Showing results for "Skinny" in Genre Fiction

Joey Perrone is a woman with a mission. She's just been pushed overboard from a cruise liner by Chaz, her scumbag husband, and survived to tell the tale. But rather than reporting the crime to the police, she decides to stay dead and instead of getting mad, get even. Filled with a host of endearingly offbeat characters, and a narrative that is hilarious, romantic and thought-provoking by turns, Skinny Dip takes us on a journey through the warped politics of southern Florida.

When a tragic drowning accident destroys the perfect world of university swimming prodigy Lan Basin, he starts to experience unprovoked hallucinations and nightmares. Drowning in feelings of self-deprecation and humiliation, Lan leaves behind his past by transferring to North Lake Valley University. Soon, Lan finds himself in hot water when strange, unexplainable happenings plague his life once again. Unsure of what is fact and what is fiction, he can barely keep his head above water.

La primera actriz mexicana Ofelia Medina narra esta apasionada historia sobre el triángulo amoroso entre Elena, una joven actriz de la era dorada del cine mexicano (inspirada en Raquel Díaz de León), y dos de los más importantes músicos latinoamericanos del siglo XX: Andrés Cobán, bolerista mexicano, y Eduardo Santiago Salvatierra, tanguero argentino (inspirados en los grandes compositores e intérpretes Agustín Lara y Enrique Santos Discépolo).

Casey Banks is a devoutly anorexic man who discovers he can see the future by binge-eating. His new plan? Perform visions for cash while staying thin by any means necessary. Reading futures proves to be lucrative, but when he ignores a vision of his girlfriend committing a grisly murder, it sets Casey on a dangerous path toward a destiny he'll do anything to avoid.

Get ready to laugh! Get ready to tap your toes! Get ready to take a fresh look at what it means to “love your neighbor” and to “turn the other cheek” (not that one, you nitwit!). Set in ancient Jerusalem, SYMPHONY OF LIFE mostly tells the story of Joel, a corrupt tax collector who’s in desperate need of a swift kick in the pants. But there’s also a cadre of irate marketplace vendors all vying to be the one to deliver the humbling blow; a spunky, young widow who wishes she had more than two pitiful mites to cast into the offering box at the temple treasury; a pair of star-crossed lovers.