When Camilla Randall, a 1980s New York debutante, is assaulted by her mother's fiance, then loses all her money in the Savings and Loan Scandal, she seeks refuge with her gay best friend in California. But her friend has developed heterosexual tendencies and an inconvenient fiancee, so Camilla has to move in with wild-partying friends. When a TV star ends up dead after one of their parties, Camilla is arrested for his murder. She has to turn to a friendly sanitation worker, her dotty octogenarian neighbour and her nasty, but oh-so-sexy boss to prove her innocence.
The BEST Revenge is the true story about best friends who became their own worst enemies. Tina and Melissa, were close friends for over 37 years, until Melissa's illegal and unethical behavior spun out of control.
Based on true events This book has won the International Impact Book Awards.
Saul Bellow has said of The Best Revenge, “It reads itself.” And The New York Times affirms, “If you bury yourself in a Sol Stein novel while walking, you’ll walk into a wall.”
The rhythm of her stitches falters when she thinks of her good-hearted father, beyond suffering they say, but they don't know, ... Mr. Wallace,” Everett said, out of his chair and advancing, “I'm not 4 : T H E B E S T R E V E N G E.
In this astonishing work by a novelist at the height of his powers, Stephen White brilliantly blends thrilling action and breakneck pacing with unrivaled insight into the human mind, heart, and psyche.
In this astonishing work by a novelist at the height of his powers, Stephen White brilliantly blends thrilling action and breakneck pacing with unrivaled insight into the human mind, heart, and psyche.
Something in St. John's intense blue eyes reminded Jessa hill of her childhood friend.
Responding to the paintings he saw in Paris with an American sensibility, he produced fifteen works, seven of which survive and one of which is in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art.
Why couldn't I have just stayed there, in that warmth and security and let the world go by? Will this ever be over? Will this sad person called me ever go away and the happy-go-lucky me come back? Or was that another life?
Spring writes candidly from a number of perspectives about her experiences of living with trauma-related dissociation, and her journey of recovery over 10 years.