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Castle Reef
(Hardcover)
Andrew B Sampsel
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Six Friends.
Five Parties.
Twenty Years…
How did we get So Old, So Young?
From Grant Ginder, the bestselling author of The People We Hate at the
Wedding, comes a generation-defining novel that is part love story,
part tragic comedy. Five parties over the course of twenty years bring
six college friends together, exploring the ways we run from and cling
to our friends in love, life, and death.
For Marco and Mia, Sasha and Theo, Richie and Adam, the one constant in
life after college together has been change. New jobs. New cities. New
spouses. New children. Through it all, one thing they thought would
always stay the same is their friendship.
But time has a way of breaking even the strongest bonds, and testing
what we thought we knew. From East Village apartment parties and
disastrous destination weddings, to fortieth birthdays and suburban
backyard barbecues, Grant Ginder’s resonant, funny, and deeply moving
novel is a story about the growing pains of the Millennial generation,
and a celebration of how love can shift, stumble, and grow into
something bigger than we ever could have imagined.
'One of the greatest novels ever written' Philippe Sands Set
against the doomed splendour of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, The
Radetzky March tells the story of the celebrated Trotta family,
tracing their rise and fall over three generations. Theirs is a
sweeping history of heroism and duty, desire and compromise,
tragedy and heartbreak, a story that lasts until the darkening eve
of World War One, when all is set to fall apart. Rich, epic and
profoundly moving, The Radetzky March is Joseph Roth's timeless
masterpiece.
'In the months that followed I watched His Holiness working on a
new book... I began to think that perhaps the time had come for me
to turn my paws to a book of my own . . . one that tells my own
tale . . . How I was rescued from a fate too grisly to contemplate,
to become constant companion to a man who is not only one of the
world's greatest spiritual leaders and a Nobel Peace Prize
laureate, but who is also a dab hand with the can opener.' Not so
much fly-on-the-wall as cat-on-the-sill, this is the warm-hearted
tale of a small kitten rescued from the slums of New Delhi who
finds herself in a beautiful sanctuary with sweeping views of the
snow-capped Himalayas. In her exotic new home, the Dalai Lama's cat
encounters Hollywood stars, Buddhist masters, Ivy-league
professors, famous philanthropists, and a host of other people who
come visiting His Holiness. Each encounter offers a fresh insight
into finding happiness and meaning in the midst of a life of
busy-ness and challenge. Drawing us into her world with her
adorable but all-too-flawed personality, the Dalai Lama's cat
discovers how instead of trying to change the world, changing the
way we experience the world is the key to true contentment.
Featuring a delightful cast of characters, timeless Buddhist
wisdom, and His Holiness's compassion pervading every chapter, The
Dalai Lama's Cat is simply enchanting.
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