Vera: 664 books

In the summer of 1962, at a high school graduation party, Bessie Day Hardy is brutally raped. Fifty years later, the consequences of that horrific night will transition into unforeseen events that will shatter her serene and uncomplicated life.  

“Absolutely unputdownable, a real page turner. Be prepared to clear your schedule for the day.”—Wall to Wall Books In the town of Hollow Creek, South Carolina two separate murders, fifteen years apart, unite fifteen-year-old Pleasant Day and sixty-year-old Clarissa Blackwell. As Pleasant...

The eight short stories show the life, challenges, endearments, and loss of eight women at different ages and different stages in life and of different conditionsmost of them of Romanian descent and living in Israel, Canada, or USA. They are struggling with loneliness, fear, and loss of touch with...

Three women from different backgrounds play their part in the moulding of Helen Calloway's character as she makes the transition from life in a cottage, to fame in the world of haute couture and a marriage which takes her across the sea.... The spinster for whom education is all; a Baroness, the epitome...

A small girls reaction to the arrival of a baby brother is assumed to be sibling jealousy. No-one is aware that her mother, Susan, has concealed the fact that her own family history contains sinister genes. Gemmas attempts at getting rid of her brother have unexpected results, but as Leo becomes aware...

Hy bejammer haar. Beskou haar as 'n pateet. Praat agteraf oor haar. Lismari moet klou aan haar waardigheid nadat sy agtergekom het watter tweegatjakkals Constant Bothma is. Hoe kan hy haar verantwoordelik hou vir sy neef se welsyn?

A COMPELLING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER, PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE TEACHER Where is David Pemberton? Two years ago, thirteen-year-old David Pemberton vanished without a trace. It’s up to detectives Laurel Bowman and Frank Diamond to find him. But how do you solve a case without a lead? When local residents...

Introduction by M G Vassanji In the late nineteenth century white settlers and administrators arrive to occupy the African country of Zimbabwe (Rhodesia). Nehanda, a village girl, is recognized through omens and portents as a saviour. The resulting uprising by the Africans is brutally crushed...

Introduction by M G Vassanji “Caught between memory and dreaming, the hopeful exile weaves a comforting performance out of a tale of agony.’’ The place is white-ruled Rhodesia of the seventies (now Zimbabwe), the exile the African in his or her own land. Young men and women flee...

A tale of femdom fiction. A middle-aged lothario's marriage to a none too beautiful German heiress many years his junior does not turn out to be the ticket to riches and independence he was certain he could manipulate it into being. In fact, trapped in a Senegalese villa at the...

Jack Frost has four unique children. Each one has a personality that challenges himself along with his wife. Meet Neve who desires love but has to overcome obstacles to finally win his true love. What he does gets him into trouble not only with his father but the winter queen and a certain...

La obligación, el honor y el amor verdadero se mezclan en esta apasionante novela ambientada en el Londres del siglo XIX. Londres, 1872. Tres años después de volver a España por dictado de su padre, Úrsula Oliván regresa a Londres, donde habían quedado aparcados todos sus sueños:...

Seminar paper from the year 1993 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Englische Philologie), course: Varieties of American English, language: English, abstract: The long persistence of Pennsylvania German English for nearly two centuries in...