This is not a feel-good testimony to the Peace Corps on its golden anniversary.
CAT MOTHER On the stairs, Samantha cat (The one who vied for me) On the stairs, my mother cat (The one who cried for me) On the stairs, Samantha cat (She lifts her head for me) On the stairs, she's dying there (And fading far from me) ...
"In the tradition of The Hours and Revolutionary Road, [a] novel about marriage, motherhood, identity, nostalgia, and the fantasy of home, set in England, Australia, and India in the early 1960s"--
Stephanie Bishop's first novel was The Singing, for which she was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelists. The Singing was also highly commended for the Kathleen Mitchell Award. The Other Side of the ...
'A stunning writer... her attention to detail makes each scene visceral' New York Times 'As a portrait of a marriage and motherhood, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD was the most outstanding novel of the year for me.
They have little money, and need to rely at times on the kindness of strangers. Sometimes this is not a wise thing to do.
Lizzie Fordham, a former convict, wants nothing more than to be on the other side of the world, back in England, a land she barely remembers.
William Eddy's involvement in environmental concerns has spanned four decades and five continents, and in this volume of essays he considers the relationship between mind and nature.