Penguin publishing group jul 2022 (9 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Good sarcastic banter, discussions of top comedians and enough food descriptions to make me salivate. USA TodayTwo down-on-their-luck comedians embark on a road tour and find more than a few good laughs on the way. Olivia Vincent dreams of stand-up comedy stardom. Bustling around a busy Manhattan office by day and hustling from club to club by night, she can t catch a break. Work is falling through the cracks, and after ditching a major client to make a performance, Olivia gets the boot. Determined to pursue her dreams, she snags an audition in Los Angeles for a coveted spot on late-night TV. But the only way to get there is to join seasoned stand-up Nick Leto on a cross-country road tour. She agrees on one condition no funny business. Icky comedy condos, tiny smoking nightclubs, and Nick s incessant classic rock radio are a far cry from life on the Upper East Side. Reality sets in, and Olivia wonders if she can hack it in showbiz or if she s just a hack. As Nick helps Olivia improve her act along the way, sparks begin to fly and ignite what they thought was an impossible flame. Maybe being stuck with Nick in a Jeep isn t so bad. As long as it doesn t get in the way of Olivia s actual funny business. 336 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Good sarcastic banter, discussions of top comedians and enough food descriptions to make me salivate. USA TodayTwo down-on-their-luck comedians embark on a road tour and find more than a few good laughs on the way. Olivia Vincent dreams of stand-up comedy stardom. Bustling around a busy Manhattan office by day and hustling from club to club by night, she can t catch a break. Work is falling through the cracks, and after ditching a major client to make a performance, Olivia gets the boot. Determined to pursue her dreams, she snags an audition in Los Angeles for a coveted spot on late-night TV. But the only way to get there is to join seasoned stand-up Nick Leto on a cross-country road tour. She agrees on one condition no funny business. Icky comedy condos, tiny smoking nightclubs, and Nick s incessant classic rock radio are a far cry from life on the Upper East Side. Reality sets in, and Olivia wonders if she can hack it in showbiz or if she s just a hack. As Nick helps Olivia improve her act along the way, sparks begin to fly and ignite what they thought was an impossible flame. Maybe being stuck with Nick in a Jeep isn t so bad. As long as it doesn t get in the way of Olivia s actual funny business. 336 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -WINNER OF THE ITW THRILLER AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL My Sweet Girl pushes the boundaries of what a thriller can do. The Washington Post Fiendish [and] full of twists . Sri Lankan author Amanda Jayatissa keeps us guessing and worrying until the very end. The New York Times A thriller centered on the meaning of identity and all the layers it can have. NPRPaloma thought her perfect life would begin once she was adopted and made it to America, but she s about to find out that no matter how far you run, your past always catches up to you Ever since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything schools, money, and parents so perfect that she fears she'll never live up to them. Now at thirty years old and recently cut off from her parents funds, she decides to sublet the second bedroom of her overpriced San Francisco apartment to Arun, who recently moved from India. Paloma has to admit, it feels good helping someone find their way in America that is until Arun discovers Paloma's darkest secret, one that could jeopardize her own fragile place in this country. Before Paloma can pay Arun off, she finds him face down in a pool of blood. She flees the apartment but by the time the police arrive, there's no body and no evidence that Arun ever even existed in the first place. Paloma is terrified this is all somehow tangled up in the desperate actions she took to escape Sri Lanka so many years ago. Did Paloma s secret die with Arun or is she now in greater danger than ever before Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE, AND THE 2023 O. HENRY PRIZE NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022'An endlessly inventive and moving collection from a thrilling and capacious young talent.' Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins.A luminous new collection of stories from a young writer who has brought his culture s rich history, mythology, and lyricism to American letters. Sandra CisnerosPen/Hemingway finalist Jamil Jan Kochai breathes life into his contemporary Afghan characters, moving between modern-day Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora in America. In these arresting stories verging on both comedy and tragedy, often starring young characters whose bravado is matched by their tenderness, Kochai once again captures a singular, resonant voice, an American teenager raised by Old World Afghan storytellers. \*In Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,' a young man's video game experience turns into a surreal exploration on his own father's memories of war and occupation. Set in Kabul, 'Return to Sender' follows two married doctors driven by guilt to leave the US and care for their fellow Afghans, even when their own son disappears. A college student in the US in 'Hungry Ricky Daddy' starves himself in protest of Israeli violence against Palestine. And in the title story, 'The Haunting of Hajji Hotak,' we learn the story of a man codenamed Hajji, from the perspective of a government surveillance worker, who becomes entrenched in the immigrant family's life.The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories is a moving exploration of characters grappling with the ghosts of war and displacement and one that speaks to the immediate political landscape we reckon with today.\*The New York Times Book Review 288 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE, AND THE 2023 O. HENRY PRIZE NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022'An endlessly inventive and moving collection from a thrilling and capacious young talent.' Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins.A luminous new collection of stories from a young writer who has brought his culture s rich history, mythology, and lyricism to American letters. Sandra CisnerosPen/Hemingway finalist Jamil Jan Kochai breathes life into his contemporary Afghan characters, moving between modern-day Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora in America. In these arresting stories verging on both comedy and tragedy, often starring young characters whose bravado is matched by their tenderness, Kochai once again captures a singular, resonant voice, an American teenager raised by Old World Afghan storytellers. \*In Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,' a young man's video game experience turns into a surreal exploration on his own father's memories of war and occupation. Set in Kabul, 'Return to Sender' follows two married doctors driven by guilt to leave the US and care for their fellow Afghans, even when their own son disappears. A college student in the US in 'Hungry Ricky Daddy' starves himself in protest of Israeli violence against Palestine. And in the title story, 'The Haunting of Hajji Hotak,' we learn the story of a man codenamed Hajji, from the perspective of a government surveillance worker, who becomes entrenched in the immigrant family's life.The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories is a moving exploration of characters grappling with the ghosts of war and displacement and one that speaks to the immediate political landscape we reckon with today.\*The New York Times Book Review 288 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware 352 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware 352 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A feminist Liar Liar meets the romantic charm of This Time Next Year, in this page-turning debut about a woman who loses the ability to lie on her 30th birthday-and the challenges she faces as a woman in work and in love when she finally must tell nothing but the truth. It's the eve of super-publicist Lucy Green's 30th birthday, a day she hopes will bring the promotion she deserves and a proposal from her boyfriend. But when said boyfriend stands her up in favor of his job, yet again, she instead finds herself alone making a wish for a perfect birthday over a cocktail, with only the handsome bartender to keep her company.The next day when Lucy wakes up, she can't seem to force herself to go to spin class-instead she orders a big gooey breakfast sandwich. She also can't bring herself to layer on her usual concealer and eyeliner-a clean face is better for crying in the work bathroom anyway. And she simply can't bear to wear the shapewear or thong needed for the power outfit she had planned-so it's a loose dress for her. Chalking her uncharacteristic choices up to her new age and the hangover that came with it, she heads to work.But when Lucy arrives at the office, she realizes not only can she no longer lie to herself, she can't lie to anyone else, which would always pose a challenge in her line of work, but is especially difficult now as she attempts to land a hot new starlet as a client, and her perpetual creep of a boss's advances become increasingly inappropriate. Now that she can't hide how she feels, Lucy must confront all of the injustices-small and large-she's faced on a daily basis at work, in her relationship, and in every other aspect of her life?and the truth is bound to come out in a big way.This sharp, bighearted, and page-turning novel tackles all of the lies women are encouraged to tell just to get by in today's world-in life, love, and in the workplace-and the liberation that can come from being honest. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Each day is rinse and repeat for fireman Lucas Strong until a fateful run-in at his local laundromat.Hoping to attract more customers to his family's knitting shop, Lucas Strong participated in an FDNY charity calendar and accidentally becomes a local celebrity. The only place he can find solace is at Scrubs-a 24/7 laundromat where he can disappear for a couple of hours. But Lucas's soapy sanctuary is shaken by an inquisitive little girl with a late-night interest in knitting whose mother is his old school crush.Sidney Harris-Hughes knows that Harlem is like any other small town, and everyone is probably whispering about how she left such a good man-and a good life-behind to wash and fold laundry by the pound. If only they knew the truth. But Sidney will always put her daughter's happiness first, even if that means moving back to Harlem and facing her past.What Sidney never expected was to see Lucas Strong again. A long-forgotten attraction kicks into high gear as Lucas and Sidney start to spend time together at the laundromat, and they must decide if this is true love or just an infatuation, thin and as fragile as a soap bubble.Story Locale: Harlem, New York Englisch.…