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A richly textured novel tells a story of sex and longing, love and
loss, and of the deceit that can lie at the heart of family
relationships. "Each chapter...has the seductive aura of a finely
crafted story. Liars and Saints is instructive and bittersweet and
yet somehow never nostalgic" (Los Angeles Times).Set in California,
Liars and Saints follows four generations of the Catholic Santerre
family from World War II to the present. In a family driven as much
by jealousy and propriety as by love, an unspoken tradition of
deceit is passed from generation to generation. When tragedy
shatters their precarious domestic lives, it takes astonishing
courage and compassion to bring them back together. By turns funny
and disturbing, irreverent and profound, Liars and Saints is a
masterful display of Maile Meloy's prodigious gifts and of her
penetrating insight into an extraordinary American family and into
the nature of human love. "Meloy may be the first great American
realist of the twenty-first century: The Santerres aren't real but
they feel like they are, and the reader will not soon forget them"
(The Boston Globe).
One of the most insightful novels about families to appear in
recent years, "A Family Daughter" revisits the Santerre clan from
Maile Meloy's highly acclaimed debut novel "Liars and Saints." It
opens in 1979, when seven-year-old Abby, the youngest member of the
close-knit family, is trapped indoors with chicken pox during a
heat wave.
The events set in motion that summer span decades and continents
-- irrevocably changing the lives of the Santerres and those around
them.
Two years have passed since Janie Scott last saw Benjamin Burrows,
the mysterious apothecary's defiant son who stole her heart. On the
other side of the world, Benjamin and his father are treating the
sick and wounded in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. But Benjamin
has also been experimenting with a magical new formula that allows
him to communicate with Janie across the globe. When Benjamin
discovers that she's in trouble, he calls on their friend Pip for
help. The three friends are thrown into a desperate chase around
the world to find one another, while unraveling the mystery of what
threatens them all. Acclaimed author Maile Meloy seamlessly weaves
together magic and adventure in this breathtaking sequel with
stunning illustrations by Ian Schoenherr.
Lean and controlled in their narration, abundant and moving in their effects, Maile Meloy's stories introduce a striking talent. Most are set in the modern American West, made vivid and unexpected in Meloy's unsentimental vision; others take us to Paris, wartime London, and Greece, with the same remarkable skill and intuition. In "Four Lean Hounds, ca. 1976," two couples face a complicated grief when one of the four dies. In "Ranch Girl," the college-bound daughter of a ranch foreman must choose which adult world she wants to occupy. In "A Stakes Horse," a woman confronts risk and loss at the racetrack and at home. And in "Aqua Boulevard" -- winner of the 2001 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction -- an elderly Parisian confronts his mortality. Meloy's command of her characters' voices is breathtaking; their fears and desires are deftly illuminated. Smart, surprising, and evocative, Meloy's brilliantly observed stories fully engage the mind and heart.
A dose of magic could save the world . . . Fourteen-year-old Janie
Scott is new to London and she's finding it dull, dreary and cold -
until she meets Benjamin Burrows who dreams of becoming a spy. When
Benjamin's father, the mysterious apothecary, is kidnapped he
entrusts Janie and Benjamin with his sacred book, full of ancient
spells and magical potions. Now the two new friends must uncover
the book's secrets in order to find him, all while keeping it out
of the hands of their enemies - Russian spies in possession of
nuclear weapons. Beautifully written and expertly paced, this
stunning and poignant novel will have readers on the edge of their
seats.
It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to
London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary
and his son, Benjamin Burrows - a fascinating boy who's not afraid
to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy. When
Benjamin's father is kidnapped, Janie and Benjamin must uncover the
secrets of the apothecary's sacred book, the Pharmacopoeia, in
order to find him, all while keeping it out of the hands of their
enemies - Russian spies in possession of nuclear weapons.
Discovering and testing potions they never believed could exist,
Janie and Benjamin embark on a dangerous race to save the
apothecary and prevent impending disaster.
Together with Ian Schoenherr's breathtaking illustrations, this is
a truly stunning package from cover to cover. Contains a teaser
chapter of the sequel, "The Apprentices."
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Maile Meloy; Illustrated by Ian Schoenherr
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It's 1955, and Benjamin Burrows and Janie Scott are trying to live
a safe, normal life in America. It's not easy, when they have the
power to prevent nuclear disaster, and sinister forces are
circling. Soon the advice of a mysterious, unscrupulous magician
propels Janie and Benjamin into danger, and toward the land of the
dead. Meanwhile, their friend Jin Lo washes up on a remote island
where an American spy is stationed, and finds herself on the trail
of a deadly threat in China. But she's on the other side of the
world - how can Janie and Benjamin reach her? A satisying
conclusion full of enchantment and heart, with Ian Schoenherr's
stunning illustrations throughout.
When Liv and Nora decide to take their husbands and children on a
holiday cruise, everyone is thrilled. The ship's comforts and
possibilities seem infinite. But when they all go ashore in
beautiful Central America, a series of minor mishaps lead the
families further from the ship's safety. One minute the children
are there, and the next they're gone. What follows is a
heart-racing story told from the perspectives of the adults and the
children, as the distraught parents - now turning on one another
and blaming themselves - try to recover their children and their
shattered lives.
One of the most critically acclaimed books of the year from a
master of the short story.
One of the most celebrated new writers of the last decade returns
with an extraordinary collection of stories demonstrating the
emotional power and the clean, assured style for which she's become
famous. Set mostly in the American West, the stories explore the
moral quandaries of love, family, and friendship and examine the
tensions between having and wanting, as small-town lawyers,
ranchers, doctors, parents, and children try to keep hold of
opposing forces in their lives: innocence and experience, risk and
stability, fidelity and desire.
One of the "New York Times" 10 Best Books of 2009, award-winning
writer Maile Meloy's return to short stories explores complex lives
in an austere landscape with the clear-sightedness that first
endeared her to readers.
Meloy's first return to short stories since her critically
acclaimed debut, "Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It" is an
extraordinary new work from one of the most promising writers of
the last decade.
Eleven unforgettable new stories demonstrate the emotional power
and the clean, assured style that have earned Meloy praise from
critics and devotion from readers. Propelled by a terrific instinct
for storytelling, and concerned with the convolutions of modern
love and the importance of place, this collection is about the
battlefields-and fields of victory-that exist in seemingly harmless
spaces, in kitchens and living rooms and cars. Set mostly in the
American West, the stories feature small-town lawyers, ranchers,
doctors, parents, and children, and explore the moral quandaries of
love, family, and friendship. A ranch hand falls for a recent law
school graduate who appears unexpectedly- and reluctantly-in his
remote Montana town. A young father opens his door to find his dead
grandmother standing on the front step. Two women weigh love and
betrayal during an early snow. Throughout the book, Meloy examines
the tensions between having and wanting, as her characters try to
keep hold of opposing forces in their lives: innocence and
experience, risk and stability, fidelity and desire.
Knowing, sly, and bittersweet, "Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want
It" confirms Maile Meloy's singular literary talent. Her lean,
controlled prose, full of insight and unexpected poignancy, is the
perfect complement to her powerfully moving storytelling.
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