My Year of Rest and Relaxation

2019-06-25 Fiction

Author : Ottessa Moshfegh
Release : 2019-06-25
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 131/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book My Year of Rest and Relaxation written by Ottessa Moshfegh. This book was released on 2019-06-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Amazon,Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly, The AV Club, & Audible A New York Times Bestseller “One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in years: a loopy, quietly furious pillhead whose Ambien ramblings and Xanaxed b*tcheries somehow wend their way through sad and funny and strange toward something genuinely profound.” — Entertainment Weekly “Darkly hilarious . . . [Moshfegh’s] the kind of provocateur who makes you laugh out loud while drawing blood.” —Vogue From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes. Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers.

Broken Open

2008-10-30 Self-Help

Author : Elizabeth Lesser
Release : 2008-10-30
Genre : Self-Help
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 594/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Broken Open written by Elizabeth Lesser. This book was released on 2008-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring guide to healing and growth illuminates the richness and potential of every life, even in the face of loss and adversity—now updated with additional toolbox materials and a new preface by the author In the more than twenty-five years since she co-founded Omega Institute—now the world’s largest center for spiritual retreat and personal growth—Elizabeth Lesser has been an intimate witness to the ways in which people weather change and transition. In a beautifully crafted blend of moving stories, humorous insights, practical guidance, and personal memoir, she offers tools to help us make the choice we all face in times of challenge: Will we be broken down and defeated, or broken open and transformed? Lesser shares tales of ordinary people who have risen from the ashes of illness, divorce, loss of a job or a loved one—stronger, wiser, and more in touch with their purpose and passion. And she draws on the world’s great spiritual and psychological traditions to support us as we too learn to break open and blossom into who we were meant to be.

The Burgess Boys

2013-05-09 Fiction

Author : Elizabeth Strout
Release : 2013-05-09
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 397/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Burgess Boys written by Elizabeth Strout. This book was released on 2013-05-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Burgess Boys:From thePulitzer Prize-winning authorof Olive Kitteridge A stunning story about the tragedies and triumphs of two brothers, from the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge. Exploring the ties that bind us to family and home, this novel will resonate with readers long after they turn the final page. ‘This is as much a state-of-the-nation novel as one of small-town life. Elizabeth Strout has written a novel that makes you feel: this is what it's like to be alive.’Sunday Times Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown for New York as soon as they could. Jim, a successful corporate lawyer, has belittled his bighearted brother their whole lives, something that Bob, a legal aid attorney who idolises Jim, has always taken in his stride. But when their sister desperately calls them back home to Shirley Falls to help her teenage son out of trouble, long-buried tensions begin to surface in unexpected ways that will change them forever. Praise for Elizabeth Strout ‘Astonishingly good’ Evening Standard 'So good it gave me goosebumps.’Sunday Times ‘Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force.’ The New Yorker 'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own.' Hilary Mantel 'Strout's prose propels the story forward with moments of startlingly poetic clarity.' The New Yorker

Relax and Be More Like Elizabeth

2018-02-03

Author : Her Greatness
Release : 2018-02-03
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 551/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Relax and Be More Like Elizabeth written by Her Greatness. This book was released on 2018-02-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the purchase of this interactive affirmations workbook that is unique to the named individual. By deciding to buy this affirmations notepad / notebook / workbook, you have taken a positive step forward in developing and improving yourself. This notepad & workbook has been designed to support you and your sub-conscious mind towards achieving more rewarding and positive outcomes in life. The affirmations found within this workbook will benefit you greatly and we recommend mindfully repeating them to yourself at least 10 times every morning and at night, just before bed time. You will also find a set of questions & pointers listed within which are geared towards supporting you in making the most out of this workbook, diary and notebook (whatever purpose you wish to use it for). Our aim is to help you to achieve the goals that you desire through exploring your thoughts and feelings, whilst positively growing through the affirmations. We encourage your personal growth and improvement and to have a great time as you do so. We trust that you will enjoy and benefit from the use of this workbook. You will be impressed with your purchase. Buy now to secure your copy. Good luck and wishing you all the best.

Demelza

2010-06-01 Fiction

Author : Winston Graham
Release : 2010-06-01
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 253/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Demelza written by Winston Graham. This book was released on 2010-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A MASTERPIECETM SERIES ON PBS® The second novel in the gripping Poldark Saga, a historical fiction series following the life and love of the Poldark family, perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Outlander. In the enchanting second novel in Winston Graham's beloved Poldark series, Demelza Carne, an impoverished miner's daughter, rescued by Ross Poldark from a fairground brawl, now happily finds herself his wife. But these historic and turbulent years put their romance to the test. As Ross launches into a bitter struggle for the right of the mining communities, Demelza's efforts to adapt to the ways of the gentry (and her husband) challenge her to rethink everything. When tragedy strikes and sows the seeds of rivalry between Ross and the powerful George Warleggan, will Demelza manage to bridge their differences before they destroy her marriage and her chance at happiness? Amid the turbulent history of 18th century England, Demelza continues the Poldark family saga and sweeps readers into one of the greatest historical romances of all time.

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