After taking part in a science experiment that should have only lasted hours, Alex wakes to a world very different from the one he left behind. Everyone he's ever known is gone, and what's left of America lies in ruin, but those are the least of his worries. Relentlessly pursued by powerful forces wielding advanced technology, and forced to contend with the dangerous inhabitants of this new land, Alex must do everything he can to survive. At least he won't be facing these challenges alone, but his new friends be enough to protect him from what the future holds?
" This edition of The Awakening also includes a selection of short stories by Kate Chopin. "This seems to me a higher order of feminism than repeating the story of woman as victim.
The Awakening by Kate Chopin from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self ...
Athénaïse was to take her meals in the house , which none of the other lodgers did ; the one exception being that Mr. Gouvernail was served with breakfast on Sunday mornings . Sylvie's clientèle came chiefly from the southern parishes ...
" -Philadelphia Sunday Sun "Blade meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. . .A pulsating blood-booster." -Kirkus "With an exciting premise and a cliffhanger ending, this first book in a new series packs a powerful punch.
Condemned as "sordid" and "immoral" on its publication in 1899, this story of a woman trapped in her marriage effectively ended Chopin's career but was revived as a proto-feminist classic in the 1970s.
Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899) is a masterpiece of feminist philosophy, a novel whose pioneering vision and keen literary sensibility have established it as a landmark in the development of...
A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: "Allez vous-en!
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts begins a new trilogy of adventure, romance, and magick in The Awakening.
Also included in this volume are several of Chopin’s short stories, including “Désirée’s Baby” and “The Story of an Hour.”
To those who despair over the spiritual poverty of contemporary Christianity, this book offers quiet but bold assurance that God can work as powerfully in our time as he did in his.