Husbands and Pumpkins and Other Stories
Author: Gangadhar Gadgil
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9788171548699
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gangadhar Gadgil
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9788171548699
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gaṅgādhara Gopāla Gāḍagīḷa
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 214
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Penelope Mortimer
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 2011-04-26
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 1590174003
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This darkly humorous novel of a woman’s inner musings on motherhood, betrayal, dreams—and the unpredictable emotions that surround them—is “so moving, so funny, so desperate, so alive . . . one to be greatly enjoyed” (The New York Times). The “strange, fresh” feminist classic that inspired the 1964 film starring Anne Bancroft (Nick Hornby, author of Funny Girl). The Pumpkin Eater is a surreal black comedy about the wages of adulthood and the pitfalls of parenthood. A nameless woman speaks, at first from the precarious perch of a therapist’s couch, and her smart, wry, confiding, immensely sympathetic voice immediately captures and holds our attention. She is the mother of a vast, swelling brood of children, also nameless, and the wife of a successful screenwriter, Jake Armitage. The Armitages live in the city, but they are building a great glass tower in the country in which to settle down and live happily ever after. But could that dream be nothing more than a sentimental delusion? At the edges of vision the spectral children come and go, while our heroine, alert to the countless gradations of depression and the innumerable forms of betrayal, tries to make sense of it all: doctors, husbands, movie stars, bodies, grocery lists, nursery rhymes, messes, aging parents, memories, dreams, and breakdowns. How to pull it all together? Perhaps you start by falling apart.
Author: Lucy McConnell
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2020-08-31
Total Pages: 142
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →If you love fall, you'll love this romance wrapped in changing leaves, pumpkin decor, hot cocoa, and spicy kisses. Welcome to Harvest Ranch! The Fall Festival is upon us--complete with a giant pumpkin growing contests, craft booths, a corn maze with kissing alcoves and so much more. This is Wynn Westbrook's first year as a vendor. Her farmhouse style furniture could be the hot item this year--or it could totally flop. Wynn married her high school sweetheart knowing that he wouldn't be around to raise their children. She didn't plan to fall apart after he died; and, she didn't plan on his older brother picking her up--but he did.Judd lives next door. He drives the kids to school, makes dinner, and tells the best bedtime stories.He can also make Wynn's heart thump with just one touch--which is a distraction she doesn't need as she works to get her business off the ground.Can she let go of the life she thought she'd have and embrace a new love? Or, will she hold to the past and turn away the love of a good man?You'll adore this small-town romance full of heart! **Bonus**One of Wynn's favorite fall treats is a Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cocoa from Choco-Latte on Main Street. The exclusive, to-die-for, recipe is included in this book! Grab your copy, today!
Author: Neela Subramaniam
Publisher: Sura Books
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9788174788092
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kyoko Siden
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-12-18
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1317464362
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This anthology introduces sixteen modern Japanese women writers spanning a century in time and a wide range of life circumstances and literary styles. No other collection offers usch a diversity of women's voices
Author: Josephine Johnson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-10-17
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1448213371
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of twenty-two short stories was first published in 1936, a year after Josephine Johnson won a Pulitzer Prize for her debut novel Now in November. Some of these stories were published previously in magazines – The Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair, The St. Louis Review, Hound and Horn, The Forum, The Midland – and even before Johnson was awarded the prestigious literary prize for her novel, her short fiction was praised for its evocative and perceptive content and simple but powerful style. The stories in this collection revolve around universal human cravings for love, happiness, and completion, and expose the fragile balance of human relationships. Johnson's writing touches her readers on a personal level, evoking memories of childhood dreams, first heartbreaks, and warm summer nights in the country surrounded by the sound of cicadas and frogs...
Author: Elvi Rhodes
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2011-08-31
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 1446487466
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Fans of Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve Binchy and Erica James will love this collection of stories to suit the reader's every mood - tender, funny, romantic, ironic, bitter-sweet, nostalgic - multi-million copy seller Elvi Rhodes has captured them all. Perfect to settle down with... READERS ARE LOVING SUMMER PROMISE AND OTHER STORIES! 'A very easy and enjoyable read' -- ***** Reader review 'Excellent' -- ***** Reader review 'Wonderful' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************** These enchanting stories are guaranteed by turn to entertain, soothe, intrigue and touch you... The couple in Summer Promise are, at first glance, placed in an appalling situation, but nevertheless in the warmth of southern France, their relationship develops in an unexpected way. Be Your Age, Dear is a delightful tale of a generation gap which, in one family, seems non-existent - or has it gone into reverse? The Meeting describes the ten-yearly reunion of a group of friends which, for obvious reasons, dwindles each time. The two members most closely involved come to a decision that was, perhaps, inevitable. Model of Beauty is set in a painting class, where the temporary illness of the generously endowed model brings about surprising consequences. Summer Promise and Other Stories is a wonderful collection - the perfect dose of escapism and tonic to settle down with...
Author: Makuchi
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2007-12-01
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 0896804585
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba offers readers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. Makuchi retells the stories that she heard at home when she was growing up in her native Cameroon. The collection of thirty-four folktales of the Beba showcases a wide variety of stories that capture the richness and complexities of an agrarian society’s oral literature and traditions. Revenge, greed, and deception are among the themes that frame the story lines in both new and familiar ways. In the title story, a poor man finds himself elevated to king. The condition for his continued success is that he not open the sacred door. This tale of temptation, similar to the story of Pandora’s box, concludes with the question, “What would you have done?” Makuchi relates the stories her mother told her so that readers can make connections between African and North American oral narrative traditions. These tales reinforce the commonalities of our human experiences without discounting our differences.