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The Second Wife & other stories

Author : Nandini C. Sen

Publisher : Om Books International

Page : 137 pages

File Size : 39,76 MB

Release : 2021-11-20

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9391258956

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A young boy applies lipstick on his lips as his mother looks on and grapples with her son’s sexuality. A wife negotiates with the ‘other woman’ and a love child after her diplomat husband’s violent death. A middle-aged woman ‘disappears’ while answering her inner calling. The Second Wife & Other Stories deals with love, war, caste and class divides. The stories in this collection are contemporary yet timeless. They ask probing questions on gender issues, explore queer relationships, and boldly re-tell the epics. The woman and her story remain the focal point as the author delves deep into women’s lives and raises provocative questions.



Second Wife

Author : Rita Ciresi

Publisher :

Page : 54 pages

File Size : 10,29 MB

Release : 2018-03-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781941681893

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The housewives that populate Second Wife are estranged from themselves and others. In this collection of linked flash fiction, Flannery O'Connor Award-winning author Rita Ciresi offers a peek into the private thoughts of ordinary women with cutting precision.



His Second Wife

Author : Ernest Poole

Publisher : IndyPublish.com

Page : 314 pages

File Size : 13,79 MB

Release : 1918

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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The Second Wife

Author : Rebecca Fleet

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 25,6 MB

Release : 2021-08-17

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0525559183

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She’s part of the family now. For better—and for worse . . . When Alex met Natalie she changed his life. After the tragic death of his first wife, which left him a single parent to teenage daughter Jade, he was desperate to leave the pain of his past behind. But his newfound happiness is shattered when the family home is gutted by fire and his loyalties are unexpectedly tested. Jade insists she saw a man in the house on the night of the fire; Natalie denies any knowledge of such an intruder. One of them must be lying, but Alex is faced with an impossible choice: to believe his wife or his daughter. As Natalie’s story unravels, Alex realizes that his wife has a past he had no idea about, a past that might yet catch up with her. But this time, the past could be deadly . . .



Gogol's Wife & Other Stories

Author : Tommaso Landolfi

Publisher : New Directions Publishing

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 41,49 MB

Release : 1963

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780811200806

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Much admired in Europe, Landolfi has been called "the Italian Kafka"; he is often linked with the Surrealists, and in the intellectual quality of his fantasy there are certain affinities with Borges; but beyond these superficial comparisons, his is a truly unique--and fascinating--art. It is based in a prodigious imagination, a very curious sense of humor and a rare command of irony.



The Co-wife and Other Stories

Author : Premacanda

Publisher : Penguin Books India

Page : 308 pages

File Size : 14,89 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Short stories

ISBN : 9780143101727

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Premchand Is India . . . If You Haven T Read Premchand, You Have Missed Out On A Lot The Hindu Considered One Of The Greatest Fiction Writers In Hindi, Munshi Premchand (1880 1936) Wrote Over Three Hundred Short Stories, A Dozen Novels And Two Plays Over A Prolific Career Spanning Three Decades. Though Best Known For His Stories Exposing The Horrors Of Poverty And Social Injustice, He Wrote On A Variety Of Themes With Equal Facility Romance, Satire, Social Dramas, Nationalist Tales, And Yarns Steeped In Folklore. The Co-Wife And Other Stories Brings Together Twenty Classic Tales Of Premchand Which Provide A Glimpse Of The Author S Extraordinary Range And Diversity. While Some Cast A Harrowing Look At Poverty, Reflecting Premchand S Sympathy With The Underdog, Others Expose Human Foibles Without Being Judgmental And Tackle Gender Politics In A Humorous And Ironic Manner. This Collection Also Includes An Imaginative Foray Into Historical Fiction, A Nostalgic Look At Childhood, A Comic Exploration Of The Theme Of Women S Autonomy, And Stories That Reveal The Writer S Profound Empathy With Animals. Ruth Vanita S Sensitive Translation Captures The Power And Beauty Of Premchand S Language, Conveying The Nuances Of The Original And Bringing To Life The Author S Inherent Humanism.



Mattie

Author : Edward C. Meyers

Publisher : Hancock House

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 35,8 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780888396280

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The story of Mattie Blaylock, Wyatt Earp's darkest secret, the truth about their relationship, and the famous lawman's lawless behavior. More than a complex and fascinating story.



Three Perfect Liars

Author : Heidi Perks

Publisher : Gallery Books

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 50,53 MB

Release : 2020-08-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1982152389

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From the author of Her One Mistake, hailed as “chilling, captivating” by New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda, comes a riveting new suspense novel about three ambitious women whose lives are turned upside down in the aftermath of a horrifying fire, which destroys a successful advertising agency and threatens to expose a tangled web of lies. Laura has returned to work at Morris and Wood after her maternity leave, only to discover that the woman she brought in to cover for her isn’t planning on going anywhere. Despite her close relationship with the agency’s powerful CEO, Harry Wood, she feels sidelined—and outmaneuvered—as she struggles to balance the twin demands of work and motherhood. Mia was only supposed to be a temporary hire at Morris and Wood, but she’s managed to make herself indispensable to everyone. Everyone, that is, except Laura. If people only knew why she was so desperate to keep her job, they might not want her to stay. Janie gave up everything to support her husband and the successful agency he runs. But she has her own dark secret to protect…and will go to any lengths to keep it safe. With signature prose lauded as “breathtaking” and “bone-chilling” by USA TODAY bestselling author Cristina Alger and plenty of shocking twists and turns, Three Perfect Liars is an unputdownable thriller for fans of Watching You and The Couple Next Door.



Jackie and Maria

Author : Gill Paul

Publisher : HarperCollins

Page : 527 pages

File Size : 25,90 MB

Release : 2020-08-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0062952501

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From the #1 bestselling author of The Secret Wife comes a story of love, passion, and tragedy as the lives of Jackie Kennedy and Maria Callas are intertwined—and they become the ultimate rivals, in love with the same man. The President's Wife; a Glamorous Superstar; the rivalry that shook the world... Jackie Kennedy was beautiful, sophisticated, and contemplating leaving her ambitious young senator husband. Life in the public eye with an overly ambitious--and unfaithful—man who could hardly be coaxed to return from a vacation after the birth of a stillborn child was breaking her spirit. So when she's offered a holiday on the luxurious yacht owned by billionaire Ari Onassis, she says yes...to a meeting that will ultimately change her life. Maria Callas is at the height of her operatic career and widely considered to be the finest soprano in the world. And then she's introduced to Aristotle Onassis, the world’s richest man and her fellow Greek. Stuck in a childless, sexless marriage, and with pressures on all sides from opera house managers and a hostile press, she finds her life being turned upside down by this hyper-intelligent and impeccably charming man... Little by little, Maria’s and Jackie’s lives begin to overlap, and they come closer and closer until everything they know about the world changes on a dime.



Mukoma's Marriage and other Stories

Author : Sigauke, Emmanuel

Publisher : Booklove Publishers

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 38,54 MB

Release : 2014-10-20

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0797456600

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The stories in Mukoma's Marriage and Other Stories capture the lives of Zimbabwean men and the women they marry, and the lives of women and the men they fall in love with, each revealing the complexities of cultural and gender expectations against the backdrop of a changing country (war in the 1970s, political uncertainty in the 1980s and economic structural adjustment in the 1990s). Fati sets out to tell Mukoma's story, but ends up also telling his wives' stories. By telling his brother's story, and that of his women, he ends up telling his own story. Fati is a new and interesting protagonist in Zimbabwean literature with a voice at times innocent, yet increasingly incisive, humorous and engaging. These stories are deeply personal yet universal in their treatment of human relationships, ambitions, and misplaced cultural and gender expectations. Whether he is telling the story of his brother's first marriage, or remembers his brother's fights at a Parents Day event at Mhototi School, whether he recalls the night Mukoma took him to see a new baby in the alleyways of Glen View, Fati renders these stories with a measured, composed voice which doesn`t fail to delight with its unusual humour.