Compelled by the tragic bonds of very different childhoods, they soon forge a strong alliance. When she meets Faith, Hope has faced enough loss to last a lifetime, and, like Faith, she has built an emotional wall to survive. The scrappy child of hard-working Irish and Chinese immigrants has learned to fend for herself, until a terrible disaster thrusts her into a strange, new world of privilege. Just twenty-nine miles away, on lower Manhattan’s dirty, crowded streets, Hope Lee’s world is one of poverty and desperation. Often misunderstood, she trusts few as she grows up on the family’s manicured Long Island estate. Fortune’s Daughters by Consuelo Saah Baehrįaith Simpson is born at the dawn of the twentieth century into a dynasty that gives her everything she will ever need-except her parents’ love and attention. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single disorienting sitting. Will Williams is part of Disorder, a collection of six short stories of living nightmares, chilling visions, and uncanny imagination that explore a world losing its balance in terrifying ways. Now, drifting from city to city, Will’s doing everything in his power to outrun his shadow. Starting by implicating Will in petty crimes, and escalating to offenses with serious prison terms, he’s undermined every attempt Will has made to get his life on track. A look-alike with the same tattoos and the same name has been following him. In a modern retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s William Wilson by the author of The Old Drift, a young black man’s paranoia escalates as he is followed, challenged, and terrorized by a doppelgänger bent on sabotaging his life.Įver since high school, somebody’s been playing the echo game on Will Williams. Will Williams (Disorder collection) by Namwali Serpell The Best Girls is part of Disorder, a collection of six short stories of living nightmares, chilling visions, and uncanny imagination that explore a world losing its balance in terrifying ways. Receiving approval only for uncomplaining sacrifice, she has resolved to take on her family’s troubles. Inspired by a true event, this powerful short story from the author of National Book Award finalist Pachinko explores the meaning of patriarchy and the cost of female silence through the eyes of a dutiful young girl.Īn excellent student from a poor, traditional family in Seoul, the narrator has absorbed the same message her whole life: Only a boy can provide the family with dignity and wealth. The Best Girls (Disorder collection) by Min Jin Lee Below is a selection of the Amazon Prime books you can find, in a variety of genres. So what’s available at the moment? Glad you asked. So, even if you don’t have a Kindle Unlimited subscription, as long as you’re a Prime member you get free books! YAY FREE BOOKS! We have a post that explains the two programs here, but briefly: Prime Reading is a program that offers a rotating selection of about 1000 ebooks to Prime subscribers for free. What is Prime Reading, you say? Isn’t it like Kindle Unlimited? Not exactly, reader. But now that it is July it’s time to dig in and share the best Amazon Prime books available right now through their Prime Reading program. O'ConnellĮarlier this year, we brought you a list of the 50 Best Kindle Unlimited Books for 2019. She blogs about feminism, the writing life, and whatever else comes into her head at Blog: A.J. She is a journalist and has taught journalism to college students. She holds an MFA in creative fiction, but despite the best efforts of her teachers at Fairfield University's low-residency program, remains a huge dork for sci-fi, fantasy and comic books. All she’s ever wanted to do in life is read and write books, and so, is constantly writing at least one novel. O’Connell is the author of two published novellas: Beware the Hawk and The Eagle & The Arrow.
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