yoko Ogawa's Revenge is a master class in the macabre that will haunt you to the last page. An NPR Best Book of 2013

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