You Are Here
Title | You Are Here PDF eBook |
Author | Karin Lin-Greenberg |
Publisher | Catapult |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2023-05-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1640095446 |
"Lin-Greenberg’s web of characters illustrate the complex lives of ordinary people." —Time As a once-bustling mall prepares to shut its doors for the final time, the residents of an upstate New York town must reckon with a shocking act that forces them to reevaluate who they are in this "remarkable study of ordinary people's extraordinary inner lives" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) The inhabitants of a small town have long found that their lives intersect at one focal point: the local shopping mall. But business is down, stores are closing, and as the institution breathes its last gasp, the people inside it dream of something different, something more. In its pages, You Are Here brings this diverse group of characters vividly to life—flawed, real, lovable strangers who are wonderful company and prove unforgettable even after the last store has closed. The only hair stylist at Sunshine Clips secretly watches YouTube primers on how to draw and paint, just as her awkward young son covertly studies new illusions for his magic act. His friend and magician’s assistant, a high school cashier in the food court, has attracted the unwanted attention of a strange boy at school. She tells no one except the mall’s chain bookstore manager, a failed academic living in the tiny house he built in his mother-in-law's backyard. His family is watched over by the judgmental old woman next door, whose weekly trips to Sunshine Clips hide a complicated and emotional history and will spark the moment when everything changes for them all. Exploring how the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves are inextricably bound to the places we call home, You Are Here is a keenly perceptive and deeply humane portrait of a community in transition, ultimately illuminating the magical connections that can bloom from the ordinary wonder of our everyday lives.
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Title | Next PDF eBook |
Author | James Hynes |
Publisher | Reagan Arthur Books |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2010-03-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0316072605 |
Kevin Quinn is a standard-variety American male: middle-aged, liberal-leaning, self-centered, emotionally damaged, generally determined to avoid both pain and responsibility. As his relationship with his girlfriend approaches a turning point, and his career seems increasingly pointless, he decides to secretly fly to a job interview in Austin, Texas. Aboard the plane, Kevin is simultaneously attracted to the young woman in the seat next to him and panicked by a new wave of terrorism in Europe and the UK. He lands safely with neuroses intact and full of hope that the job, the expansive city, and the girl from the plane might yet be his chance for reinvention. His next eight hours make up this novel, a tour-de-force of mordant humor, brilliant observation, and page-turning storytelling.
Clearsands
Title | Clearsands PDF eBook |
Author | JD |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2022-09-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1669838927 |
A botched Tuxedo Park robbery attempt with Clearsands cronies Peter Cooper, Frank Baldwin, and Gilbert Glough posing as early morning DPW workers, initiated by Clearsands CEO Daniel Crosswell, to fund cocaine into the states has awake and wandering, sleep apnea, one hundred fifty million in cash and bond asset Richard Anthony Southwick accidentally murdered during the home invasion. When greed clouds the cronies judgement they steal the garbage truck compacted cash and bond assets with the Clearsands helicopter crashing into the Reeves Meadow Remo house killing Craig Remo and his young son Jason. This one act of defiance and greed resonates throughout the Clearsands hierarchy tipping the very axis which Clearsands has operated as unscathed for so many years shredding the very fabric of its existence.
The Ten Commandments
Title | The Ten Commandments PDF eBook |
Author | Eileen P. Flynn |
Publisher | Ave Maria Press |
Pages | 159 |
Release | 2010-06-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1594713952 |
The Ten Commandments: Case Studies in Catholic Morality is a single source that summarizes Catholic teaching around the Ten Commandments. Thirty case studies related to real-life issues and dilemmas addressed by each commandment make up the heart of this text and remind students of the central importance of the Ten Commandments as a source for moral decision-making along with contemporary ways the Commandments can be applied in their own lives. The text addresses both every day issues of morality faced by teens, such as cheating on exams, using alcohol and drugs, sex before marriage—along with wider and new societal issues including the use of embryonic stem cells for medical research, responsibility for environmental problems, and the proper use of money. The Ten Commandments: Case Studies in Catholic Morality is intended as an ancillary resource for students to accompany their study of Catholic morality. The text is a helpful partner to any theology class to help students review current applications of the Ten Commandments. The book is also applicable as a resource for teens participating in a high school youth ministry program.
The Voice
Title | The Voice PDF eBook |
Author | Zelda Claassen |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 153 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 147973134X |
Kevin O'Connor is a selfish, ruthless business man involved in drug trafficking. After he is involved in a car accident, he heard a voice informing him that he will receive a task list. The list has names of all the people to whom he did injustice in the past. He has to go back to all those people and seek forgiveness. He starts to trace all these people and discovers that he has become a person without a purpose in life that masked his mission in life: to be truthful to himself and God.
Clean Pocket Change
Title | Clean Pocket Change PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Rhone |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2020-11-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1664142363 |
Set in the early 2000’s, this lighthearted comedy represents the time when the radio played pop music and grunge music faded away. This reminiscent story will take you back to a time before indoor malls became obsolete and record stores barely existed. In this novel, Kevin moves to Pennsylvania, and joins the army after the Marines. Shortly after joining the army, Kevin’s army unit sets for deployment training in Washington and for eventual deployment abroad. After training and before traveling overseas, Kevin’s army unit grants leave. Kevin reunites with his old female Marine buddy, Toni for Washington State sightseeing. During Kevin’s vacation time, the two remanences on old times, and like old times, conduct in rowdy behavior which could jeopardize their liberty with the police. The two lead on into sitcom-worthy situations, too strange to be true, and encounter unusual people. Their endeavors cover anything from, “tall tales from the sea” to street fighting. As former Marines, some may find the characters’ mannerisms jaded, but they will do almost anything for amusement.
Days Without End
Title | Days Without End PDF eBook |
Author | Jason McGathey |
Publisher | Exquisite Noise Publishing |
Pages | 893 |
Release | 2020-12-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1005485135 |
A sleep deprivation bet careens out of control when a group of friends get together over spring break. One seasoned reporter, caught by chance in this maelstrom, attempts making sense of the carnage, though entirely out of his realm. While beginning as a lighthearted lark, what he encounters eventually finds him ruminating on our current worldwide climate, and its parallels to this insane odyssey.