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From New York Times bestselling
author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where
cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are
revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can
imagine.
It begins in an unnamed city nicknamed “the
Fairest”, it is distinguished by many things from the river fair to the
mountains that split the municipality in half; its theaters and many
museums; the Morgue Ship; and, like all cities, but maybe especially so,
by its essential unmappability.
Dora, a former domestic servant
at the university has a secret desire—to find where her brother went
after he died, believing that the answer lies within The Museum of
Psykical Research, where he worked when Dora was a child. With the city
amidst a revolutionary upheaval, where citizens like Robert Barnes, her
lover and a student radical, are now in positions of authority, Dora
contrives to gain the curator ship of the half-forgotten museum only to
find it all but burnt to the ground, with the neighboring museums oddly
untouched. Robert offers her one of these, The National Museum of the
Worker. However, neither this museum, nor the street it is hidden away
on, nor Dora herself, are what they at first appear to be. Set against
the backdrop of a nation on the verge of collapse, Dora’s search for the
truth behind the mystery she’s long concealed will unravel a monstrous
conspiracy and bring her to the edge of worlds.
If you already know John Sandford's work this is Book Two in the Letty Davenport Series. You will find this in the Mystery section of the library.
The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence.
“Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead.”
So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, taking us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath of a life-threatening health scare. Before the frequent hospital visits and stints in rehab, there was five-year-old Matthew, who traveled from Montreal to Los Angeles, shuffling between his separated parents; fourteen-year-old Matthew, who was a nationally ranked tennis star in Canada; twenty-four-year-old Matthew, who nabbed a coveted role as a lead cast member on the talked-about pilot then called Friends Like Us. . . and so much more.
In an extraordinary story that only he could tell—and in the heartfelt, hilarious, and warmly familiar way only he could tell it—Matthew Perry lays bare the fractured family that raised him (and also left him to his own devices), the desire for recognition that drove him to fame, and the void inside him that could not be filled even by his greatest dreams coming true. But he also details the peace he’s found in sobriety and how he feels about the ubiquity of Friends, sharing stories about his castmates and other stars he met along the way. Frank, self-aware, and with his trademark humor, Perry vividly depicts his lifelong battle with addiction and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all.
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is an unforgettable memoir that is both intimate and eye-opening—as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the audiobook fans have been waiting for.
