was noticed by teachers and parents that since her death Miss Mason had become a paragon of all the virtues.) Hetty wiped her sticky fingers on her pinafore and reflected, 'I mind when Mister Dennis were picking 'ops in Miss Mason's bin ...
"The true story of 17 months in the life of a Vietnamese village, where a handful of American volunteers and Vietnamese militia lived and died together trying to defend it"--Cover subtitle.
From the Dutch settlers and Washington Square patricians, to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and Prohibition-era speakeasies; from Abstract Expressionism and beatniks, to Stonewall and AIDS, the connecting narratives of The Village tell the ...
From the Dutch settlers and Washington Square patricians, to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and Prohibition-era speakeasies; from Abstract Expressionism and beatniks, to Stonewall and AIDS, the connecting narratives of The Village tell the ...
In her award-winning debut novel, Gifted, Nikita Lalwani crafted a brilliant coming-of-age story that “[called] to mind the work of such novelists as Zadie Smith and Monica Ali” (The Washington Post Book World).
This is the story of fifteen resolute young Americans matched against two hundred Viet Cong; how a CAP lived, fought and died. And why the villagers remember them to this day.
For crime journalist Naomi, solving the case has turned into an obsession. But Nighbrook isn't quite the village she expected. No one wants to talk to her. No one will answer her questions.
Charlie's mum isn't feeling so well, yet people keep visiting their home. As he learns about his mum's cancer treatments and sees how people gather around to help out, he begins to understand what it means to have a 'village'.
The village emerges as a place of complexity and mystery, humour and strength - and becomes as much of a character as the individuals who inhabit it.
The Village: Authorized Translation from the Russian of Ivan Bunin
The Village