The Summer of Ellen
Title | The Summer of Ellen PDF eBook |
Author | Agnete Friis |
Publisher | Soho Press |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2019-05-21 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1616959967 |
Agnete Friis’s lyrical, evocative work of psychological suspense weaves together two periods in one man’s life to explore obsession, toxic masculinity, and the tricks we play on our own memory. Jacob, a middle-aged architect living in Copenhagen, is in the alcohol-soaked throes of a bitter divorce when he receives an unexpected call from his great-uncle Anton. In his nineties and still living with his brother on their rural Jutland farm—a place Jacob hasn’t visited since the summer of 1978—Anton remains haunted by a single question: What happened to Ellen? To find out, Jacob must return to the farm and confront what took place that summer—one defined by his teenage obsession with Ellen, a beautiful young hippie from the local commune, and the unsolved disappearance of a local girl. In revisiting old friends and rivals, Jacob discovers the tragedies that have haunted him for over forty years were not what they seemed.
The Summer of Ellen
Title | The Summer of Ellen PDF eBook |
Author | Agnete Friis |
Publisher | Soho Press |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2020-04-14 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 164129132X |
Agnete Friis’s lyrical, evocative work of psychological suspense weaves together two periods in one man’s life to explore obsession, toxic masculinity, and the tricks we play on our own memory. Jacob, a middle-aged architect living in Copenhagen, is in the alcohol-soaked throes of a bitter divorce when he receives an unexpected call from his great-uncle Anton. In his nineties and still living with his brother on their rural Jutland farm—a place Jacob hasn’t visited since the summer of 1978—Anton remains haunted by a single question: What happened to Ellen? To find out, Jacob must return to the farm and confront what took place that summer—one defined by his teenage obsession with Ellen, a beautiful young hippie from the local commune, and the unsolved disappearance of a local girl. In revisiting old friends and rivals, Jacob discovers the tragedies that have haunted him for over forty years were not what they seemed.
The Summer Solstice
Title | The Summer Solstice PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen B. Jackson |
Publisher | Millbrook Press |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2001-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780761316237 |
Celebrates the universal appeal of the sun and the abundance of light and warmth it provides, accompanied by a summer tale, recipes, and craft activities.
The Girls' Summer Book
Title | The Girls' Summer Book PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Bailey |
Publisher | Price Stern Sloan |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-05-12 |
Genre | Amusements |
ISBN | 9780843198539 |
With activities like making fortune tellers and throw pillows, and tips such as how to plan the perfect picnic, girls are sure to love this activity book! It also includes spot-the-difference puzzles, doodle pages, mazes, and more!
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Title | Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Weiss |
Publisher | Brighter Child Interactive |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Autumn |
ISBN | 9781577913122 |
"Discover something wonderful about the world you live in no matter what time of year it is! It's a snowy day and Cindy the rabbit wishes it were summer, but her friends show her that every season is special and fun. You can explore the seasons with them!."--Cover back.
The Brief Luminous Flight of the Firefly
Title | The Brief Luminous Flight of the Firefly PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Byerrum |
Publisher | Lethal Black Dress Press |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2021-12-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781949582062 |
"It's not like it's murder.""Don't kid yourself, sister. People commit all kinds of crimes for all kinds of reasons. There's murder afoot whenever money is involved."Ambitious and idealistic, Mimi Smith leaves her home out west and pauses her college career to work for the war effort in Washington, D.C. She lands an entry-level stenographer's job at the government office that oversees rationing and black-market activities, and a rented room in Alexandria, Virginia. But Mimi's got bigger plans than laboring as a mere stenographer-she has an eye on a slot as an investigator. When she breaks up a group of drunken servicemen harassing a flashily dressed woman at a dance, her instincts kick in. She saves the young woman and tries to get her back on her feet. It's soon clear that the victim, Kitty Hawkins, is what Mimi's grandmother calls a "magdalen," a lady of the evening Kitty is trying to escape that life and outrun the desperate "quivers" she feels breathing down her neck. It's June 1943, halfway through a world war that feels like it will never end. Rationing, victory gardens, and making do or doing without have all become a patriotic way of life. But the flip side of patriotism is hoarding, profiteering, theft, and black marketeering. And someone in Alexandria is murdering magdalens caught up in selling information and stolen goods. Teaming up with a skeptical local policeman and a country boy soon to enter the Navy, Mimi grapples with life, death, and a killer who has set his sights on her. Firefly is the prequel to the bestselling Crime of Fashion Mysteries, featuring Lacey Smithsonian. Set decades before Lacey plies her trade as a journalist in D.C., Firefly explores Lacey's great aunt Mimi Smith's wartime journey that brought her to Washington, the parallels between the two women, including their love of fashion and the clues people wear without knowing it, and the origins of Mimi's trunk full of mysteries, the trunk Lacey later inherits. And both Mimi and Lacey discover they have a passion for finding out how the story ends.
Ellen Foster
Title | Ellen Foster PDF eBook |
Author | Kaye Gibbons |
Publisher | Algonquin Books |
Pages | 165 |
Release | 2012-01-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1616203021 |
Having suffered abuse and misfortune for much of her life, a young child searches for a better life and finally gets a break in the home of a loving woman with several foster children.