Dana Schwartz

Edinburgh, 1817. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, the university will allow her to enroll. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books – she’ll need bodies to study, corpses to dissect. Lucky that she’s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living, then. But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets. Hazel and Jack work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society. A gothic tale full of mystery and romance about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together.

Hazel Sinnett is alone and half convinced the events of the year before—the immortality, Beecham’s vial—were a figment of her imagination. She doesn’t even know if Jack is alive or dead. All she can really do now is treat patients and maintain Hawthornden Castle as it starts to decay around her. When saving a life leads to her arrest, Hazel seems doomed to rot in prison until a message intervenes: Hazel has been specifically requested to be the personal physician of Princess Charlotte, the sickly granddaughter of King George III. Soon Hazel is dragged into the glamour and romance of a court where everyone has something to hide, especially the enigmatic, brilliant members of a social club known as the Companions to the Death. As Hazel’s work entangles her more and more with the British court, she realizes that her own future as a surgeon isn't the only thing at stake for her. Malicious forces are at work in the monarchy, and Hazel may be the only one capable of setting things right.

A"hilarious and heartbreaking" (Jo Piazza) and unflinchingly honest memoir about one young woman's terrible and life-changing decisions while hoping--and sometimes failing--to find herself, in the style of Never Have I Ever and Adulting. Join Dana Schwartz on a journey revisiting all of the awful choices she made in her early twenties through the internet's favorite method of the quiz. Part-memoir, part-VERY long personality test, Choose Your Own Disaster is a manifesto about the millennial experience and modern feminism and how the easy advice of "you can be anything you want!" is actually pretty fucking difficult when there are so many possible versions of yourself it seems like you could be. Dana has no idea who she is, but at least she knows she's a Carrie, a Ravenclaw, a Raphael, a Belle, a former emo kid, a Twitter addict, and a millennial just trying her best. This long-form personality quiz manages to combine humor with unflinching honesty as one young woman tries to find herself amid the many, many choices that your twenties have to offer.

Seventeen-year-old Nora Holmes is an artist, a painter from the moment she could hold a brush. She inherited the skill from her grandfather, Robert, who's always nurtured Nora's talent and encouraged her to follow her passion. Still, Nora is shocked and elated when Robert offers her a gift: an all-expenses-paid summer trip to Europe to immerse herself in the craft and to study history's most famous artists. The only catch? Nora has to create an original piece of artwork at every stop and send it back to her grandfather. It's a no-brainer: Nora is in! Unfortunately, Nora's mother, Alice, is less than thrilled about the trip. She worries about what the future holds for her young, idealistic daughter and her opinions haven't gone unnoticed. Nora couldn't feel more unsupported by her mother, and in the weeks leading up to the trip, the women are as disconnected as they've ever been. But seconds after saying goodbye to Alice at the airport terminal, Nora hears a voice call out: "Wait! Stop! I'm coming with you!"

Edinburgh, 1817. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, the university will allow her to enroll. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books – she’ll need bodies to study, corpses to dissect. Lucky that she’s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living, then. But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets. Hazel and Jack work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society. A gothic tale full of mystery and romance about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together.

Hazel Sinnett este o tanara aristocrata mai dornica sa devina chirurg decat sa se marite. Jack Currer este un recuperator de cadavre care incearca sa supravietuiasca intr-un oras unde e foarte usor sa mori. Cei doi se intalnesc intamplator in Edinburgh, insa Hazel isi da seama de importanta intalnirii abia dupa ce e data afara de la cursurile renumitului doctor Beecham, pentru simplul motiv ca e femeie... O poveste gotica plina de mister, intriga si romantism. O carte care m-a cucerit! Scotia anilor 1800. Povestea unei tinere ambitioase care invata de una singura pentru a deveni chirurg, o meserie de neconceput pentru o femeie. Hazel se lupta impotriva prejudecatilor si a constrangerilor sociale pentru a-si realiza visul. O sa vi se dezvaluie secrete ciudate, o sa va incante aventurile stranii din care este tesuta aceasta fictiune istorica. Mi-a placut fiecare pagina! - Reese Witherspoon Necuviincioasa, inteligenta si isteata, Dana Schwartz e unul dintre cei mai straluciti tineri scriitori din noua generatie. - Neil Gaiman Romanul magic al lui Schwartz este in acelasi timp captivant si delicat, iar intriga complexa te prinde, pe masura ce incerci sa dezlegi misterul. Nu ezita nici la caracterizari, nici la actiune, raspandind indicii cu o mana sigura si atenta. Pana la urma, aceasta este povestea anatomiei inimii omenesti. - Booklist Diabolic de incantatoare. O poveste de dragoste, un mystery cu crime si un roman horror, legate la un loc cu fire macabre. - Maureen Johnson, autoarea seriei Stevie Bell Schwartz (...) isi plaseaza povestea feminista sexy printre mormintele din Edinburghul anilor 1800. Asa ca, firesc, e o poveste de dragoste. - Glamour Traducere din limba engleza de Mihaela Apetrei.

Édimbourg, 1817. Hazel est une jeune aristocrate à l'avenir tout tracé. Promise à un cousin, son rôle est de se préparer à devenir une épouse dévouée et soumise. Pourtant, Hazel rejette cette fatalité. Passionnée de médecine et aspirante chirurgienne, elle décide de braver les interdits liés à son sexe et à sa classe sociale pour suivre en secret des cours d'anatomie. C'est alors qu'elle fait la rencontre de Jack, un voleur de cadavres travaillant pour le compte de l'université où elle étudie. À ses côtés, elle se sent plus libre et audacieuse que jamais. Et quand elle découvre que certains grands chirurgiens et membres de l'aristocratie réalisent d'étranges expériences sur les cadavres, elle décide de mener l'enquête...

Édimbourg, 1818. Sans nouvelles de Jack depuis sa disparition, Hazel a abandonné tout espoir de le revoir. Désormais chirgurien accompli, elle trompe son chagrin en se consacrant exclusivement à sa passion. Mais être une femme de science dans un monde d'hommes n'est pas sans risques. Condamnée à mort pour avoir pratiqué un avortement, Hazel n'est sauvée que par une mystérieuse intervention royale. Entraînée dans les conspirations et les intrigues amoureuses de la cour de Londres, Hazel découvrira bientôt qu'un terrible danger pèse sur la monarchie...

Бестселер «NEW YORK TIMES», «INDIE» та «USA TODAY» A REESE'S YA BOOK CLUB PICK Goodreads Choice Award, номінація в категорії Best Young Adult Fiction (2022) Гейзел — наречена майбутнього віконта, якій кортить стати хірургом більше, ніж вдало вийти заміж. Джек — викрадач трупів, який просто намагається вижити в місті, де так легко померти. Їхня випадкова зустріч відкриває для Гейзел нові можливості: вивчати анатомію не за підручниками, а на практиці й нарешті потрапити на курс до найвидатнішого хірурга країни, доктора Бічема. Однак у місті знову спалахує епідемія, яка кілька років тому забрала життя тисяч людей. Влада не зважає на загрозу, тож Гейзел та Джеку самотужки доведеться розкопувати таємниці, заховані не тільки в безіменних могилах, але й серед живих мешканців Единбурга.

Quando Hazel si imbatte in Jack fuori dalla Società reale degli anatomisti di Edimburgo non ne rimane particolarmente colpita. Nel momento in cui però le viene proibito di frequentare i corsi del celebre dottor Beecham in quanto donna, capisce che il suo nuovo amico potrebbe tornarle molto utile. Perché con Beecham la ragazza ha stretto un patto: se riuscirà a superare l'esame di abilitazione studiando per proprio conto, potrà proseguire la carriera medica. Ma senza poter seguire le lezioni ufficiali, a Hazel non basta prepararsi sui libri: deve esaminare cadaveri. E, scherzo del destino, ha appena conosciuto qualcuno che si guadagna da vivere trafugandoli. Ma pure Jack ha i suoi problemi: loschi individui si aggirano per i cimiteri, i suoi amici scompaiono in circostanze misteriose, e la terribile peste romana, che già due anni prima aveva ucciso migliaia di persone, sembra essere tornata. E nessuno vuole occuparsene. Tranne Hazel. Ora i due dovranno unire le forze per scoprire gli oscuri segreti nascosti non solo in quelle tombe senza nome, ma nel cuore stesso della buona società di Edimburgo.

Μια γοτθική ιστορία γεμάτη μυστήριο και έρωτα Η Χέιζελ Σίνετ είναι μια νεαρή κοπέλα που επιθυμεί να γίνει χειρουργός περισσότερο απ’ ό,τι να παντρευτεί. Ο Τζακ Κιούρερ είναι ένα κλέφτης πτωμάτων που απλώς προσπαθεί να επιβιώσει σε μια πόλη όπου είναι τραγικά εύκολο να πεθάνεις. Όταν οι δυο τους γνωρίζονται τυχαία έξω από τη Βασιλική Εταιρεία Ανατόμων Εδιμβούργου, η Χέιζελ δε δίνει αρχικά σημασία. Όταν, όμως, τη διώχνουν από τα μαθήματα του φημισμένου χειρουργού Ουίλιαμ Μπίτσαμ επειδή είναι γυναίκα, συνειδητοποιεί ότι η νέα γνωριμία της μπορεί τελικά να της φανεί χρήσιμη. Διότι η Χέιζελ έχει κάνει μια συμφωνία με τον δόκτορα Μπίτσαμ: αν καταφέρει να περάσει μόνη της τις εξετάσεις, εκείνος θα της επιτρέψει να συνεχίσει την καριέρα της ως γιατρός. Χωρίς, όμως, την παρακολούθηση των επίσημων μαθημάτων, η Χέιζελ θα χρειαστεί κάτι παραπάνω από τα βιβλία της για να περάσει· θα χρειαστεί νεκρά σώματα για να τα μελετήσει. Για καλή της τύχη, έχει μόλις γνωρίσει κάποιον που τα ξεθάβει για επάγγελμα. Ο Τζακ, όμως, έχει τα δικά του προβλήματα: παράξενοι άνδρες παραμονεύουν στα νεκροταφεία, οι φίλοι του εξαφανίζονται από τους δρόμους και ο τρομερός ρωμαϊκός πυρετός, που σκότωσε χιλιάδες ανθρώπους μερικά χρόνια πριν, φαίνεται να έχει επιστρέψει δριμύτερος. Κανένας δε δείχνει να νοιάζεται – μόνο η Χέιζελ. Τώρα εκείνη και ο Τζακ πρέπει να συνεργαστούν για να αποκαλύψουν τα μυστικά που κρύβονται όχι μόνο μέσα στους ανώνυμους τάφους, αλλά και στην καρδιά της ίδιας της κοινωνίας του Εδιμβούργου.

Gotycka opowieść o ambicji, miłości i sekretach – nie tylko tych zakopanych głęboko pod ziemią. Edynburg, 1817. Hazel to dobrze urodzona, lecz postępująca na przekór konwenansom dziewczyna, która marzy o tym, by zostać chirurgiem. Jack jest rezurekcjonistą – złodziejem cmentarnym. Zarabia na życie, sprzedając naukowcom i studentom medycyny ciała, na których mogą przeprowadzać sekcje. Kiedy ich drogi się skrzyżują, Hazel i Jack będą musieli współpracować, aby odkryć tajemnice zakopane nie tylko w nieoznaczonych grobach, ale i w samym sercu edynburskiego społeczeństwa, gdzie kryć się mogą ciemne moce.

Hazel Sinnett jest samotna i niemal przekonana, że wydarzenia sprzed roku – a także eliksir nieśmiertelności doktora Beechama– były wytworem jej wyobraźni. Nie wie, czy Jack żyje, czy nie. Jedyne, co może teraz zrobić, to leczyć kolejne osoby i utrzymywać zamek Hawthornden, który zaczyna popadać w ruinę. Kiedy próba uratowania pacjenta doprowadza do jej aresztowania, dziewczyna sądzi, że resztę życia spędzi w więzieniu, dopóki nie przychodzi niecodzienna wiadomość: została poproszona o bycie osobistą lekarką księżniczki Charlotte, wnuczki króla Jerzego III. Stawka jest wysoka, bo jeśli Hazel nie podejmie odpowiedniego leczenia i nie odkryje prawdziwej przyczyny choroby, zostanie odesłana z powrotem do więzienia. Wkrótce zostaje wciągnięta w intrygi królewskiego dworu, gdzie każdy ma coś do ukrycia, zwłaszcza enigmatyczni, błyskotliwi członkowie sekretnego klubu. W miarę jak Hazel coraz bardziej zanurza się w dworskich tajemnicach, zdaje sobie sprawę, że jej własna przyszłość jako chirurżki nie jest jedyną sprawą, o którą toczy się gra. Na królewskim dworze działają złowieszcze siły, a najprawdopodobniej tylko ona może być zdolna do naprawienia sytuacji.

Narrated by the voice of a once-in-a-generation Twitter account @GuyInYourMFA: a handbook for the wannabe literary elite and those who laugh at them—all illustrated by a New Yorker cartoonist.Who better than that unjustifiably overconfident guy in your MFA to mansplain the most important (aka white male) writers of western literature? You can’t miss him: riding the L, writing furiously in his Moleskine notebook, or defying the wind by hand-rolling a cigarette outside a Williamsburg coffeeshop. He’s read Infinite Jest 9 1/2 times—have you? From Shakespeare’s greatest mystery (how could a working-class man without access to an MFA program be so prolific?) to the true meaning of Kafkaesque (you know you’ve made it when you have an adjective named for you) to an appropriately minimalist dissertation on Raymond Carver that segues effortlessly into a devastating critique of a New Yorker rejection letter (”serious believability issues”), this guide is at once profound and practical. Use a Venn diagram to test your knowledge of which Jonathan—Franzen, Lethem, or Safran Foer—hates Twitter and lives in Brooklyn. (Trick question: all 3!) Practice slyly responding to an invitation to discuss Bartleby the Scrivener with “I would prefer not to.” Sneer at chick-lit and drink Mojitos like Hemingway (not like middle-aged divorcées!). And as did Nabokov (originator of the emoticon), find the Pale Fire within. So instead of politely nodding next time you encounter said person at a housewarming party in Brooklyn, you can hand them this book and tell them to roll up their sleeves and cigarettes, and get to writing the next great American novel.