Somebody in Boots
Author : Nelson Algren
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 26,13 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Depressions
ISBN :
Author : Nelson Algren
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 26,13 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Depressions
ISBN :
Author : Nelson Algren
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 37,68 MB
Release : 1998-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374525323
With its depiction of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, "A Walk on the Wild Side" tells, in Algren's own words, "something about the natural toughness of women and men, in that order".
Author : Ellen Wittlinger
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 20,33 MB
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1607349957
Tackling divorce and suicide with a warmth and sensitive humor that refuses to be weighed down, Someone Else's Shoes chronicles a road trip that unites three young people in search of family and acceptance. Fans of Sharon Draper, Jo Knowles and Counting by Sevens will be moved by this tale of what brings us together when things fall apart. Twelve-year-old Izzy, a budding stand-up comic, is already miserable about her father's new marriage and the new baby on the way. Then ten-year-old cousin Oliver and his father, Uncle Henderson, move in with Izzy and her mom because Oliver's mother committed suicide only a few months ago. And to make matters worse, Ben, the rebellious 16-year-old son of Izzy's mother's boyfriend, winds up staying with them, too. But when Uncle Henderson--who has been struggling with depression after his wife's suicide--disappears, Ben, Izzy, and Oliver set aside their differences and hatch a plan to find him. As the threesome travels in search of Henderson, they find a surrogate family in each other.
Author : Kate Hannigan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,19 MB
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1534439188
When Mae's Aunt Willa and Aunt Jane, both pilots, are kidnapped by evil Metallic Falcon, Josie, Mae, and Akiko, the Infinity Trinity, pursue them from Chicago to Sweetwater, Texas, to Paris, France.
Author : Nelson Algren
Publisher : Rebel Reads
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,77 MB
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781632460431
Back in print, the first novel from literary giant Nelson Algren.
Author : Colin Asher
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 645 pages
File Size : 43,45 MB
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0393244520
“Easily the best biography of the great Nelson Algren, and an extraordinary book in its own right.” —Blake Bailey, author of Cheever: A Life For a time, Nelson Algren was America’s most famous author, lauded by the likes of Richard Wright and Ernest Hemingway. But at the height of his career, he abandoned fiction and fell into obscurity. Colin Asher’s sublime biography of Algren unravels the enigma of his disappearance, explores the richness of his novels and nonfiction writing, and explains how a rash creative decision may have led his enemies to denounce him to the FBI during the Red Scare. Asher tells Algren’s story in rich, novelistic detail, including his long-term affair with Simone de Beauvoir and the emotional breakdown that nearly cost him his life. Drawing from interviews, archival correspondence, and Algren’s 886-page FBI file, Never a Lovely So Real portrays Algren as a dramatic iconoclast and reclaims him as a towering literary figure.
Author : Regina Louise
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 11,33 MB
Release : 2009-02-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0446556335
In this poignant and heart wrenching true story, Regina Louise recounts her childhood search for connection in the face of abuse, neglect, and rejection. What happens to a child when her own parents reject her and sit idly by as others abuse her? In this poignant, heart wrenching debut work, Regina Louise recounts her childhood search for someone to feel connected to. A mother she has never known--but long fantasized about-- deposited her and her half sister at the same group home that she herself fled years before. When another resident beats Regina so badly that she can barely move, she knows that she must leave this terrible place-the only home she knows. Thus begins Regina's fight to survive, utterly alone at the age of 10. A stint living with her mother and her abusive boyfriend is followed by a stay with her father's lily white wife and daughters, who ignore her before turning to abuse and ultimately kicking her out of the house. Regina then tries everything in her search for someone to care for her and to care about, from taking herself to jail to escaping countless foster homes to be near her beloved counselor. Written in her distinctive and unique voice, Regina's story offers an in-depth look at the life of a child who no one wanted. From her initial flight to her eventual discovery of love, your heart will go out to Regina's younger self, and you'll cheer her on as she struggles to be Somebody's Someone.
Author : Maribeth Boelts
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 37,60 MB
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0763691488
But all the kids are wearing them! Any child who has ever craved something out of reach will relate to this warm, refreshingly realistic story. Features an audio read-along. "I have dreams about those shoes. Black high-tops. Two white stripes." All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be wearing. But Jeremy’s grandma tells him they don’t have room for "want," just "need," and what Jeremy needs are new boots for winter. When Jeremy’s shoes fall apart at school, and the guidance counselor gives him a hand-me-down pair, the boy is more determined than ever to have those shoes, even a thrift-shop pair that are much too small. But sore feet aren’t much fun, and Jeremy comes to realize that the things he has -- warm boots, a loving grandma, and the chance to help a friend -- are worth more than the things he wants.
Author : Nelson Algren
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 13,87 MB
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1609802055
The Devil’s Stocking is the story of Ruby Calhoun, a boxer accused of murder in a shadowy world of low-purse fighters, cops, con artists, and bar girls. Chronicling a battle for truth and human dignity which gives way to a larger story of life and death decisions, literary grandmaster Nelson Algren’s last novel is a fitting capstone to a long and brilliant career.
Author : Cat Clayton
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 11,34 MB
Release : 2018-03-20
Category :
ISBN : 9780692075838
Southern and sassy Steely Lamarr adores pie, her cheeky Chihuahua, and her spiked camo boots. When she learns her dog-grooming shop's night janitor is murdered, and his pup is dog-napped, Steely's dogged determination to discover what happened leads her nowhere but trouble. A series of dreadful events turn her world inside out-a bank robbery, Steely stumbles upon another dead body, and now, she's on the psychopath's radar. With the help of Cuff-her purse pooch, a combative, yet hunky police officer, her best friend Daniel, and her ex-gamblin' grandma, Steely attempts to chase clues and sniff out the killer, before he fetches her.