My heart beats with the speed of a hunter who is close to his quarry . During a pause in the traffic I dart across the blacktop . I take off my shoes and my feet are rapidly submerged , almost to my ankles , in sand .
Most agreed that the libretto by Fred Thompson and Vincent Lawrence deserved much of the blame. Attempts at humor, wrote Richard Lockridge of the Sun, fell and struck the stage and did not perceptibly stir thereafter.
Tensions simmer as a small town, already divided by race, is torn apart by the deadliest of hurricanes .
A rich, funny, and deeply affecting autobiographical new novel from one of the world's greatest living writers.
Florida, 1935, and the residents of Heron Key are preparing for the 4th July barbecue, little realising how much their world is about to change.
This classically illustrated picture book shows a sun-drenched slice of life for a family in the Southern countryside, inspired by the folk opera Porgy and Bess.
' -- Woman's Own 'This is great summer escapism from an award-winning romantic novelist' - CHOICE 'Compulsive reading!' -- ***** Reader review 'Truly impossible to put down' -- ***** Reader review ...
Shortlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize A brilliant new work of fiction from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Disgrace and Diary of a Bad Year A young...