There was no world in which she wouldn't dive headfirst in love with Rory Hughes. "She was always going to jump into this lake, no matter how dark or dangerous it turned out to be she was too intrigued by its shimmering surface to even consider turning away. Sure, he doesn't ever reciprocate her giving nature but he does take, take, take.time and time again. Sure, he sometimes vanishes for weeks at a time. Sure, he doesn't always return her texts. His name is Rory and he's everything she has ever dreamed of in a partner. It's fate, serendipity, Adelaide believes. She then laughs and runs off only to cross paths with this same man months down the road after meeting on a dating app. One night, while tipsy and barefoot, she approaches a man at the bar and tells him that he looks just like a Disney prince. She is kind, caring, and generous and has a group of friends both back home and in London that would do absolutely anything for her, as she would for them. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift." ~ Mary OliverĪdelaide is a young woman that has moved from Brooklyn to London for her career. "Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness.
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Unlike “Smorgasbord,” which finds comedic relief and pleasure in friendship, “Flyboys,” considers the hazards of childhood. The final story, “Flyboys,” follows a trio of young friends. When another family shows the pair an apartment that both the mother and her son love, but cannot afford, the narrator dives into a meditation on the nature of family and home, and what it means to belong. The narrator is visiting rental apartments with his mother, a woman who, despite her elegance, is struggling financially. “Firelight” is a more personal and sentimental piece about the nature of family, and what it means to find a home. After being fired, the newspaper reporter finds himself in a strange situation with the man he pronounced dead. The writer writes an obituary for a local man but soon finds himself out of work when the paper goes to print and the man in question turns out to be very much alive. The collection begins with the story “Mortals,” which follows a newspaper writer. 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In a scarred and brutal future, the United Commonwealth teeters on the brink of all-out civil war. The powerful conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Testing trilogy. And these expectations are not always in good relationship with our personal desires. And society is always there attempting to determine the role we will play within it.
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