What does the New Testament really say about: (1) Women in Relation to Men (Essence, Distinction, Function, Marriage); (2) Women in Ministry (Prayer and Prophesying, Silence, Teaching and Authority, Ministering)?
Kate - whose care for her terminally ill mother coincides with the birth of her first child in the early months of a young marriage - must, in a single year, come to terms with radiant beginnings and profound loss.
At the centre of this unforgettable novel are two chidlren: Lark and her brother, Termite, who is unable to walk or talk but is deeply loved by his family.
A classic of the genre, “Home” and the other stories comprising Black Tickets were pronounced “unlike any in our literature...a crooked beauty” by Raymond Carver. An ebook short.
A young girl during the Depression is caught between the love of her crazy father and the no less powerful love of her sorrowful mother. These are great American stories that have earned a privileged place in our literature.
"A brilliant writer, utterly original and with an astonishing range." —Ian McEwan, New York Times bestselling author of Atonement and Lessons Three stories are collected in this edition for the first time: in "Alma," and adolescent ...
Night Watch: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2024
Epic, enthralling and meticulously crafted, Night Watch is a brilliant portrait of family endurance against all odds and a stunning chronicle of surviving war and its aftermath.
Kate must, in a single year, confront profound loss alongside radiant beginnings. Jayne Anne Phillips transforms quotidian details into a shimmering whole, giving us Kate and her family in all the complexity their world offers.
From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War—and a brilliant portrait of family endurance against all odds In 1874, in the wake of ...
Resonating with the undeniable power of myth, these tales of initiation and betrayal focus on an extraordinary gallery of characters: a rootless young woman confronts her divorced parents; a fourteen-year-old girl leaves a series of foster ...
