Resultados para "The Stranger" en Mujeres

Maybe you don’t need heaven, maybe you just need to find yourself. My father tells it because he made it up. A little bedtime story of my origin. They are not really my parents, the people who I call Mum and Dad. Those are not my siblings, the kids who I know as my brother and sisters. I am...

Brought to you by Penguin. How do we go on when a loved one betrays us? On a chilly day in March of 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, Belle Burden’s husband of twenty years announced, with no prior warning, that he was leaving her. His decision shocked Belle to her core: she believed he...

NOMINATED FOR THE H. R. F. KEATING AWARD, 2022. "My New Year's Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle—may they never give me peace." —Patricia Highsmith (New Year's...

Sara Mayfield was born into Alabama's governing elite in 1905 and grew up in a social circle that included Zelda Sayre, Sara Haardt, and Tallulah and Eugenia Bankhead. After winning a Goucher College short story contest judged by H. L. Mencken, Mayfield became friends with Mencken and his circle, then visited with Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and hobnobbed with the literati while traveling in Europe after a failed marriage. Back in Tuscaloosa after the war, however, she became increasingly paranoid about perceived conspiracies arrayed against her.

Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this seventh book in the Strangers on a Train series, including a weird mishap at a bowling alley, a father’s strange comment, an odd experience looking for the opera, a shocking incident at a street fair, a bizarre encounter with a cannon, a humiliating coming-of-age story and other captivating, complicated anecdotes.

Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this eighth book in the Strangers on a Train series, including a disastrous boating incident, a bizarre business conversation, a job offer with shocking hidden expectations, a surprise visit to a sacred pool and other captivating, complicated anecdotes.

Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this sixth book in the Strangers on a Train series, including an unsettling phone call, a complicated story about aging parents, an ultimatum made during coming-of-age, a strange visit by firefighters, and a life-changing deathbed promise.

Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this collection of Books 1-8 in the Strangers on a Train series, including shocking incidents that happened in hotels, a bizarre childhood bullying incident, an unsettling incident with a pottery kiln, an unfortunate dinner, weird encounters while working in a psychiatric unit, the messy mothering of young twins, a cruel prediction from a loved one and other odd, uncomfortable moments.

Ambassador's daughter, Nazi love interest, Soviet spy, author, FBI most wanted. Accompanying her parents to Berlin in the 1930s, Martha Dodd knew almost nothing about Adolf Hitler or the Nazis. Yet almost overnight, she stepped into the spotlight, and found herself at the over-heated centre of...

Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this second book in the Strangers on a Train series, including a frightening incident in a dorm, a bizarre story about missing polyester pants, weird work situations with a bikini and an explosion, the agony of coming-of-age, and an unsettling truth about a deceptive friend.

Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this first book in the Strangers on a Train series, including shocking incidents that happened in hotels, a bizarre childhood bullying story, weird work encounters, the nightmare of waking up during surgery, and a strange moment at a green light.

Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this fourth book in the Strangers on a Train series, including a strange incident that happened after a break up, an unusual relationship with food, a grandmother’s bizarre comment, a shocking birth story, a weird anecdote from an art fair, and the messy mothering of rambunctious twins.

Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this fifth book in the Strangers on a Train series, including a strange phone call past midnight, a complicated love story, a weird bubble bath incident, a shocking story about being written out of two wills, bizarre dating experiences, and odd incidents involving aging parents.

Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this third book in the Strangers on a Train series, including a shocking incident that happened as a child, a bizarre story in the womb, her father’s secret twin, an unsettling incident with a pottery kiln, an unfortunate dinner, weird encounters while working in a psychiatric unit, the messy mothering of young twins, a cruel prediction from a loved one, an odd man, and complications when meditating with toddlers.

Jade spent her whole life searching for peace and happiness, repeatedly beating her wings with all her might, only to fly straight into the glass wall that separated her from the light. She could see it, but she couldn’t touch it. After repeatedly falling to the ground, stunned and bruised, she began to believe that the light was not meant to be given to someone like her. She did not deserve it. She tried working as a hostess at a Korean bar, later as an exotic dancer, and she once married a knight in shining armor—who would not carry her on his white horse.

There will be pain ahead, and trouble and problems that I won’t be able to fix on my own. But in them all, I know God will be there, calling me to look to him. Inviting me to take the next step toward his open arms. And I will say yes. And yes. And yes. Annahita Parsan was born into a Muslim...

Debbie Chinn begins this colorful memoir by tracing her roots back to China. In the 19th Century a Southern Baptist missionary by happenstance started her family. Horrors of war, the Japanese occupation of China, the brutalities of starvation and poverty, and the Communist takeover of China in 1949 forced her family to flee their homeland, becoming immigrants in the United States.

An atmospheric rumination on gendered violence, cosmic collapse, and colonialism, from acclaimed author Olivia Tapiero, finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Lambda Literary Awards, and the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal. Available for the first time in English, with an...

At 43, Ninya was depressed, out of shape, and filled with crippling anxiety after addiction, cancer, and divorce had destroyed nearly everything. One day, she received a message from a stranger. This woman offered to lead her on a self-healing trip hiking through the Scottish highlands. In this memoir, an introverted Pollyanna is paired up with her opposite, a steamrolling, abrasive female with unorthodox healing methods. As they barrel through the winding roads in a rental car, a series of events forces Ninya to find the strength to heal in one of the most beautiful places on earth.

Shared Moments with a Stranger is a moving true story of resilience, intuition, and holistic healing through the eyes of Martine, a mother navigating the terrifying yet hopeful journey of premature birth during the COVID-19 pandemic. After an unexpected pregnancy just a month into lockdown, Martine gave birth at only 24 weeks.