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On his 100th birthday, Allan makes his escape from the nursing home and first meets a gangster from the Never Again gang at the bus station whose bag he takes on to a bus and leaves. Next he meets a petty thief, Julius. With the gangster chasing them wanting his suitcase back, then the police, their adventure begins.
Continue reading “Jonas Jonasson’s—The 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared”
Bernadette has been the First Nations’ nurse on the Tawakin Reserve for the last forty years. She’s hoping to retire without any fuss, but one disturbing, then tragic event after another occurs and an accusing finger is being pointed at her. She has been a diligent and hard-working nurse and the accusation cuts deeply. She thinks back to the events over the decades and her love for Frank’s child, Chase who has disappeared. Despite the Tawakin residents searching for him, he is nowhere to be found.
Continue reading “Jennifer Manuel—The Heaviness of Things that Float”
A thousand years ago, Nasir-I Khasraw, a Persian poet and his brother set out from Kharasan which is now in Iran and headed west. Don’t be put off by the first ten or twelve pages, because once Khasraw gets further along on his seven-year epic journey through Middle Eastern countries, he becomes better at recording what he sees.
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Noh carts her trunk from one job to the next. Her latest is a repeat assignment with the same “husband” she spent a year with. Her parents know she works for W & L, but like her best friend, they have no idea exactly what she does. Her best friend sets her up on a blind date with Tae-seong, but Noh takes an instant dislike to him, and he begins to stalk her. How will she navigate her present assignment and deal with Tae-seong?
Continue reading “Kim Ryeo-Ryeong’s—The Trunk”
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