American Housewife, Paperback

A collection of dark and funny stories, perfect for fans of Miranda July, Lorrie Moore and Lydia Davies. From the author behind the anonymous 'Amer...

Reducere. A mother-daughter story about the strong pull of tradition, and the lure and cost of breaking free of it. When Shoko decided to marry an American G...

Connell's devastating, tragicomic portrait of an affluent American housewife is new to }Modern Classics{. Introduction by Joshua Ferris.

Reducere. Originally published in 1839, this long-lost classic of Southern cooking includes more than 1, 300 recipes, all cooked and seasoned in a hot climat...

An Ohio housewife worries about American politics and the environmental situation as well as living and dead relatives in Ellmann's indictment of A...

Reducere. Centering on an unlikely romance between a young sales clerk and a lonely housewife, this lesbian cult classic is an engrossing tale of passion and...

Why would anyone travel across the American continent on foot? The answer can be found in each of the 27 adventures in this compilation. This book ...

Reducere. Life in the parched landscape of El Paso is the setting for this book of stories about people navigating their way through dysfunctional lives with...

Reducere. *Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters*A breathtaking (Jennifer Egan) century-spanning po...

Reducere. DescriptionSet in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy famil...

DescriptionJane Jacobs is universally recognized as one of the key figures in American urbanism. The author of The Death and Life of Great American...

Reducere. The Silencing of Ruby McCollum refutes the carefully constructed public memory of one of the most famous--and under-examined--biracial murders in A...

Reducere. DescriptionSet in Bangladesh and the United States, the eight stories in The Bird Catcher address gender expectations, familial love, and questions...

Reducere. "Alex Heard has crafted a memorable narrative of a civil rights case that deserves a larger place in American memory." --Jon Meacham In this grippi...

Reducere. Housewife and mother with a loving husband to take care of her - that's all Liz, a Fifties gal, ever wanted. Over her father's objections, she drop...

DescriptionFrom Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood for more than a decade, daughter of the late Ann Richards, featured spe...

Reducere. DescriptionNew York Times bestselling author Maria Dahvana Headley presents a modern retelling of the literary classic Beowulf, set in American sub...

Reducere. In 1966, during the Vietnam War, Joan Hunter, an ordinary housewife, mother of four from the small, idyllic coastal town of Scituate, MA, spearhead...

Reducere. Jim Harrison has garnered critical acclaim for masterpieces such as "Legends of the Fall, The Beast God Forgot to Invent, " and, most recently, "Re...

Reducere. Teresa Giudice, star of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, has seen it all but nothing could compare to the media firestorm that ensued after she w...

Reducere. The bestselling author of American Housewife and Southern Lady Code returns with a viciously funny, deeply felt collection of essays on friendship ...

Reducere. DescriptionLos Angeles, 1947. A housewife out for a walk with her baby notices a cloud of black flies buzzing ominously in Leimert Park. An "unsigh...

DescriptionAn acclaimed short-story writer has created a miraculous first novel about an American family on the verge of a breakdown-and an epiphan...

Reducere. Bestselling author, Dani Littlepage returned with her new series, Married To The Boss Of Atlanta This gripping, African American Urban Romance dram...