The Big Guy loves his family, money and democracy. Undone by the results of the 2008 Presidential election, he taps a group of like-minded men to reclaim their version of America. As they build a scheme to disturb and disrupt, the Big Guy also faces turbulence within his family and must take responsibility for his past actions. For his wife and daughter are having their own awakenings self-denying Charlotte enters rehab, and eighteen year old Megan, who has voted for the first time, explores a political future that deviates from her fathers ideology, while delving into deeply buried family secrets.Dark, funny and prescient, The
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A.M. Homes delves into the intricate complexities of the human psyche and interpersonal relationships, often exploring themes of identity, familial bonds, and the search for meaning. Her style is marked by a piercing insight into human behavior and a unique ability to examine the darker facets of existence with unexpected empathy. The author probes how our roots shape us and how we navigate questions of adoption and belonging. Her works serve as literary investigations into the human condition, challenging readers to reflect.







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- 2018
A stunning new collection of short stories from the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction.
- 2012
Harry has always envied his younger brother George - a high-flying TV executive with two kids, a beautiful home and a covetable wife - but Harry also knows that George is a dangerous man with a murderous temper. When an adulterous kiss at Thanksgiving prompts a chain of unexpected events, George finally loses control, and the result is an act so shocking that the brothers are hurled into entirely new lives, ones in which they must both seek absolution. ~from the back cover
- 2008
McSweeney's: Piccolo, piccolo grande uomo
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Come recita la testata del sito Web della "Timothy McSweeney è un enigma avvolto in un mistero avvolto nella pancetta".Ma chi era davvero Timothy McSweeney? Una delle possibili risposte si trova nel sesto numero, dove si "Timothy McSweeney era un uomo che aveva l'abitudine di scrivere lettere al futuro fondatore della rivista quando questi, ancora bambino e poi adolescente, abitava fuori Chicago. Le lettere, vergate con una calligrafia strana e bellissima, oltre che a lui erano indirizzate alla madre, una McSweeney, e insistevano sul fatto che il loro autore fosse imparentato con questa famiglia di Chicago". La spiegazione va avanti per un bel po' e ve la risparmiamo. Tanto, chissà quanto c'è di vero e quanto è frutto dell'immaginazione.Per quel che ne sappiamo, la rivista è nata a San Francisco nel 1998 a opera di quel formidabile genio di Dave Eggers, e da subito ha rivoluzionato il mondo delle lettere e delle riviste diventando un polo di attrazione per gli autori più famosi (e a volte anche più sconosciuti). Vogliamo fare qualche nome? Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, David Foster Wallace, Michael Chabon, Roddy Doyle, William Vollmann, e si potrebbe continuare fino a uscire dai bordi della copertina.In questa antologia abbiamo pensato bene di raccogliere i pezzi firmati da alcune delle intrepide scrittrici che hanno contribuito a rendere la rivista uno dei luoghi più fantastici in cui perdersi. Da Zadie Smith a Heidi Julavits, da Lydia Davis a A.M. Homes, da Susan Minot a Sheila Heti etc. etc., non avrete che l'imbarazzo della storie brevi, memorie personali, saggi e altro ancora non solo saranno per voi, cari lettori, fonte di soddisfazione e di divertimento, ma soprattutto faranno di voi delle persone incredibilmente, oscenamente, inguaribilmente cool. E oggi come oggi, scusateci se è poco.
- 2008
Was empfindet man, wenn man im Alter von einunddreißig Jahren erfährt, dass man nicht die leibliche Tochter seiner Eltern, sondern ein Adoptivkind ist? A. M. Homes schildert hier auf eindringliche Weise ihre eigene Lebensgeschichte als emotionale Spurensuche. Eine höchst authentische und brillante Antwort auf Fragen, die wir uns alle stellen: Wer bin ich- und wie bin ich zu dem geworden, was ich bin?
- 2007
This Book Will Save Your Life
- 372 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Richard is a middle-aged divorcee trading stock out of his home in Los Angeles. He has done such a good job getting his life under control that he needs no one, until two incidents conspire to hurl him back into the world.
- 2006
In a Country of Mothers
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
For Claire Roth, an established psychotherapist with an adoring husband and children, the lines between friendship and family, between love and compulsion, begin to lose their focus when she meets a new patient.
- 2006
The end of Alice
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Treads the wafer-thin line between the evil and the everyday and caused a major controversy when it was first released in the US
- 2004
The Safety of Objects
- 178 pages
- 7 hours of reading
The Safety of Objects is A.M. Homes' debut collection of short stories, showcasing her trademark humor, perversion, and extraordinary storytelling.
- 2003
Los Ángeles
- 173 pages
- 7 hours of reading
A.M. Homes es financiada por la revista National Geographic para que vaya a cualquier lugar del mundo, con la condición que escriba un libro sobre aquel lugar. Elige Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos.




