Laury a egan (28 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 293 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear and clean text. Dj has cuts and tears in certain places, near spine. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. Laury A. Egan (Designed by) (illustrator). …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 191 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.48 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. General shelf wear on cover, spine and corners. Small tears present in front of jacket at top border near spine. Writing in pencil on FEP and title page. Ink stamp on inside back cover. Text is clear, bright and tight throughout. Laury A. Egan (jacket Photograph and design) (illustrator). …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 272 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Trade Paperback. Zustand: Like New. 247 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Relevant newspaper article included from previous owner. Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (Cover Jacket); Laury A. Egan (Design by) (illustrator).

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 214 pages. 8.50x5.60x0.60 inches. In Stock.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A fresh twist on a triangular relationship. A novel about love, compassion, selfishness, grief, bravery, sacrifice. An elegy, a reckoning, told with touches of magical realism. Psychotherapist Bess Lynch makes a sojourn to Cape Cod to deal with her impending demise from pancreatic cancer. While swimming, she encounters an enigmatic, handsome man, Stephen, who is mourning the loss of his husband. Together, they find solace in a tender affair until Bess' son, Nathan, arrives and explodes their relationship and Bess' mission to make decisions about her marriage, life, and death. 'A psychotherapist with end-stage cancer contemplates the end of her life and marriage and her failures as a mother, while saving the life of a beautiful swimmer grieving over the death of his husband. Egan's story is for anyone contemplating the meaning of death, life, and everything in between: fear, regret, desire, hope, acceptance. A novel written with deep compassion and beautiful storytelling.' -Lori Ostlund, author of After the Parade 'This captivating novel reflects the realities of life's challenges and normalizes the conversation about end of life, illustrating a way to find peace with our own impermanence.' -J. Redwing Keyssar, RN, author of Last Acts of Kindness 'A plot featuring very difficult subjects, requiring technical and emotional mastery. The pacing, the exactitude of emotional tenor, and the mystery at its heart, all recommend this author and this book very highly.' -Luke Sherwood, Basso Profundo 'A lovely, direct-even eerie-exploration of what it means to die with dignity and purpose. As Bess Lynch ties together the loose ends of her waning life, life brings her new mysteries and reveals more secrets. Humanists will find her journey inspiring as she seeks a meaningful death while balancing self-care with compassion for her loved ones.' -Michael Cluff, president, South Jersey Humanists.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The summer of 1964. Four teenage lives intertwine as each searches for love, identity, and a passage through painful family conflicts, social isolation, and the confusion of sexual orientation.During a sailing class, four teenagers meet.Jessie Schaffer is fourteen, an intelligent and solitary girl, who dreams of becoming a writer. When she sees nineteen-year-old Lindsay Ames, the instructor, standing on a dock, sunlight illuminating her blond hair and blue eyes, Jessie falls in love but is too afraid of her feelings and what they mean.In an attempt to reassure herself she is 'normal,' Jessie becomes involved with two boys in the class: Kenny Crenshaw, also fourteen, a darkly handsome and flirtatious guy, and Calvin Brayburn, a year younger, who will be in their freshman class because he's academically brilliant.On the first day of sailing, Cal is smitten with Jessie, though he is hindered by shyness. As the romantic relationships take unexpected twists, Jessie, Lindsay, Calvin, and Kenny relate their individual stories, their hopes, fears, and longings, all the while being buffeted by intense pressures.Set in coastal New Jersey, the plot roams from its beautiful rivers to lush scenes in St. Thomas and Vietnam's jungles during the war.…

4°, kartoniert. Zustand: Gut. 48 Seiten, Sehr sauberes Exemplar, in englischer Sprache. A1113g Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 248.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In October 1992, Dr. Ellen Haskell begins a new therapy practice in Princeton after a tragic error with a former client. Demoralized by her failure, Ellen strives to restore her emotional and professional confidence. Her parents have departed for Greece, leaving Ellen alone in their secluded country house. As her clients are introduced through their individual sessions, Ellen becomes unnerved when she receives hang-up phone calls and a series of bizarre gifts from an anonymous admirer-first at her office and then at home. As the obsessive lover increasingly invades her life, Ellen's anxiety crescendos and she begins to fear the stalker's behavior will escalate into violence.…

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paperback. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 286 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | A sixteen-year-old girl, Olivia, who feels guilty about her younger brother's death. Her mother, Evelyn, a glamorous artist. Travis, the charismatic owner of the Pink Fancy Hotel. A mysteri­ous Czechoslo­vakian widow, Sofiya. A sojourn on St. Croix, a tropi­cal island. Two love affairs. Secrets. Nazis. Ravensbrück concentra­tion camp. Conflict, jealousy, kindness, tenderness. A res­cue and a resurrec­tion. All woven together in a haunting work of liter­ary fiction set in 1966. "An engaging and well-written story of a young woman discover­ing the nuances and mysteries of human relationships, love, and adulthood. Set on a beautiful Caribbean island and peppered with references to charac­ters, places, and events there, I felt like I was a confidant and witness to the emotions and experi­ences of a friend. Egan found an excellent balance between the voice of her young narrator in the time period and the perspective from years later."-Lisa Cantrell, administrator, "St. Croix Memories""The novel is a heart-wrenching treatise of teen angst and relation­ships damaged by trauma, set in the beautiful Virgin Islands. It gently portrays how chance-met friends can help us to deal with adversity."-J.A. Lordi, writing as Tinker Marne, author of Sunken Treachery"A major work. All of the primary characters deserve their own novels."-Dr. Helga Schier, former executive editor, Random House.…

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