Susan Swan

Mouse and Paulie, reluctant 14-year-old inmates of Bath Ladies College, are confronted by difficult questions. Why can't girls have muscles? Why don't boys cry? Gradually their secret life becomes a dangerous quest for the one small, vital thing that makes boys different from girls.

The Wives of Bath

Twelve Days Of Christmas

The Biggest Modern Woman of the World

A timely novel about the hedge fund whale, Dale Paul, a witty, self-absorbed rogue and raconteur. Charm and boarding school connections to billionaire media personality Earl Lindquist aren't sufficient for Dale Paul to avoid being sent to an upstate New York white collar jail on multiple counts of fraud for gambling away US military pensions.Promising himself to earn back his son's previously gambled inheritance, Dale Paul dreams up an illegal lottery for his fellow inmates based on the death of old and frail celebrities.Disgraced and for once in his life, penniless, Dale Paul's relationships with his family deteriorate while he works on his scheme to make himself rich again.Win or lose, Dale Paul goes through a sea change that may (or may not) make a new man of him. But will the enterprising gambler get caught in his own con?

The Dead Celebrities Club

A dazzlingly imagined novel that embraces two centuries, two young women, a long-lost journal, and the mystery behind the legendary Casanova's last great love.

A Novel

What Casanova Told Me

Mouse's world is constrained by a number of factors: her mother is dead, her father - the admired country doctor - is emotionally distant, her housekeeper Sal is prejudiced and narrow, and her grandmother and aunt, Big Louie and Little Louie, the only life-affirming presences in her life, live in another city. Enter Gentleman John Pilkie, the former NHL star who's transferred to the mental hospital in Madoc's Landing, where he is to serve out his life-sentence for the murder of his wife and daughter. John becomes a point of fascination for young Mary, who looks to him for the attention she does not receive from her father. He, in turn, is kind to her - but the kindness is misunderstood. When Mary figures out that the attention she receives from the Hockey Killer is different in kind and intent from the attention her Aunt Little Louie receives, her world collapses. Set against the beautiful and dramatic shore of Georgian Bay, the climax will have readers turning pages with concern for characters they can't help but love.

The Western Light

Stupid Boys Are Good to Relax With

È il 1963. Mary Bradford (alias Mouse) ha tredici anni quando viene spedita al Collegio Femminile di Bath. Mouse, orfana di madre, con una leggera gobba lasciata da una malattia infantile, si sente molto ai margini, un po' anche per sua volontà. Non ha nessuna voglia di inserirsi tra le ragazze “normali” e si rifiuta di soddisfare le aspettative delle donne più grandi di lei, come le insegnanti zitelle e le madri eleganti delle sue compagne. Sceglie con cura i suoi alleati: la sua gobba, che chiama Alice, e John F. Kennedy, a cui scrive lunghe lettere chiedendo e dando consigli. Nell’istituto conosce la ribelle Paulie Sykes che, sotto le mentite spoglie di un ragazzo, ha una relazione con la sua compagna di stanza Tory. È lei a far aprire gli occhi a Mary sui pregiudizi che da sempre contraddistinguono i rapporti tra uomini e donne. A un tratto le cose precipitano. L'inganno di Paulie viene scoperto e ciò che era iniziato come un gioco sfocia in tragedia. Uno spaccato di vita raccontato in prima persona da Mouse, ormai grande e in pace con se stessa. Il romanzo bestseller di Susan Swan, da cui è stato tratto un film di grande successo, è una confessione adolescenziale, l’urlo rivoluzionario di una giovane donna e un’analisi della figura femminile in una società maschilista. Un libro che racconta la scoperta di sé e del sesso, il peso della diversità in un mondo spesso ostile. Susan Swan parla di rabbia e lotta di genere con una penna incisiva e al tempo stesso ironica e leggera. Mouse Bradford – saggia, spiritosa e vulnerabile – è un’eroina indimenticabile.

L'altra metà dell'amore

Stephanie Spinner

Recounts how the Greek hero Perseus vanquishes the serpent-haired Medusa whose gaze turned people to stone.

Susan Swan

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