A powerful debut set in Belfast and London in the latter years of the twentieth century. The Troubles turned Northern Ireland into a ghost factory: as the manufacturing industry withered, the death business boomed. In trying to come to terms with his father's sudden death, and the attack on his harmless best friend Titch, Jacky is forced to face the bullies who still menace a city scarred by conflict. After he himself is attacked, he flees to London to build a new life. But even in the midst of a burgeoning love affair he hears the ghosts of his past echoing, pulling him back to Belfast, crying out for retribution and justice. Written with verve and flair, and spiked with humour, The Ghost Factory marks the arrival of an auspicious new talent.
As Grandma gradually repairs all the other toys that need mending, Kate continues to insist that she likes her teddy just the way he is, with one eye missing.
“Potrei fare di tutto pur di ottenere quello che voglio”: è questo il dogma della diciannovenne Katie, la protagonista di Groupie, autobiografia romanzata scritta da Jenny Fabian insieme a Johnny Byrne nel 1969, e divenuta presto la bibbia di una generazione. Con la sua incrollabile devozione al sesso, alla droga e al rock’n’roll, Katie racconta le sue esperienze di “groupie” al seguito delle più grandi star della musica – da Syd Barrett dei Pink Floyd ad Andy Summers dei Police, passando per Animals, Soft Machine e Jimi Hendrix Experience. A distanza di decenni, oltre che intramontabile oggetto di culto, Groupie è un romanzo vivido e appassionante, scanzonato e irriverente, e soprattutto capace di restituire un fedele spaccato della Londra underground e rock’n’roll di fine anni Sessanta.
Finding Wholeness through Tears, Joys, and the Everyday From the woman fighting cancer to the man who has lost his child to the girl sinking into depression, so many of us are engaged in daily battles as we long for healing. When he walked the earth, Jesus said to an unwell man, "Do you want to be made well?" His invitation stretched beyond physical healing--he sought to restore the soul. The same invitation stands for us today. For anyone struggling on the journey toward wholeness, singer/songwriter Jenny Simmons offers a resting place and a friend along the way. With personal insight into emotional pain, she invites readers to encounter a God who is working out their restoration--often in surprising "half-baked" ways. Her humorous and inspirational prose lights a path toward wholeness. Anyone trying to find their way to spiritual, mental, and emotional healing will benefit from Jenny's vulnerable and compassionate stories of being made well in the midst of a messy life.
You know you're in for a treat when you open a Jenny Oliver book' Debbie JohnsonFrom the top 10 best-selling author of The Summerhouse by the Sea‘A perfect holiday read.’ – The Sun
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