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62) Small ceremonies
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On the surface Judith Gill, the protagonist, is a nobody, a middle-class housewife with two children living in a small town. But her job as a biographer has taught her it is the little things in life that count, and from that point of view her story is alive with action. By the author of The Stone Diaries, for which she won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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"When the body of Dimitrios Makropoulos washes ashore in Istanbul, there is cause for celebration all across Europe. The devious sociopath has left as his legacy an array of crimes including blackmail, thievery, murder and high treason. Interested in chronicling the dead man's unscrupulous exploits, mystery writer Cornelius Leyden takes up his trail, aided by a mysterious man named Peters. But as Leyden zeroes in on the truth about Dimitrios, he finds...
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"To spotkanie zmieni życie Monique. Młoda dziennikarka dostaje propozycję przeprowadzenia wywiadu z Evelyn Hugo - aktorką, która ma za sobą imponującą karierę w Hollywood. Warunek jest jeden: ta rozmowa nie może zostać opublikowana przed śmiercią artystki. Evelyn opowiada o tym, jak wyrwała się z biedy i trafiła do wymarzonego świata kina. Sława, pieniądze, skandale i blask reflektorów... W Hollywood nikt nie jest bez grzechu....
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"The biographer's autobiography: a funny, endearing tale of how writers' lives get documented, by the celebrated chronicler of Saul Bellow and Delmore Schwartz. The biographer--so often in the shadows, kibbitzing, casting doubt, proving facts--here comes to the stage. James Atlas takes us back to his childhood in suburban Chicago, where he fell in love with literature and, early on, found in himself the impulse to study writers' lives. We meet Richard...
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Nora Bridge decyduje się porzucić własną rodzinę, zostawiając córki pod opieką męża. Mała Ruby musi radzić sobie z samotnością i poczuciem odrzucenia, podczas gdy jej mama odnosi sukces jako felietonistka oraz prezenterka radiowa. 11 lat później Nora próbuje odzyskać kontakt z młodszą córką, jednak ta nie chce jej znać. Ruby z całego serca nienawidzi matki i jest skłonna zemścić się na niej za opuszczenie rodziny. Pewnego...
69) The last word
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"Mamoon Azam is an eminent Indian-born writer who has made a career in England--but now, in his early seventies, his reputation is fading, his book sales are nonexistent, and his flamboyant second wife's expensive habits are bleeding him dry. In an attempt to revitalize his career and reputation, Mamoon's publisher commissions Harry, an ambitious young writer, to pen the famous writer's biography. Honored and slightly intimidated, Harry promises himself...
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"When Kate's agent gets her the job of writing Trent's autobiography, she almost balks. The charismatic founder of his own outdoor clothing company dumped her when they were in college. But she needs the money. Trent's been so busy lately, he completely forgot he was supposed to be writing a book, and the draft is due soon He wants Kate as the ghostwriter: she's experienced, and she was always smart and hard-working. They can keep things professional,...
80) Absolution
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In modern-day South Africa, Clare Walde tells the story of her sister's death and the disappearance of her daughter during apartheid twenty years earlier.
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