Childhood friends Elia, Giorgio, Claudio, and Fabrizio had been meeting in their favorite café in the center of the ancient city of Arezzo in Tuscany for forty years. One day, they decided to go to Bucharest to visit their friend Angelo. They brought along Gert and Sebastian, more old acquaintances, to have a reunion. When they got there, Angelo had a surprise waiting for them. Little did they know that this visit would change their lives forever. Cracks began to appear in marriages as well as in the wonderful friendships they had enjoyed for the past forty years. It all began with this first trip. It wouldn’t be their last. This book was written in Tuscany, inspired by real events that took place years ago.

Childhood friends Elia, Giorgio, Claudio and Fabrizio had been meeting in their favorite café in the center of the ancient city of Arezzo in Tuscany for forty years. One day, they decided to go to Bucharest to visit their friend Angelo. They brought along Gert and Sebastian, more old acquaintances, to have a reunion. When they got there, Angelo had a surprise waiting for them.Little did they know that this visit would change their lives forever.Cracks began to appear in marriages, as well as in the wonderful friendships they had enjoyed for the past forty years.It all began with this first trip. It wouldn't be their last.This book was written in Tuscany, inspired by real events that took place years ago.

In 1978, Newell moves from a rural Alabama town to New Orleans, hoping to change his life, as he explores his homosexuality and the dark side of life in the city, in an evocative novel about the gay subculture of the late 1970s. Reprint.

This “authentic, generous, and heartfelt” (Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author) instant New York Times bestseller from the author of The Summer of Lost and Found recounts one family’s summer of forging new beginnings against the enduring beauty and resilience of the natural world. It’s been sixteen years since Caretta “Cara” Rutledge has returned home to the beautiful shores of Charleston, South Carolina. Over those years, she has weathered the tides of deaths and births, struggles and joys. And now, as Cara prepares for her second wedding, her life is about to change yet again. Meanwhile, the rest of the storied Rutledge family is also in flux. Cara’s niece, Linnea, returns to Sullivan’s Island to begin a new career and an unexpected relationship. Linnea’s parents, having survived bankruptcy, pin their hopes and futures on the construction of a new home on Ocean Boulevard. But as excitement over the house and wedding builds, a devastating illness strikes the family and brings plans to a screeching halt. It is under these trying circumstances that the Rutledge family must come together yet again to discover the enduring strength in love, tradition, and legacy from mother to daughter to granddaughter. “A heartwarming story of lowcountry love, loyalty, and longstanding friendships” (Booklist), On Ocean Boulevard is Mary Alice Monroe at her very best.

"Bold and Bitter Statements", is a book contained full of life experiences of the author. It's a book of bitter truths that people may find intensive bold words of the author. The bold words may motivate some people to go into the infinite hole of truth. And some people may think the words are excessively bitter to concede.

Childhood friends Elia, Giorgio, Claudio and Fabrizio had been meeting in their favorite café in the center of the ancient city of Arezzo in Tuscany for forty years. One day, they decided to go to Bucharest to visit their friend Angelo. They brought along Gert and Sebastian, more old acquaintances, to have a reunion. When they got there, Angelo had a surprise waiting for them.Little did they know that this visit would change their lives forever.Cracks began to appear in marriages, as well as in the wonderful friendships they had enjoyed for the past forty years.It all began with this first trip. It wouldn't be their last.This book was written in Tuscany, inspired by real events that took place years ago.