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Der weiße Oleander blüht in Kalifornien im Hochsommer, wenn die Hitze unerträglich erscheint...

The unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption. “Liquid poetry.” —Oprah Winfrey Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her beauty to intimidate and manipulate...

Janet Mackenzie hat nur ein Ziel: Sie muss unbedingt ihre Mutter in der Vergangenheit wiederfinden. Danach wünscht sie sich nichts sehnlicher, als nach Hause zurückzukehren und ihr ganz normales Leben weiterzuführen – und nichts mehr mit Zeitreisen zu tun zu haben. Doch im 18. Jahrhundert macht sie nicht nur eine beunruhigende Entdeckung, sondern auch eine außergewöhnliche Bekanntschaft. Niemals hätte sie gedacht, dass ein Mann, mit dem sie nur eine einzige Nacht verbringt, ihr Leben so völlig auf den Kopf stellen könnte.

Josie Tyrell, art model, runaway, and denizen of LA's rock scene finds a chance at real love with Michael Faraday, a Harvard dropout and son of a renowned pianist. But when she receives a call from the coroner, asking her to identify her lover's body, her bright dreams all turn to black. As...

Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men. Astrid worships her mother and cherishes their private world full of ritual and mystery, but their idyll is shattered when Astrid's mother falls apart over a lover. Deranged by rejection, Ingrid murders the man, and is sentenced to life in prison.

A young Russian woman comes into her own in the midst of revolution and civil war in this "brilliant" novel set in "a world of furious beauty" (Los Angeles Review of Books).After the loves and betrayals of The Revolution of Marina M., young poet Marina Makarova finds herself alone amid the...

From the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of one young woman. St. Petersburg, New Year's Eve, 1916. Marina Makarova is a young woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints...

The best noir writers make us feel the heat of the sun, the touch of a lover. Setting can be gritty but can also be sublime, no longer relegated to urban locales and seedy hotel rooms but also mansions and swimming pools. Hence, Palm Springs, which may seem like an odd setting for a collection of dark short stories—it’s so sunny and bright here. The stories in this collection come on like the wicked dust storms common to the area.