A.M Homes
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With her signature humor and compassion, A.M. Homes exposes the heart of an uneasy America in her new collection - exploring our attachments to each other through characters who aren't quite who they hoped to become, though there is no one else they can be. In "A Prize for Every Player," a man is nominated to run for president by the customers of a big box store, while he and his family do their weekly shopping. At a conference on genocide(s) in...
2) Jack
Author
Language
English
Description
Jack, a fifteen-year-old high school student, finds his simple, middle-class life turned upside down when his parents divorce and he discovers that his father is gay. When his best friend Max reveals his own devastating family troubles, Jack slowly learns to appreciate all has-however unconventional, confusing, and troubling it may be.
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Offering candid accounts of the ways writers work, think, and live, a book based on a series of talks pairing writers of note at a beloved New York bookstore features conversations with such authors as Patti Smith and Rivka Galchen.