BIRD WATCHING I sit in the cafe this week again Drinking one cup of coffee Eking-out the last drop — Drinking myself dry, Breathing my life away, I did not need the coffee — A ploy of time, Waiting, waiting always in the wings, ...
A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST A Recommended Book From: The New York Times * Good Morning America * Entertainment Weekly * Electric Literature * The New York Post * Alma * The Millions * Book Riot A commanding debut and a poignant ...
The book was an intrusion, and I could see he was already looking forward to once again being the center of my world. ... “I don't get why anybody would write one book, let alone two. ... People read fiction to escape. Are you writing ...
Four teenagers grow inseparable in the last days of the Soviet Union—but not all of them will live to see the new world arrive in this powerful debut novel, loosely based on Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. “Spectacular . . . ...
Her poetry collections are Song (BOA Editions), the 1994 Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets and a finalist for the 1995 Los Angeles Times Book Award, and To the Place of Trumpets, selected by James Merrill for the 1987 ...
“Like Mark Twain and Toni Morrison, Peter Heller has a rare talent that hooks both literary and commercial readers.” –Elle magazine From the bestselling author of The Dog Stars and The River, The Orchard is an unforgettable coming of ...
The Orchard offers a brilliant narrative solution to the riddle of the Bar Kokhba Revolt by tying the rebellion to one of the most fascinating stories in the Jewish tradition, the story of four sages who entered a metaphysical orchard: one ...
Recently discovered by the author's daughter, it tells the story of Adele "Kitty" Robertson, young and energetic, but unprepared by her Radcliffe education for the rigors of apple farming in those bitter times.
Four teenagers grow inseparable in the last days of the Soviet Union—but not all of them will live to see the new world arrive in this powerful debut novel, loosely based on Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. “Spectacular . . . ...
... the stone the apple shone uncommonly bright , and behind it the thousand and thousand blossoms of the trumpet tree shone uncommonly bright . The fruit and the blossoms were the same scarlet color , and I could see for the first time in ...