An Affair With A Village

Author : Joanna Trollope
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409011615
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Village Affair written by Joanna Trollope and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse will devour this gripping novel about love and marriage - and the ties that bind us - from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope. With the flawless depiction of rural, middle-class life and her incredibly astute characterisation, she effortlessly demonstrates how seductive and cosy the apparent safety of money, conformity and marriage can be - but also how fragile.... 'A story of seduction - not only sexual seduction but the irresistible appeal of money, beautiful objects, charming manners...excellent' - The Sunday Times 'A richly textured and immensely readable novel' - The Sunday Times 'Could not put this book down' - ***** Reader review 'A must read' - ***** Reader review 'An outstanding study of human relationships and conflicting loyalties' - ***** Reader review **************************************************************** WOULD YOU TAKE A CHANCE AND SET SOMETHING IN MOTION THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING? The Grey House is the final piece in the jigsaw of Alice Jordan's perfect life. It seems to be the ultimate achievement of her outwardly happy marriage - a loyal, if dull husband, three children, two cars and now the house. So why does she feel as if something is missing? As Alice and her family settle themselves into village life, the something missing becomes something huge and then breaks, scandalizing the village and opening up old wounds. But because of it, Alice begins to feel that there is hope and humour and understanding and compassion in the new life she must build for herself.

Author : Joy Hendry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781999696269
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Affair with a Village written by Joy Hendry and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthopologist Joy Hendry relates her experiences, spanning six decades, with the remarkable Japanese village of Kurotsuchi, providing cultural insights and observations gained during her time spent with its fascinating community.

Author : Bunny Williams
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781584794707
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Affair with a House written by Bunny Williams and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This] book is part memoir, part decorating manual, part entertaining guide, but most of all it's a portrait of a creative couple and their very beautiful, utterly comfortable home."-

Author : Sonali Dev
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 1617730149
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Bollywood Affair written by Sonali Dev and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An impressive debut . . . Vibrant and exuberantly romantic, Affair is chock full of details that reflect India’s social and cultural flux.”—NPR.org Mili Rathod hasn’t seen her husband in twenty years—not since she was promised to him at the age of four. Yet marriage has allowed Mili a freedom rarely given to girls in her village. Her grandmother has even allowed her to leave India and study in America for eight months, all to make her the perfect modern wife. Which is exactly what Mili longs to be—if her husband would just come and claim her. Bollywood’s favorite director, Samir Rathod, has come to Michigan to secure a divorce for his older brother. Persuading a naïve village girl to sign the papers should be easy for someone with Samir’s tabloid-famous charm. But Mili is neither a fool nor a gold-digger. Open-hearted yet complex, she’s trying to reconcile her independence with cherished traditions. And before he can stop himself, Samir is immersed in Mili’s life—cooking her dal and rotis, escorting her to her roommate’s elaborate Indian wedding, and wondering where his loyalties and happiness lie. Heartfelt, witty, and thoroughly engaging, Sonali Dev’s debut is both a vivid exploration of modern India and a deeply honest story of love, in all its diversity. “Deeply-felt emotions that will keep readers turning the pages.”—Susan Elizabeth Phillips, New York Times-bestselling author “Debut author Sonali Dev writes a beautiful love story in A Bollywood Affair . . . One of the best romances I’ve read this year.”—USA Today

Author : Margaret M. Green
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136249982
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Igbo Village Affairs written by Margaret M. Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1964

Author : Joanna Trollope
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Village Affair written by Joanna Trollope and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1999 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First pub. 1989. A story of seduction, sexual as well as the appeal of money, beautiful objects and charming manners.

Author : Andrew R. Highsmith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022641955X
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demolition Means Progress written by Andrew R. Highsmith and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-12-30 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flint, Michigan, is widely seen as Detroit s Detroit: the perfect embodiment of a ruined industrial economy and a shattered American dream. In this deeply researched book, Andrew Highsmith gives us the first full-scale history of Flint, showing that the Vehicle City has always seen demolition as a tool of progress. During the 1930s, officials hoped to renew the city by remaking its public schools into racially segregated community centers. After the war, federal officials and developers sought to strengthen the region by building subdivisions in Flint s segregated suburbs, while GM executives and municipal officials demolished urban factories and rebuilt them outside the city. City leaders later launched a plan to replace black neighborhoods with a freeway and new factories. Each of these campaigns, Highsmith argues, yielded an ever more impoverished city and a more racially divided metropolis. By intertwining histories of racial segregation, mass suburbanization, and industrial decline, Highsmith gives us a deeply unsettling look at urban-industrial America."

Author : Catherine Alliott
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141047798
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Rural Affair written by Catherine Alliott and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Catherine Alliott's bestselling novels One Day in May and A Crowded Marriage, will love her latest gorgeously romantic novel A Rural Affair. 'If I'm being totally honest I had fantasized about Phil dying.' When Poppy Shilling's bike-besotted, Lycra-clad husband is killed in a freak accident, she can't help feeling a guilty sense of relief. For at long last she's released from a controlling and loveless marriage. Throwing herself wholeheartedly into village life, she's determined to start over. And sure enough, everyone from Luke the sexy church organist to Bob the resident oddball, is taking note. Yet the one man Poppy can't take her eyes off seems tantalizingly out of reach - why won't he let go of his glamorous ex-wife? But just as she's ready to dip her toes in the water, the discovery of a dark secret about her late husband shatters Poppy's confidence. Does she really have the courage to risk her heart again? Because Poppy wants a lot more than just a rural affair . . . Step into Alliott country with A Rural Affair. Praise for Catherine Alliott: 'I raced through it, completely gripped from start to finish' Daily Mail 'An entertaining read that's as light as the summer breeze' Daily Express

Author : Amos Oz
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547519419
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scenes from Village Life written by Amos Oz and published by HMH. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linked short stories set in a town in the midst of change: “One of the most powerful books you will read about present-day Israel.” —The Jewish Chronicle “‘Scenes from Village Life’ is like a symphony, its movements more impressive together than in isolation. There is, in each story, a particular chord or strain; but taken together, these chords rise and reverberate, evoking an unease so strong it’s almost a taste in the mouth . . . ‘Scenes from Village Life’ is a brief collection, but its brevity is a testament to its force. You will not soon forget it.” —The New York Times Book Review Strange things are happening in Tel Ilan, a century-old pioneer village. A disgruntled retired politician complains to his daughter that he hears the sounds of digging at night. Could it be their tenant, that young Arab? But then the young Arab hears the digging sounds too. And where has the mayor’s wife gone, vanished without a trace, her note saying “Don’t worry about me”? Around the village, the veneer of new wealth—gourmet restaurants, art galleries, a winery—barely conceals the scars of war and of past generations: disused air-raid shelters, rusting farm tools, and trucks left wherever they stopped. Scenes From Village Life is a memorable novel in stories by the inimitable Amos Oz: a brilliant, unsettling glimpse of what goes on beneath the surface of everyday life. Translated from Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange “Finely wrought . . . Oz writes characterizations that are subtle but surgically precise, rendering this work a powerfully understated treatment of an uneasy Israeli conscience.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Informed by everything, weighed down by nothing, this is an exquisite work of art.” —The Scotsman

Author : Vincent S. R. Brandt
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295804769
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Affair with Korea written by Vincent S. R. Brandt and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1966 Vincent S. R. Brant lived in Sokp’o, a poor and isolated South Korean fishing village on the coast of the Yellow Sea, carrying out social anthropological research. At that time, the only way to reach Sokp’o, other than by boat, was a two hour walk along foot paths. This memoir of his experiences in a village with no electricity, running water, or telephone shows Brandt’s attempts to adapt to a traditional, preindustrial existence in a small, almost completely self-sufficient community. This vivid account of his growing admiration for an ancient way of life that was doomed, and that most of the villagers themselves despised, illuminates a social world that has almost completely disappeared.