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A Far-flung Life [sound recording]. by Stedman, M. L.;
'A Far-Flung Life' is a breathtaking and epic novel set in the vast outback of Australia - about tragedy, family secrets, and and what the heart can endure for the sake of love. From the author of 'The Light Between Oceans'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Audiobooks.; FICTION / Historical / General; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Sagas;

The Lost Language of Oysters. by Smith, Alexander McCall.;
The rivalry between Professor Von Igelfeld and Professor Unterholzer bubbles under the surface, but is quick to come into the open if something unusual disturbs the calm waters of the institute where they work. One such event is the arrival of two visiting scholars from New Orleans. Von Igelfeld may suffer humiliation after humiliation, but at the end of it all is the promise of a visit to Louisiana, where important research on communication among oysters is underway.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Humorous / General; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Satire;

Death and the Seaside. by Moore, Alison.;
Nearing thirty, with an abandoned degree and half-hearted dreams of becoming a writer, Bonnie Falls finally moves out of her parents home and into a shabby flat. When her landlady takes an interest in her, and one of her unfinished stories, Bonnies aspirations are rekindled, and shes quickly persuaded by the older womans suggestion that they go on holiday to a seaside town like the one in the story. 'Death and the Seaside' is a masterpiece of form and gripping psychological novel about the stories that we tell ourselves. Perfect for readers of Claire Messud.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Psychological; FICTION / Romance / Gothic;

The Amateur Marriage [electronic resource] : by Tyler, Anne.aut; CloudLibrary;
Painfully funny and heartachingly true, Anne Tyler draws our eyes to an ill-matched couple, and the slow, tragicomic disintegration of their marriage. When Pauline Barclay whirls into Michael Anton's grocery store in 1941, he is convinced he's in love. In due course they marry, and so begins their misadventure of wedded misery. Over the course of sixty years, Michael and Pauline endure their marriage (and each other) through anniversaries, affairs, and children, as the union of two people slowly devolves into a parting of ways. Injecting a touch of mischief with a dash of wisdom, Anne Tyler plays out an American marriage and its sometimes unavoidable end.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Family Life; Psychological;
© 2018., Doubleday Canada,

The Accidental Tourist [electronic resource] : by Tyler, Anne.aut; cloudLibrary;
Macon Leary likes the ordinary. A travel writer who hates travel, he prefers instead to indulge in the comforts of home. His travel guides, authored with the traveling businessman in mind, offers not the points of interest, but the places of familiarity in these foreign locales.       But with his son's death, Leary's simple, orderly life is thrown into chaos. His marriage is crumbling around him, his wife Sarah has left him, and an injury forces him to move back in with his siblings accompanied by his dog Edward, who is too willful to be negotiated with. Leary is out of his depth, until he meets the charming and vivacious Muriel, a dog-obedience trainer with a strange sense of fashion and a whirlwind of personality. Wrangling both Edward and Macon, Muriel up-ends Macon's insular world and thrusts him headlong into a remarkable engagement with life.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Family Life; Psychological;
© 2017., Doubleday Canada,

Audition A Novel [electronic resource] : by Kitamura, Katie.aut; CloudLibrary;
“A tightly wound family drama that reads like a psychological thriller."—NPR “Bold, stark, genre-bending, Audition will haunt your dreams.”—The Boston Globe One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love. Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, young—young enough to be her son. Who is he to her, and who is she to him? In this compulsively readable, brilliantly constructed novel, two competing narratives unspool, rewriting our understanding of the roles we play every day – partner, parent, creator, muse – and the truths every performance masks, especially from those who think they know us most intimately. Taut and hypnotic, Audition is Katie Kitamura at her virtuosic best.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Contemporary Women; Psychological;
© 2025., Penguin Publishing Group,

Confessions of a Grammar Queen A Novel [electronic resource] : by Knight, Eliza.aut; CloudLibrary;
There are no female publishing CEOs in 1960's New York. And that is exactly what savvy, ambitious Bernadette Swift plans to change. Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first she needs to take the next step up that ladder with a promotion that her boorish and sexist boss wants to thwart. Seeking a base of support, Bernadette joins a feminist women's book club at the New York Public Library, and soon, she's inspiring her fellow members to challenge the male gatekeepers and decades of ingrained sexism in their workplaces and pursue their personal and professional dreams. And that is precisely what Bernedette does on a daily basis: keeps her eye on the prize—equality for women in the workplace, and a promotion—while fending off the ire of her boss and the sabotaging efforts of a jealous coworker. With the support of her book club buddies and a certain charismatic editor at Lenox & Park who has completely fallen for her, maybe, just maybe, Bernadette will prove able to claim victory for herself and the young women coming after her.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Historical; Contemporary Women;
© 2025., Sourcebooks,

The God of the Woods A Novel [electronic resource] : by Moore, Liz.aut; Maarleveld, Saskia.nrt; cloudLibrary;
"Riveting from page one to the last breathless word."—Rebecca Makkai, New York Times bestselling author of I Have Some Questions For You “Brilliant, riveting .. an epic mystery, a family saga and a survival guide...I loved this book.” —Miranda Cowley Heller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper Palace When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found. As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains a map from the book.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Literary; Family Life; Psychological;
© 2024., Penguin Random House,

Tom's Crossing A Novel [electronic resource] : by Danielewski, Mark Z..aut; CloudLibrary;
From the bestselling author of House of Leaves comes a magisterial novel about two friends determined to rescue a pair of horses set for slaughter. “This is an amazing work of fiction. I absolutely loved it. At the heart you’ll find a blood-drenched story of pursuit and two brave and resourceful children. But there’s so much more. I immersed myself. Have never read anything like it.” —Stephen King Hard to figure how so much awful horror could've started out with just them two horses and not a one yet named... While folks still like to focus on the crimes that shocked the small city of Orvop, Utah, back in the fall of 1982, not to mention the trials that followed, far more remember the adventure that took place beyond municipal lines. For sure no one expected the dead to rise, but they did. No one expected the mountain to fall either, but it did. No one expected an act of courage so great, and likewise so appalling, that it still staggers the heart and mind of anyone who knows anything about the Katanogos massif, to say nothing of Pillars Meadow. As one Orvop high school teacher described that extraordinary feat just days before she died, Fer sure no one expected Kalin March to look Old Porch in the eye and tell him: You get what you deserve when you ride with cowards.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Westerns; Action & Adventure;
© 2025., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group,

Butter A Novel of Food and Murder [electronic resource] : by Yuzuki, Asako.aut; Footman, Hanako.nrt; cloudLibrary;
The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer, and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story There are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention House convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, whom she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination, but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew, and Kajii can’t resist writing back. Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a master class in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii, but it seems that Rika might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body. Do she and Kajii have more in common than she once thought? Inspired by the real case of a convicted con woman and serial killer—the “Konkatsu Killer”—Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance, and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Literary; Contemporary Women; Psychological;
© 2024., HarperCollins,

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