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Her boyfriend got a life—in L.A. Her hairdresser found God. And that extra ten pounds of “relationship flab” she acquired while falling in love with a commitment-phobe has just put her out of the running for new romance—or so she thinks. But before Emma can get on with her life, she’s got to face a few startling truths about being single in New York City…. Confession #5: Marriage suddenly seems like a social disease. Even the latest bride in my family—my mother—has put me to work in the service of her wedding day. What about us non-brides-to-be? Working in the warped little world of wedding planning has only led me to one conclusion: If you don’t get married in this world, you get nothing. Once, in an editorial meeting, I jokingly suggested that a woman should get a bridal shower when she turns thirty, wedding or not. Everyone looked at me as if I were some kind of nut. I am 31 years old; am I not entitled to free Calphalon yet? 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No, they didn't do it on purpose. What kind of lunatics do you think they are? And don't go worrying. No one got hurt, although they did go to the hospital. Unfortunately, there was no one in white yelling stat!, no one climbing aboard a gurney to thump life back into someone's heart and no hot paramedic performing artificial respiration.What they do have now is one giant repair bill and no money. Problem? No way! Not for three bright women with a great fund-raising idea--they'll organize swanky soirees and dating seminars.Perfect. 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This time a gifted arson investigator teams up with a mysterious operative to stop a killer raging completely out of control... For Kerry Murphy, the inferno is never far away. The flames of that long-ago night still burn in her nightmares: the heat, the choking smoke, the helplessness. She can never run fast enough... Now Kerry works as an arson investigator with her evidence-sniffing dog, Sam. Together they're a great team, but her life is about to change in the time it takes to strike a match. The deadly flames of her past are back, and from out of the ashes a stranger appears. Who is Silver? And why has he chosen her in the desparate race to find a killer determined to ignite hell on earth? Kerry and Silver may not have a chance against a psychopath as coldhearted as his method is red-hot. 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Being the daughter of her city's chief rabbi and having a reputation as the best midwife in the region do nothing to help her case. But nobleman Detlef von Tennen, cousin of the archbishop, suspects that something other than religion drives Ruth's persecution. 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Julie Andrews dancing. Cadbury's chocolate Easter eggs. But no amount of positive thinking changes the fact that Jeremy--the man of my dreams, the man I would marry, the man who should spend his whole life worshipping me and lavishing me with kisses--went to Thailand to find himself.Obviously I'm not as cute and witty as I thought I was, since while I've been sitting around every weekend, he's been sleeping with half of Thailand. And then he found Someone Else. That someone not being me.I have been pathetic.But now I will date. I will become the queen of dating. I will forget all about him.Single in Boston, that's me. 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A deft indictment of the marital ideal, as well as a celebration of the dissent that constitutes adultery, delivered in pointed daggers of prose” (The New Yorker). Who would dream of being against love? No one. Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and all-controlling force, with vast power over our thoughts and life decisions. But is there something a bit worrisome about all this uniformity of opinion? Is this the one subject about which no disagreement will be entertained, about which one truth alone is permissible? Consider that the most powerful organized religions produce the occasional heretic; every ideology has its apostates; even sacred cows find their butchers. Except for love. Hence the necessity for a polemic against it. A polemic is designed to be the prose equivalent of a small explosive device placed under your E-Z-Boy lounger. 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In this collection of essays, black women writers shine a light on how important it is that we all--regardless of gender, race, religion, or ability--have the opportunity to find ourselves in literature. Whether it's learning about the complexities of femalehood from Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison, finding a new type of love in The Color Purple, or using mythology to craft an alternative black future, the subjects of each essay remind us why we turn to books in times of both struggle and relaxation\"--Adapted from publisher description.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx2hknq0wd5yb96cyn5t4yjq.jpg?v=3bb0db4d06","L2E,$$0M0iS0^cWA1QI:1,Io1Q]g",2018,[649,653],{"id":650,"slug":651,"name":652},"01kx2hknprj7h092hrzqdzv37v","glory-edim-ssiq","Glory Edim",{"id":654,"slug":655,"name":652},"01kx2hknpvdhaqr4p2e7qs5k8s","glory-edim-kdo3",[657,658],{"id":244,"name":245,"slug":246,"is_fiction":21},{"id":44,"name":45,"slug":46,"is_fiction":20},[],{"pace":83,"complexity":7,"audience":85,"mood":661,"themes":663,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[662,91],"inspiring",[],{"id":665,"slug":666,"title":667,"description":668,"primary_cover_url":669,"cover_blurhash":670,"first_publish_year":671,"community_rating_avg":7,"community_rating_count":18,"page_count":672,"authors":673,"genres":678,"series":681,"enrichment":682},"01kx2699c630x5n5cwwpzq5915","how-did-you-get-this-number-essays-ajak","How Did You Get this Number Essays","A brand-new book of hilarious and insightful personal essays by the iconic, irresistible Sloane Crosley. From the author of the sensational bestseller I Was Told There'd Be Cake comes a new book of personal essays brimming with all the charm and wit that have earned Sloane Crosley widespread acclaim, award nominations, and an ever-growing cadre of loyal fans. In Cake readers were introduced to the foibles of Crosley's life in New York City-always teetering between the glamour of Manhattan parties, the indignity of entry-level work, and the special joy of suburban nostalgia-and to a literary voice that mixed Dorothy Parker with David Sedaris and became something all its own. Crosley still lives and works in New York City, but she's no longer the newcomer for whom a trip beyond the Upper West Side is a big adventure. She can pack up her sensibility and takes us with her to Paris, to Portugal (having picked it by spinning a globe and putting down her finger, and finally falling in with a group of Portuguese clowns), and even to Alaska, where the \"bear bells\" on her fellow bridesmaids' ponytails seemed silly until a grizzly cub dramatically intrudes. Meanwhile, back in New York, where new apartments beckon and taxi rides go awry, her sense of the city has become more layered, her relationships with friends and family more complicated. As always, Crosley's voice is fueled by the perfect witticism, buoyant optimism, flair for drama, and easy charm in the face of minor suffering or potential drudgery. But in How Did You Get This Number it has also become increasingly sophisticated, quicker and sharper to the point, more complex and lasting in the emotions it explores. And yet, Crosley remains the unfailingly hilarious young Everywoman, healthily equipped with intelligence and poise to fend off any potential mundanity in maturity.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx2699cn2hcq82s87dkyr84f.jpg?v=c04b44656e","L34.0aE2oyM{~Ut6M{WC?GbFkBRj",2010,281,[674],{"id":675,"slug":676,"name":677},"01kp6bp47w9safdqgdwwkjyevb","sloane-crosley-poem","Sloane Crosley",[679,680],{"id":214,"name":215,"slug":216,"is_fiction":21},{"id":44,"name":45,"slug":46,"is_fiction":20},[],{"pace":534,"complexity":7,"audience":85,"mood":683,"themes":684,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[151,425,91],[],[686],{"id":687,"slug":688,"title":689,"user":690,"work_id":4,"is_draft":20,"verified_reader":21,"featured":20,"body":696,"overall_rating":503,"depth":7,"momentum":7,"atmosphere":7,"craft":7,"impact":7,"spice":7,"spoiler_level":697,"locale":7,"feed_item_key":698,"like_count":18,"comment_count":18,"top_likers":699,"viewer_can_reply":20,"created_at":700,"updated_at":700},"01ks60w6xbeegrd680jv8vttbg","review-of-rsayl-ghsan-knfany-al-ghad-alsman-by-mercurielle","Review of \"رسائل غسان كنفاني إلى غادة السمان\" by mercurielle_",{"id":691,"name":692,"username":693,"avatar_url":694,"is_system":20,"published_reviews_count":695,"books_read_count":419},404,"Mercurielle","mercurielle_","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Favatars\u002F404.webp?v=1779492602",183,"عندما قرأت هذا الكتاب لم أكن مُلِمّة بثنايا العلاقة التي تجمع غسّان بغادة. غادة و غسان. تزهّر الغاء، ألغام مرشوقة في قلب الحبيب، منتظرا الحبيبة، هي، التي تلعب دور المرأة صعبة المنال.\nفي ظلّ هذا الإطار، انعطفت لكلمات الكنفاني، لحسّه المرهف، لإنسانيته المفرطة في تيمه المعذب.\nثم، في رحم الكلمات، علمت أنه في آن كتابته لتلك الرسائل، غسان كان متزوجا، له طفلين. و قرأت في بعض المدونات أن غادة السمان نشرت هذه المراسلة (و لو كانت من طرف واحد) لترضي نرجسيّتها و لتشوّه صورة ذاك الثّوري الذي عهدنا كلماته. \nأمّا رأيي من كل هذا؟ هذه الرسائل ساهمت في أن تجعل غسان الكنفاني يترك مرتبة القداسة التي قُيّد فيها، و تمكنّنا من رؤية البعد الإنساني، اللا معصوم من الخطأ لغسان، ذاك الرّجل المكافح في كلتا مصراعي الوطن و المرأة. غسان المحب، غسان العاشق، غسان الضّعيف. فلا ضعف في قهر الهوى. \nأما غادة، فأنا أظن أنها لم تكن تجيبه إلّا قليلا ما، فذلك احتراما لحرمة بيته، لزوجته، و أبناءه. و أنا أشكرها لأنها فعلا ساهمت في إثراء المشهد الأدبي عبر هذه الكتابات النابعة من القلب.\nمازلت متأثّرة، تحت قبضة الكلمات. كلمات أوجدت طريقها إلى قلبي. كلمات ظلّت ترنّ كنغم بعيد يحملني على مهل إلى... إلى...","none","rv-01ks60w6xbeegrd680jv8vttbg",[],"2026-05-21T19:40:53.000000Z"]