Rona Jaffe
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Language
English
Description
Three young and successful couples have come to the exotic shores of Rio, Brazil, to live and work in the late 50s. The new city offers them an escape - a private paradise where the pleasures and customs of a vibrant culture can ease the loneliness, pain, and stress from their former American lifestyles. But as they become swept up in the colorful madness of Carnival, their expatriate dreams quickly begin to disintegrate, and secrets from their past...
Author
Language
English
Description
Rona Jaffe's memoir is abundant with personal insights on the joys and challenges of childhood and youth. Written in short autobiographical essays, Jaffe shares vivid memories of her first experiences of love and loss in her search to find her voice as both a woman and writer. Straightforward and unsentimental, Rona Jaffe's memoir explores the complex emotions of adolescence into adulthood with an honesty that all readers will find welcoming and relatable....
Author
Language
English
Description
Often regarded as her finest and most literary work, Mr. Right Is Dead is Rona Jaffe's collection of short stories from 1965. Containing five stories and one novella, each story has the savvy and sharp tone that characterize the best of Rona Jaffe's writing. The title novella centers on a call girl with "a heart of gold," who acquires lovers and money with her innocent charm, and closes with "Rima The Bird Girl," about a woman who assumes a new identity...
Author
Language
English
Description
Sam Leo Libra is a fame-maker, living in his own glamorous world of hand-picked celebrities. His carefully selected "Dirty Dozen" are an elite clientele of fame-hungry clients whom he moves and manipulates as he sees fit, and his influence makes them millionaires. Seen through the eyes of Libra's good-girl assistant, The Fame Game offers a rare glimpse into the world of fashion and Hollywood high-rollers, where those desperate enough can rise to the...
Author
Language
English
Description
Adam Saffron - builder, patriarch, and autocrat - has built a family empire. The Saffron family is successful, prestigious, and closely knit, and their great Windflower estate has kept them safe from the dangerous and enticing world beyond its gates for many years. The Windflower is superior and all-inclusive, much like the Saffrons themselves - but how long can their dynasty last? Family Secrets is an epic three-generational saga that follows the...
16) The other woman
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
English
Description
Independent and secure, Carol Prince begins to question her own values and life-style after she meets a married man.
Publisher
905 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters" Robbie (Hanks) and his college classmates decide to move the board game into the local legendary cavern. Robbie starts having visions for real, and the line between fantasy and reality fuses into a harrowing adventure.
