When I was twelve, a fortune teller told me that my one true love would die young and leave me all alone. Everyone said she was a fraud, that she was just making it up. I'd really like to know why the hell a person would make up a thing like that. Wry yet vulnerable, Beatrice Jordan isn't the sort of woman who usually answers personal ads but she is unable to resist the following: 'If your intentions are pure, I am seeking a friend for the end of the world.' In doing so, she meets Jacob Grace, a charming, effervescent thirty-something writer, a free spirit who is a passionate seeker of life. He possesses his own turn of phrase and ways of thinking and feeling that dissonantly harmonise with Beatrice's off-centre vision as they roller coaster through the joys and furies of their wrenching romance. Along the way they try to come to terms with the hurt brought about by their distant fathers who, in different ways, forsook them.
V. 2015-: co-published by Skyhorse Publishing, New York.
In this, his fourth book of poems, Patrick Todd reveals powers of recall that match exactly his will both to face and to reassure "things that never leave the mind," the authentic dramas of memory and intention.
... golden oldies, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and Jim Morrison's “mojo rising... There's a mojo rising,” as Mark with a headband around bleached white Clorox hair dumps the last one with a kersplash! over the side.
Jennifer was quickly getting the impression that Ms. Samuels cared far more about Brinton Academy's pristine reputation than she did Amy's safety . " What did this man look like ? " she asked . “ Did he call Amy by name ?
Flirting with Danger
Jack Morgan is having a bad week.
Maria's Journey
Riley Oliver seeks to rebuild his friendship with Will Taylor as they spend a summer collaborating on a record, an endeavor complicated by Will's wife's sexual restlessness and desire to find her own place in the music business.
Tony Piazza was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.
From the parking-lot trailhead in Point Mugu State Park, head north on the La Jolla Canyon Trail. (This hike is a loop, so technically you could take the Ray Miller Trail, though we usually prefer to save that section for the end.) ...