A sharply intelligent novel about two college students and the strange, unexpected connection they forge with a married couple. Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed, and darkly observant. A college student and aspiring writer, she devotes herself to a life of the mind--and to the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi, her best friend and comrade-in-arms. Lovers at school, the two young women now perform spoken-word poetry together in Dublin, where a journalist named Melissa spots their potential. Drawn into Melissa's orbit, Frances is reluctantly impressed by the older woman's sophisticated home and tall, handsome husband. Private property, Frances believes, is a cultural evil--and Nick, a bored actor who never quite lived up to his potential, looks like patriarchy made flesh. But however amusing their flirtation seems at first, it gives way to a strange intimacy neither of them expect. As Frances tries to keep her life in check, her relationships increasingly resist her control: with Nick, with her difficult and unhappy father, and finally even with Bobbi. Desperate to reconcile herself to the desires and vulnerabilities of her body, Frances's intellectual certainties begin to yield to something new: a painful and disorienting way of living from moment to moment. Written with gem-like precision and probing intelligence, Conversations With Friends is wonderfully alive to the pleasures and dangers of youth."

Shocking Confession from an Indonesian’s Ex-ASEAN Scholarship Recipient Judul artikel itu mengguncang media sosial dalam semalam. Martha, sang tersangka, panik. Keteledoran masa lalunya kini mencuat ke permukaan. Sebagai lulusan Computer Science, bagaimana bisa dia meninggalkan jejak digital yang menghantuinya dengan iming-iming penjara pada masa sekarang? Pernikahannya guncang, kebebasannya terenggut, anak-anaknya terancam kehilangan sosok ibu hanya karena Martha memainkan “25 Question About Me” di blognya belasan tahun lalu dan menjawab terlalu jujur pertanyaan: “What is the wildest thing you’ve ever done when you’re 17 years old?” I forged a legal document. Later, I used it to apply for a scholarship, and I got accepted!

A wryly humorous and profoundly moving coming-of-age novel that grapples with grief, language, and culture shock—all set against the backdrop of an unforgettable summer in Taipei. College freshman Lily Chen is off to spend the summer in Taipei at an intensive language program like so many Chinese American students before her, hoping to connect with the culture she inherited but never fully understood. But a promising start quickly unravels. Her classes are grueling, her roommate is driving her insane, and a reckless trip to the hot springs with a guy she barely knows soon has her classmates viciously gossiping. She feels adrift, a foreigner in a country she thought would feel like home. Then shocking news Lily’s grandfather has passed away. The loss forces her to grapple with now-unanswerable questions about her family history. As Lily grieves, she’s drawn into a journey of self-discovery—piecing together memories, stories, and silences over a series of hilarious and devastating attempts at connection. What if the diaspora fantasy of homecoming never comes true? What if learning a language can’t bring you any closer to the people you’re trying to reach? What if you search for your family’s history, but your family doesn’t want to share? What if you wait too long to ask the right questions? As Lily struggles for answers, her summer becomes a poignant search for understanding—of herself, her family, and the meaning of home.

“When truth teller and careful writer bell hooks offers a book, I like to be standing at the bookshop when it opens.” –Maya Angelou Intimate, revealing, provocative, Communion challenges every woman to courageously claim the search for love as the heroic journey we must all choose to be truly free. In her trademark commanding and lucid language, hooks explores the ways ideas about women and love were changed by the feminist movement, by women's full participation in the workforce, and by the culture of self-help, and reveals how women of all ages can bring love into every aspect of their lives, for all the years of their lives. Communion is the heart-to-heart talk every woman -- mother, daughter, friend, and lover -- needs to have.

Shocking Confession from an Indonesian’s Ex-ASEAN Scholarship Recipient Judul artikel itu mengguncang media sosial dalam semalam. Martha, sang tersangka, panik. Keteledoran masa lalunya kini mencuat ke permukaan. Sebagai lulusan Computer Science, bagaimana bisa dia meninggalkan jejak digital yang menghantuinya dengan iming-iming penjara pada masa sekarang? Pernikahannya guncang, kebebasannya terenggut, anak-anaknya terancam kehilangan sosok ibu hanya karena Martha memainkan “25 Question About Me” di blognya belasan tahun lalu dan menjawab terlalu jujur pertanyaan: “What is the wildest thing you’ve ever done when you’re 17 years old?” I forged a legal document. Later, I used it to apply for a scholarship, and I got accepted!

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he?