Hester Pryme, seorang wanita muda yang cantik, berdiri di atas mimbar hukuman sambil menggendong bayi mungilnya, dengan pakaian berhiaskan huruf A merah di dadanya. ia menjadi tontonan penduduk kota yang mencela serta mengutuk perbuatannya yang dianggap tak bermoral. Ia telah berselingkuh, dan dari perselingkuhannya itu telah lahir seorang bayi perempuan. ia rela menjalani hukuman itu, ia me…
With Aerogrammes, Tania James once again introduces us to a host of delicate, complicated, and beautifully realized characters who find themselves separated from their friends, families, and communities by race, pride, and grief.
April Corrigan's life is turned upside-down when she when she learns that her father has been working secretly undercover for the FBI. When his testimony convicts a notorious drug dealer, the whole family must relocate and enter the Federal Witness Security Program. April's entire way of life changes--not just her name. And when she attempts to communicate with her boyfriend, an agent is killed…
Eloise Hamilton is a Londoner born and bred, so it is a momentous day when she reluctantly agrees to uproot to Dartmouth, leaving behind her perfect world so her husband can finally live in his.
This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields, a feminist leader ahead of her time. This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes, even of sexual assassinations. It is a novel rich with lunacy and sorrow, yet the dark, violent events of the story do not undermine a comedy both ribald and robust. In more …