Last Summer In Arcadia

Author : Deirdre Purcell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Summer in Arcadia written by Deirdre Purcell and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tess, Maddy and Rita have been friends since working together in Dublin. Now in their fifties, all three have been comfortably married. Their annual holiday in Southern France reveals cracks in each marriage causing fear, jealousy and resentment. Each must make some difficult decisions about the values of family and home.

Author : Deirdre Purcell
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755392019
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Summer in Arcadia written by Deirdre Purcell and published by Headline. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One summer changes everything... From the No 1 Irish bestselling author Deirdre Purcell comes Last Summer in Arcadia, a novel of marriage, family and survival. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy and Cathy Kelly. 'Intimate, yet distinct. Purcell juggles voices deftly to deliver a snappy read, releasing revelations with mounting tension' - Irish Independent The tension is palpable as Tess and Jerry Brennan sit in the drawing room of their wonderful house high above the sea, waiting for the police to arrive. Tess is facing the consequences of her own actions, innocently undertaken but devastating in their outcome; Jerry has been caught out in a misdemeanour, a transgression men have made since time began but one that in his case has repercussions that will mean the end of a successful career. Adding to Tess's agitation is the knowledge that her two best friends are facing parallel traumas of their own. Life skated along for the three couples until last summer when they all travelled to the village of Collioure in the south of France. Now they have everything to lose: their marriages, their family lives, and their friendships. What readers are saying about Deirdre Purcell: 'Unerringly perceptive, Last Summer in Arcadia is a compellingly written, powerful exploration of the complex mix of love, trust and compromise' 'Warm, insightful, funny and poignant' 'Five stars'

Author : Deirdre Purcell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780708949856
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Summer in Arcadia written by Deirdre Purcell and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tension is palpable as Tess and Jerry Brennan sit in the drawing room of their wonderful house high above the sea, waiting for the police to arrive. Everything they have achieved is in freefall: their family lives, their friendships, their marriage. Tess is facing the consequences of her own actions; Jerry has been caught out in a misdemeanour, a transgression men have made since time began. Adding to Tess's agitation is the knowledge that her two best friends, Rita and Maddy, are facing parallel traumas in their own relationships. Life skated along for the three couples and their assorted offspring until last summer, when they all travelled to the south of France...

Author : Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1644210541
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arcadia written by Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An English-language debut that reveals and subverts contemporary conceptions of normative sexuality, capitalist culture, and environmental degradation. Winner, Prix du Livre Inter, 2019 Shortlisted for the Prix Femina, Prix Medicis, Prix de Flore Longlisted for the Prix France-Culture, Prix Wepler Farah moves into Liberty House—an arcadia, a community in harmony with nature—at the tender age of six, with her family. The commune’s spiritual leader, Arcady, preaches equality, non-violence, anti-speciesism, free love, and uninhibited desire for all, regardless of gender, age, looks, or ability. At fifteen, Farah learns she is intersex, and begins to go beyond the confines of gender, as she explores the arc of her own desires. What, Farah asks, is a man or a woman? What does it mean to be part of a community? What is utopia when there are refugees nearby seeking shelter who cannot enter? Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam delivers a magisterial novel, both a celebration and a critique of innocence in the contemporary world.

Author : Lauren Groff
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401342787
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arcadia written by Lauren Groff and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A staggering portrait of a crumbling utopia, this "timeless and vast" novel filled with the "raw beauty" beautifully depicts an idyllic commune in New York State -- and charts its eventual yet inevitable downfall (Janet Maslin, The New York Times). NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Timeless and vast... The raw beauty of Ms. Groff's prose is one of the best things about Arcadia. But it is by no means this book's only kind of splendor."---Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Even the most incidental details vibrate with life Arcadia wends a harrowing path back to a fragile, lovely place you can believe in."---Ron Charles, The Washington Post In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding a commune centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House. Arcadia follows this romantic utopian dream from its hopeful start through its heyday. Arcadia's inhabitants include Handy, the charismatic leader; his wife, Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannah's only child, Bit. While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. He falls in love with Helle, Handy's lovely, troubled daughter. And eventually he must face the world beyond Arcadia. In Arcadia, Groff displays her literary gifts to stunning effect. "Fascinating."---People (****) "It's not possible to write any better without showing off."---Richard Russo, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Empire Falls "Dazzling."---Vogue

Author : Tom Stoppard
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0571169341
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arcadia written by Tom Stoppard and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1993 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This play takes readers back and forth between the 19th and 20th centuries. Set in a large country house in Derbyshire, a cast of characters from each century play out their respective dramas.

Author : Iain Pears
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101946830
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arcadia written by Iain Pears and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the international best seller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Arcadia is an astonishing work of imagination. In Cold War England, Professor Henry Lytten, having renounced a career in espionage, is writing a fantasy novel that dares to imagine a world less fraught than his own. He finds an unlikely confidante in Rosie, an inquisitive young neighbor who, while chasing after Lytten's cat one day, stumbles through a doorway in his cellar and into a stunning and unfamiliar bucolic landscape—remarkably like the fantasy world Lytten is writing about. There she meets a young boy named Jay who is about to embark on a journey that will change both their lives. Elsewhere, in a distopian society where progress is controlled by a corrupt ruling elite, the brilliant scientist Angela Meerson has discovered the potential of a powerful new machine. When the authorities come knocking, she will make an important decision—one that will reverberate through all these different lives and worlds.

Author : Alex Paknadel
Publisher : BOOM
ISBN 13 : 1613984944
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arcadia written by Alex Paknadel and published by BOOM. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What’s to Love: Our long tradition of breaking new talent—like Rafael Albuquerque (The Savage Brothers, American Vampire), Emma Rios (Hexed, Pretty Deadly), and Declan Shalvey (28 Days Later, Moon Knight)—continues with the debut of Alex Paknadel and Eric Scott Pfeiffer, two new creators whose extensive world-building in the sci-fi thriller Arcadia evokes comparisons to epics like Game of Thrones, The Matrix, and Astro City. What It Is: When 99% of humankind is wiped out by a pandemic, four billion people are “saved” by being digitized at the brink of death and uploaded into Arcadia, a utopian simulation in the cloud. But when Arcadia begins to rapidly deplete the energy resources upon which the handful of survivors in the real world (aka “The Meat”) depends, how long will The Meat be able—and willing—to help? Collects the entire eight-issue series.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Author : John Ryan, Fca PH.
Publisher : Chipmunkapublishing ltd
ISBN 13 : 1849914079
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arcadia written by John Ryan, Fca PH. and published by Chipmunkapublishing ltd. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DescriptionFollowing the success of John's debut collection "Like a Fine Piece of China," this second collection sees a mind returning to full "normality," after a massive mental breakdown. We see an author finding his feet again, and notice a much more positive approach to the daily grind. About the AuthorBorn in Cappamore, Co. Limerick, Ireland, in 1947, John has experienced mental health issues and been through the system, since a savage sexual assault in the workplace 6 years ago. One thing's for sure: writing was the one constant in an otherwise very inconstant series of experiences; John found the discipline of writing to be very therapeutic indeed, and is writing to this day.