A. M. Homes Book order (chronological)

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

A stunning new collection of short stories from the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction.

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

Come recita la testata del sito Web, "Timothy McSweeney è un enigma avvolto in un mistero avvolto nella pancetta". Ma chi era davvero Timothy McSweeney? Una possibile risposta si trova nel sesto numero, dove si racconta di un uomo che scriveva lettere al futuro fondatore della rivista quando questi era ancora bambino vicino a Chicago. Le lettere, con una calligrafia strana e bella, erano indirizzate anche alla madre, insistendo su un legame con la famiglia McSweeney. La spiegazione si sviluppa ulteriormente, ma resta da chiedersi quanto ci sia di vero e quanto di immaginario. La rivista è nata a San Francisco nel 1998 grazie a Dave Eggers, rivoluzionando il panorama letterario e attirando autori celebri come Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, David Foster Wallace e molti altri. In questa antologia, abbiamo raccolto i contributi di alcune delle intrepide scrittrici che hanno reso la rivista un luogo affascinante. Da Zadie Smith a Heidi Julavits, da Lydia Davis a A.M. Homes, fino a Susan Minot e Sheila Heti, troverete una varietà di storie brevi, memorie personali, saggi e altro ancora. Queste letture non solo vi offriranno soddisfazione e divertimento, ma vi trasformeranno in lettori incredibilmente cool. E oggi, scusateci se è poco.

Wer bin ich? Die aufwühlende Reise des Adoptivkinds A. M. Homes zu den eigenen Wurzeln Die Autorin des Bestsellers Dieses Buch wird Ihr Leben retten erzählt ihre eigene Geschichte. Und auch die liest sich wie ein Roman. Als Adoptivkind erfährt A. M. Homes erst mit 31 Jahren, wer ihre leiblichen Eltern sind. Es folgt eine emotionale Detektivgeschichte, bewegend, authentisch, brillant. »Ihr Päckchen ist angekommen, und es hat eine rosa Schleife.« Mit diesen Worten wird Phyllis und Joe Homes an einem Dezembertag des Jahres 1961 die Geburt ihrer Adoptivtochter angekündigt. Die Familie ist überglücklich, hat sie doch erst sechs Monate zuvor ein eigenes Kind verloren. Dreißig Jahre später meldet sich völlig unerwartet die leibliche Mutter, und kurz darauf gibt es auch einen Kontakt zum Vater. Der Eindruck dieser beiden Individuen auf die erwachsene A. M. Homes ist zunächst verstörend. Die großen Fragen »Wer bin ich?« und »Wo komme ich her?« drohen sie aus der Bahn zu werfen, lähmen sie, aber machen sie auch wütend. So lange, bis sie sich auf die Suche nach Antworten macht, die sie am Ende dort findet, wo sie sie gar nicht erwartet hätte. A. M. Homes erzählt ihre eigene tragische, witzige und zum Teil absurde, vor allem aber zu Herzen gehende Geschichte mit einer literarischen Meisterschaft, die ihresgleichen sucht.

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.

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.

This novel treads the thin line between the evil and the everyday and caused a major controversy when it was first released in the US. The story centres on the correspondence of two paedophiles: one, the narrator, is a middle-aged child-killer serving his twenty-third year in prison; the other, his slang-speaking, sweet-seeming admirer, is a nineteen-year-old girl intent on seducing a young neighbourhood boy. Slowly, through these letters, the narrator's dangerous character emerges

The Safety of Objects is A.M. Homes' debut collection of short stories, showcasing her trademark humor, perversion, and extraordinary storytelling.

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.