Lily King

"English anthropologist Andrew Banson has been alone in the field for several years, studying the Kiona river tribe in the Territory of New Guinea. Haunted by the memory of his brothers' deaths and increasingly frustrated and isolated by his research, Bankson is on the verge of suicide when a chance encounter with colleagues, the controversial Nell Stone and her wry and mercurial Australian husband, Fen, pulls him back from the brink. Nell and Fen...

"Told in the voices of characters of all ages, these tales explore desire and heartache, loss and discovery, jolting violence, and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs. A bookseller's unspoken love for his employee rises to the surface, a neglected teenage boy finds much-needed nurturing from an unlikely pair of college students, a girl's loss of innocence at the hand's of her employer's son becomes a catalyst for strength and confidence, and...

Fifteen years ago, English teacher Vida Avery arrived alone and pregnant at the elite Fayer Academy. Living on the campus off the coast of New England, she worked to become a beloved fixture of the school-and to shelter herself and her son, Peter, from a painful secret she left behind. Then she accepts the impulsive marriage proposal of ardent widower Tom Belou, and the prescribed life Vida has constructed begins to come apart. As Peter bonds with...

Anthropologist Andrew Bankson has spent two years investigating the Kiona tribe of New Guinea. The voluntary isolation and lack of discoveries lead him to develop a suicide plan. However, the appearance of two anthropologist colleagues makes him rethink his decision. Nell, controversial and brilliant, and Fen, attractive and put-together, together create an extreme love triangle with Bankson. Euforia becomes a tense story about the competition of...

"Życie Casey Peabody zawsze było usłane różami. Niczego jej w życiu nie brakowało. Wspaniale grała w golfa, studiowała literaturę i otrzymała prestiżowe stypendium. Doskonale radziła sobie ze wszystkim, czego postanowiła się podjąć. Zawsze żyła marzeniami i postanowiła nigdy z nich nie rezygnować. Wszystko zmieniło się 1997 roku, kiedy jej matka nagle zmarła i w tym samym czasie porzucił ją chłopak. Casey zaczęła tracić...

In time for the one-year anniversary of the Trump Inauguration and the Women's March, this provocative, unprecedented anthology features original short stories from thirty bestselling and award-winning authors--including Alice Walker, Richard Russo, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Cunningham, Mary Higgins Clark, and Lee Child--with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen. This work features...