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Twenty-eight-year-old Miles is haunted by guilt for having inadvertently caused the death of his stepbrother, an incident that caused him to flee New York seven years previously. Now he lives in Florida, photographing the last traces of families who have abandoned their houses due to debt or foreclosure during the banking crisis. When a complicated romance forces him to go on the run again, he returns to Brooklyn to confront his father and his past.

After witnessing the fallout of her parents' divorce, love has never been a priority for garden designer Frankie Cole. The only man in her life is her friend Matt - but that's strictly platonic. If only she found it easier to ignore the way he makes her heart race... Matt Walker has loved Frankie for years but has always played it cool - until he uncovers new depths to the girl he's known forever and doesn't want to wait a moment longer.

The forty-year-old crucifixion of a prominent labor leader named Jack Flynn remains an unsolved atrocity that has never been forgotten in New Iberia, Louisiana. When Flynn's daughter Megan, a photojournalist drawn to controversial subjects, returns to the site of her father's murder, it quickly becomes clear that her family's bloodstained past will not stay buried. Megan gives her old friend Dave Robicheaux a tip about a small-time criminal named Cool Breeze Broussard, scarcely suspecting that the seemingly innocuous case will lead Robicheaux and his partner into the midst of deadly conspiracy. Combining brilliant prose, crackling suspense, and an exquisite sense of character and place, Sunset Limited is a wrenching tale of historic violence and soiled redemption that reveals America's finest novelist at his masterful best.

Love has never been a priority for garden designer Frankie Cole. After witnessing the fallout of her parents' divorce, she's seen the devastation an overload of emotion can cause. The only man she feels comfortable with is her friend Matt - but that's strictly platonic. If only she found it easier to ignore the way he makes her heart race.

Una mirada realista, viva y totalmente actual de la familia y la sociedad norteamericana posterior a la crisis. Miles Heller es un joven introvertido que a los 20 años decidió dejar Nueva York y romper toda relación con sus padres. Siete años después no ha retomado el contacto y reside en Florida, donde trabaja en una empresa que se dedica a vaciar y a limpiar los pisos de los desahuciados para venderlos de nuevo. A diferencia de sus compañeros, que saquean lo que pueden, Miles fotografía los objetos abandonados para demostrar que las familias desaparecidas estuvieron alguna vez allí.

Jane Wilcox went into hiding when she and her best friend had to disappear to stay safe. The woman who emerged wore Jimmy Choo heels and Prada gowns and used her brilliant math skills incognito as a poker scout to help a notorious rock star poker player.

Raymond has to get his act together and find a place of his own. But when out-and-proud David Butler offers to be his roommate, Raymond agrees for reasons other than needing a place to crash. David is Raymond's opposite in almost every way - he's Connecticut prim and proper while Raymond is a sarcastic longshoreman from Queens - but their friendship is solid. Their closeness surprises everyone as does their not-so-playful flirtation, since Raymond has always kept his bi-curious side a secret.

Sunset Park is a neighborhood in the western section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, USA. We cover the most newsworthy stories and events in Sunset Park.

San Francisco attorney Cecily Chang is ready to tackle the New Year head on, so she creates a list of resolutions guaranteed to reboot her life—right after her dutiful visit home to Sunset Park, Brooklyn, for the Lunar New Year. Cecily prepares to face her critical, meddling mother, nosy relatives, and the chaos and drama family togetherness brings. At least the food will be delicious. This holiday, Cecily vows to remain calm—as long as she doesn’t see him.

Seit dem Tod seines Stiefbruders quälen Miles Heller Schuldgefühle, den Kontakt zu seiner New Yorker Familie hat er abgebrochen. In Florida gestrandet, fotografiert er wie besessen in der Wirtschaftskrise zwangsgeräumte Häuser. Als er wegen einer pikanten Liebschaft in Schwierigkeiten gerät, holt ihn sein Freund Bing zurück nach Brooklyn. Dort, in der heruntergekommenen Siedlung Sunset Park, trifft er auf andere strauchelnde Menschen und lernt, seinen Dämonen ins Auge zu sehen.

As a financial analyst, Rachel Bai is more comfortable with numbers than people. When her boss promotes her to head a team in San Francisco, his message is clear—she has one year to build a successful team and become an effective leader. Rachel sets out to discover how to be more comfortable interacting with people, but a drunken night meant for research results in a mechanical bull ride and a one-night stand with a sexy stranger—definitely not part of her plan.

كان كلَّما دخل منزلًا هجره أهله تسلَّل إليه الشعور ذاته، مزيجٌ من الرَّهبة والحزن تختلط بروائح مختلفة من العفونة والحليب الفاسد والطعام الذي تُركَ في المطبخ لأسابيع، لم يكن يملك أمام هذا الشعور سوى التجاهل فقد كانت تلك وظيفته التي يعتاش بها؛ إصلاح ما فسد من المنازل بعد أن هجرها أهلها على عجل حتّى يتسنّى للبنك المصرفي بيعها في أقرب وقت، لم يجرؤ يومًا على أخذ شيءٍ من المقتنيات كما أصدقاؤه لكنّه مارس هوايته بالتقاط الصور الفوتوغرافية للأشياء المهملة لا يعرف لماذا وكأنّه أخذ على عاتقه أن يوثّقَ آخر رمقٍ من حياةٍ كانت هنا أو ربّما كي.

Bethany Lee has achieved every goal she’s had: attend a top-tier medical school, lead her pub quiz team to victory, and now an ER residency. But when an opportunity arises to win a prestigious fellowship that will pay off her med school debt and help her parents, it seems Bethany has suddenly slammed into a wall. A very tall, handsome, and infuriating wall.

I knew the odds were against me, a divorced 20-year-old with two babies under the age of four, trying to escape a life that started with an abusive stepfather and now on the run from the fate of a life in a small town with an abusive ex-husband. I had promised myself, come hell or high water, I would live the life I had always dreamed of, and now, I was making my way down the California I-10 freeway to the city with the Hollywood sign on the hill.

When everyone else goes to bed, the ones who stay up feel like they’re the only people in the world. As the hours tick by deeper into the night, the familiar drops away and the unfamiliar beckons. Adults are asleep, and a hush falls over the hum of daily life. Anything is possible.