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Holiday Coupetails
Brian Hart Hoffman, Brooke Michael Bell
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Set in a logging town on the lawless Pacific coast of Washington
State at the turn of the twentieth century, a spellbinding novel of
fate and redemption--told with a muscular lyricism and filled with
a cast of characters Shakespearean in scope--in which the lives of
an ill-fated family are at the mercy of violent social and
historical forces that tear them apart.
Keen to make his fortune, Jacob Ellstrom, armed with his medical
kit and new wife, Nell, lands in The Harbor--a mud-filled, raucous
coastal town teeming with rough trade pioneers, sawmill laborers,
sailors, and prostitutes. But Jacob is not a doctor, and a botched
delivery exposes his ruse, driving him onto the streets in a plunge
towards alcoholism. Alone, Nell scrambles to keep herself and their
young son, Duncan, safe in this dangerous world. When a tentative
reunion between the couple--in the company of Duncan and Jacob's
malicious brother, Matius--results in tragedy, Jacob must flee town
to elude being charged with murder.
Years later, the wild and reckless Duncan seems to be yet
another of The Harbor's hoodlums. His only salvation is his
overwhelming love for Teresa Boyerton, the daughter of the town's
largest mill owner. But disaster will befall the lovers with
heartbreaking consequences.
And across town, Bellhouse, a union boss and criminal
rabble-rouser, sits at the helm of The Harbor's seedy underbelly,
perpetuating a cycle of greed and violence. His thug Tartan directs
his pack of thieves, pimps, and murderers, and conceals an
incendiary secret involving Duncan's mother. As time passes, a
string of calamitous events sends these characters hurtling towards
each other in an epic collision that will shake the town to its
core.
An unflinching and beautiful debut about belonging and betrayal,
family and forgiveness _____________________ 'Told with a stark
narrative voice that reflects the harsh unforgiving subject, the
comparisons to Cormac McCarthy are already coming thick and fast' -
GQ 'A startling evocation of a wild place in which every man and
woman struggle on in their own private Idaho' - Daily Telegraph
_____________________ Bandy Dorner, home from Vietnam, awakes with
his car mired in a canal, his cabin reduced to ashes, and his
pregnant wife preparing to leave town with her lover. Within
moments, a cop lies bleeding on the road. Eighteen years later,
Bandy is released from prison. His parents are gone, but on the
derelict family ranch, Bandy faces a different reunion. Tracy, his
now teenaged son, has come to claim the father he's never known.
Hot on his heels is his mum and Bandy's ex-wife. All three are
damaged, hardened, haunted. But warily, desperately, they move in a
slow dance around each other, trying to piece back together a
family that never was; trying to discover if they belong together
at all. _____________________ 'An edgy and affecting debut from a
writer already bursting with promise and achievement.' - Jim Crace
This second edition updates a course which has proven to be a
perfect fit for classes the world over. Engaging content and a
strong focus on grammar and vocabulary combine to make this course
a hit with both teachers and students. The Teacher's Book contains
extra photocopiable grammar and communication activities and full
pages of teaching tips and ideas specially written by methodology
expert, Mario Rinvolucri. A Testmaker Audio CD and CD-ROM which
allows teachers to create and edit their own tests is also
available separately, as is Classware which integrates the
Student's Book, class audio and video.
This second edition updates a course which has proven to be a
perfect fit for classes the world over. Engaging content and a
strong focus on grammar and vocabulary combine to make this course
a hit with both teachers and students. The Teacher's Resource Book
contains extra photocopiable grammar and communication activities
and full pages of teaching tips and ideas specially written by
methodology expert, Mario Rinvolucri. A Testmaker Audio CD/CD-ROM
which allows teachers to create and edit their own tests is also
available separately, as is Classware which integrates the
Student's Book, class audio and video.
This second edition updates a course which has proven to be a
perfect fit for classes the world over. Engaging content and a
strong focus on grammar and vocabulary combine to make this course
a hit with both teachers and students. The Teacher's Resource Book
contains extra photocopiable grammar and communication activities
and full pages of teaching tips and ideas specially written by
methodology expert, Mario Rinvolucri. A Testmaker Audio CD/CD-ROM
which allows teachers to create and edit their own tests is also
available separately, as is Classware which integrates the
Student's Book, class audio and video.
This second edition updates a course which has proven to be a
perfect fit for classes the world over. Engaging content and a
strong focus on grammar and vocabulary combine to make this course
a hit with both teachers and students. The Teacher's Resource Book
contains extra photocopiable grammar and communication activities
and full pages of teaching tips and ideas specially written by
methodology expert, Mario Rinvolucri. A Testmaker Audio CD/CD-ROM
which allows teachers to create and edit their own tests is also
available separately, as is Classware which integrates the
Student's Book, class audio and video.
This second edition updates a course which has proven to be a
perfect fit for classes the world over. Engaging content and a
strong focus on grammar and vocabulary combine to make this course
a hit with both teachers and students. The Teacher's Resource Book
contains extra photocopiable grammar and communication activities
and full pages of teaching tips and ideas specially written by
methodology expert, Mario Rinvolucri. A Testmaker Audio CD/CD-ROM
which allows teachers to create and edit their own tests is also
available separately, as is Classware which integrates the
Student's Book, class audio and video.
This second edition updates and makes even more suitable a course
which has proven to be so successful in Spain. The Level 1 Online
Teacher's Book for Spanish Speakers integrates the Student's Book,
class audio and video allowing teachers to add their own resources,
comments or links to their digital copy of the book. It also
contains extra printable grammar and communication activities and
full pages of teaching tips and ideas specially written by
methodology expert, Mario Rinvolucri. This book is accessible via
www.virtusbooks.com.
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