Don’t You Forget About Me
If there’s anything worse than being fired from the lousiest restaurant in town, it’s coming home early to find your boyfriend in bed with someone else. Reeling from the humiliation of a double dumping in one day, Georgina takes the next job that comes her way – bartender in a newly opened pub. There’s only one problem: It’s run by the guy she fell in love with years ago. And – make that two problems – he doesn’t remember her. At all. But she has fabulous friends and her signature hot pink fur coat…what more could a girl really need?
Lucas McCarthy has not only grown into a broodingly handsome man, but he’s also turned into an actual grown-up, with a thriving business and a dog along the way. Crossing paths with him again throws Georgina’s rocky present into sharp relief – and brings a secret from her past bubbling to the surface. Only she knows what happened 12 years ago, and why she’s allowed the memories to chase her ever since. But maybe it’s not too late for the truth…or a second chance with the one that got away?
Don’t You Forget About Me
If there’s anything worse than being fired from the lousiest restaurant in town, it’s coming home early to find your boyfriend in bed with someone else. Reeling from the humiliation of a double dumping in one day, Georgina takes the next job that comes her way – bartender in a newly opened pub. There’s only one problem: It’s run by the guy she fell in love with years ago. And – make that two problems – he doesn’t remember her. At all. But she has fabulous friends and her signature hot pink fur coat…what more could a girl really need?
Lucas McCarthy has not only grown into a broodingly handsome man, but he’s also turned into an actual grown-up, with a thriving business and a dog along the way. Crossing paths with him again throws Georgina’s rocky present into sharp relief – and brings a secret from her past bubbling to the surface. Only she knows what happened 12 years ago, and why she’s allowed the memories to chase her ever since. But maybe it’s not too late for the truth…or a second chance with the one that got away?
Don’t You Forget About Me
If there’s anything worse than being fired from the lousiest restaurant in town, it’s coming home early to find your boyfriend in bed with someone else. Reeling from the humiliation of a double dumping in one day, Georgina takes the next job that comes her way – bartender in a newly opened pub. There’s only one problem: It’s run by the guy she fell in love with years ago. And – make that two problems – he doesn’t remember her. At all. But she has fabulous friends and her signature hot pink fur coat…what more could a girl really need?
Lucas McCarthy has not only grown into a broodingly handsome man, but he’s also turned into an actual grown-up, with a thriving business and a dog along the way. Crossing paths with him again throws Georgina’s rocky present into sharp relief – and brings a secret from her past bubbling to the surface. Only she knows what happened 12 years ago, and why she’s allowed the memories to chase her ever since. But maybe it’s not too late for the truth…or a second chance with the one that got away?
Don’t You Forget About Me
If there’s anything worse than being fired from the lousiest restaurant in town, it’s coming home early to find your boyfriend in bed with someone else. Reeling from the humiliation of a double dumping in one day, Georgina takes the next job that comes her way – bartender in a newly opened pub. There’s only one problem: It’s run by the guy she fell in love with years ago. And – make that two problems – he doesn’t remember her. At all. But she has fabulous friends and her signature hot pink fur coat…what more could a girl really need?
Lucas McCarthy has not only grown into a broodingly handsome man, but he’s also turned into an actual grown-up, with a thriving business and a dog along the way. Crossing paths with him again throws Georgina’s rocky present into sharp relief – and brings a secret from her past bubbling to the surface. Only she knows what happened 12 years ago, and why she’s allowed the memories to chase her ever since. But maybe it’s not too late for the truth…or a second chance with the one that got away?
Don’t You Forget About Me
If there’s anything worse than being fired from the lousiest restaurant in town, it’s coming home early to find your boyfriend in bed with someone else. Reeling from the humiliation of a double dumping in one day, Georgina takes the next job that comes her way – bartender in a newly opened pub. There’s only one problem: It’s run by the guy she fell in love with years ago. And – make that two problems – he doesn’t remember her. At all. But she has fabulous friends and her signature hot pink fur coat…what more could a girl really need?
Lucas McCarthy has not only grown into a broodingly handsome man, but he’s also turned into an actual grown-up, with a thriving business and a dog along the way. Crossing paths with him again throws Georgina’s rocky present into sharp relief – and brings a secret from her past bubbling to the surface. Only she knows what happened 12 years ago, and why she’s allowed the memories to chase her ever since. But maybe it’s not too late for the truth…or a second chance with the one that got away?
The Mystery Guest
Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J. D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowned mystery author, drops dead—very dead—on the hotel’s tearoom floor.
When Detective Stark, Molly’s old foe, investigates the author’s unexpected demise, it becomes clear that this death was murder most foul. Suspects abound, and everyone wants to know: Who killed J. D. Grimthorpe? Was it Lily, the new Maid-in-Training? Or was it Serena, the author’s secretary? Could Mr. Preston, the hotel’s beloved doorman, be hiding something? And is Molly really as innocent as she seems?
As the high-profile death threatens the hotel’s pristine reputation, Molly knows she alone holds the key to unlocking the killer’s identity. But that key is buried deep in her past, as long ago, she knew J. D. Grimthorpe. Molly begins to comb her memory for clues, revisiting her childhood and the mysterious Grimthorpe mansion where she and her dearly departed Gran once worked side by side. With the entire hotel under investigation, Molly must solve the mystery posthaste. Because if there’s one thing she knows for sure, it’s that secrets don’t stay buried forever.
In A Thousand Different Ways
Finding your way is never a simple journey…
Alice sees the worst in people.
She also sees the best.
She sees a thousand different emotions and knows exactly what everyone around her is feeling.
Every. Single. Day.
But it’s the dark thoughts.
The sadness. The rage.
These are the things she can’t get out of her head. The things that overwhelm her.
Where will the journey to find herself begin?
Don’t You Forget About Me
If there’s anything worse than being fired from the lousiest restaurant in town, it’s coming home early to find your boyfriend in bed with someone else. Reeling from the humiliation of a double dumping in one day, Georgina takes the next job that comes her way – bartender in a newly opened pub. There’s only one problem: It’s run by the guy she fell in love with years ago. And – make that two problems – he doesn’t remember her. At all. But she has fabulous friends and her signature hot pink fur coat…what more could a girl really need?
Lucas McCarthy has not only grown into a broodingly handsome man, but he’s also turned into an actual grown-up, with a thriving business and a dog along the way. Crossing paths with him again throws Georgina’s rocky present into sharp relief – and brings a secret from her past bubbling to the surface. Only she knows what happened 12 years ago, and why she’s allowed the memories to chase her ever since. But maybe it’s not too late for the truth…or a second chance with the one that got away?
Don’t You Forget About Me
If there’s anything worse than being fired from the lousiest restaurant in town, it’s coming home early to find your boyfriend in bed with someone else. Reeling from the humiliation of a double dumping in one day, Georgina takes the next job that comes her way – bartender in a newly opened pub. There’s only one problem: It’s run by the guy she fell in love with years ago. And – make that two problems – he doesn’t remember her. At all. But she has fabulous friends and her signature hot pink fur coat…what more could a girl really need?
Lucas McCarthy has not only grown into a broodingly handsome man, but he’s also turned into an actual grown-up, with a thriving business and a dog along the way. Crossing paths with him again throws Georgina’s rocky present into sharp relief – and brings a secret from her past bubbling to the surface. Only she knows what happened 12 years ago, and why she’s allowed the memories to chase her ever since. But maybe it’s not too late for the truth…or a second chance with the one that got away?
The Way I Used To Be
Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes.
What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved—who she once loved—she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she’s supposed to tell someone what happened but she can’t. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be.
Told in four parts—freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year—this provocative debut reveals the deep cuts of trauma. But it also demonstrates one young woman’s strength as she navigates the disappointment and unbearable pains of adolescence, of first love and first heartbreak, of friendships broken and rebuilt, all while learning to embrace the power of survival she never knew she had hidden within her heart.
The Blade Itself – The First Law Book One
The first novel in the First Law Trilogy and debut novel from New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie.
Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian–leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules. Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box.
But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship. His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it.Enter the wizard, Bayaz. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he’s about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glokta a whole lot more difficult. Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood.Unpredictable, compelling, wickedly funny, and packed with unforgettable characters, The Blade Itself is noir fantasy with a real cutting edge.
හඳපාන
සියුම් කලාකාරියක් හැටියට නාට්ය රසයෙන් පරිපුර්ණ ප්රථම සිංහල නවකතාව ‘සිරියලතාව’ බිහි කිරීමෙන් සතළොස් වියෙහි දී ම පාඨකයන්ගේ ඉමහත් ගෞරවාදරය දිනූ වැල්ලේවත්ත ආරච්චිගේ ඒබ්රහම් සිල්වා 1890 ජනවාරි 16 වැනි දින වැල්ලෙවත්තේ මධ්යම පන්තියේ පවුලක උපන්නේය. හෙතෙම, ජන්ම දායාදය වශයෙන් ලත් කලා කෞශල්යය ඇත්තේ විය. සිංහල, පාලි, සංස්කෘත, ඉංග්රීසි ආදී භාෂා ශාස්ත්රයන්හි හසළ බුද්ඩියෙන් විශාරද විය. ලෝකයාගේ චරිත ලක්ෂණ හැඳිනීමේ තියුණු නිවණින් ප්රවීණ විය. අවලෝකනයෙන් හා ප්රතිභා ශක්තියෙන් අග්රප්රාප්ත විය. තමා විසින් ම නිර්මිත නිරාකුල ව්යක්ත ශෛලියකින් සිය බසේ හාස්කම් දැක්විය.
නවකතා චක්රවර්ති, සාහිත්ය කීර්ති වැනි විරුදාවලියෙන් පුද ලද මේ අසහාය ලේඛකයාගේ නව නිෂ්පාදනයක රස විඳුනා කුසල බලය 1957 මැයි 31 වැනි දා සිට පාඨකයන් කෙරෙන් සදහට ම තුරන් වී ඇත්තේ ය. එහෙත් සිය බස වෙනුවෙන් සිය දිවි කැප කොට, ඔහු අතින් ලියැවුණු මිණි මුතු වන් මහ පොත් රැසක් නොනැසී පවත්නේ ය.
Twisted Love (Twisted – 1)
Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can’t escape.
Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart.
But when he’s forced to look after his best friend’s sister, he starts to feel something in his chest:
A crack.
To melt.
A fire that could end his world as he knew it.
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Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can’t remember.
But despite her broken past, she’s never stopped seeing the beauty in the world.. including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn’t want.
Her brother’s best friend.
Her neighbour.
Her savior and her downfall.
Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen – but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them both . . . and everything they hold dear.
Twisted Series
include Twisted 4 Books In One Pack :
සත් සුමිතුරන්ගේ වීරක්රියා පොත් පෙළ 01- 15 ( The Secret Seven)
බ්රිතාන්ය ජාතික ලේඛිකාවක වූ එනිඩ් බබ්ලයිටන් විසින් ළමුන් සඳහා ලියා පළ කරන ලද රසවත් කතා මාලාවන්ගෙන් එකක් වන ද සීක්රට් සෙවන් කතා මාලාව අපූරු කතා 15 කින් යුක්තය.
පීටර්, ජෙනට්, ජැක්, බාබරා, පෑම්, කොලින් සහ ජෝර්ජ් යන ළමුන් හත් දෙනා එක්ව සප්ත සුමිතුරු රහස් පරීක්ෂක සංගමය නමින් ළමා සමාජයක් පිහිටුවා ගනිති. අපරාධ, සොර මැරකම් වලට එරෙහිව ක්රියා කරන ඔවුහු වීර වික්රමාන්විත ක්රියාවන්හි නිරත වෙමින් අබිරහස් හෙළිදරව් කිරීමට වෙරදරති. පීටර් සහ ජෙනට්ගේ නිවසෙහි සිටින ස් කැම්පර් නමැති සුරතල් සුනඛයාද ළමුනගේ උදව්වට නිතරම එකතු වෙයි.
විනෝදයෙන් සිටින සප්ත සුමිතුරන්ට වෙස් වලාගත් අපරාධ කල්ලියක් සමඟ හදිසියේම කටයුතු කරන්නට සිදුවෙයි. එහිදී ඒ කල්ලිය පසුපස යන ළමුනට හිම යායක් මැඳ පිහිටි පාලු, අඳුරු පැරණි නිවසකදී විවිධාකාර වික්රමාන්විත අත්දැකීම් රැසකට මුහුණදීමට සිදුවේ. මෙම කතා මාලාව ඒ වටා ගෙතී ඇත.
සත් සුමිතුරන්ගේ වීරක්රියා පොත් පෙළ 01- 15 ( The Secret Seven)
බ්රිතාන්ය ජාතික ලේඛිකාවක වූ එනිඩ් බබ්ලයිටන් විසින් ළමුන් සඳහා ලියා පළ කරන ලද රසවත් කතා මාලාවන්ගෙන් එකක් වන ද සීක්රට් සෙවන් කතා මාලාව අපූරු කතා 15 කින් යුක්තය.
පීටර්, ජෙනට්, ජැක්, බාබරා, පෑම්, කොලින් සහ ජෝර්ජ් යන ළමුන් හත් දෙනා එක්ව සප්ත සුමිතුරු රහස් පරීක්ෂක සංගමය නමින් ළමා සමාජයක් පිහිටුවා ගනිති. අපරාධ, සොර මැරකම් වලට එරෙහිව ක්රියා කරන ඔවුහු වීර වික්රමාන්විත ක්රියාවන්හි නිරත වෙමින් අබිරහස් හෙළිදරව් කිරීමට වෙරදරති. පීටර් සහ ජෙනට්ගේ නිවසෙහි සිටින ස් කැම්පර් නමැති සුරතල් සුනඛයාද ළමුනගේ උදව්වට නිතරම එකතු වෙයි.
විනෝදයෙන් සිටින සප්ත සුමිතුරන්ට වෙස් වලාගත් අපරාධ කල්ලියක් සමඟ හදිසියේම කටයුතු කරන්නට සිදුවෙයි. එහිදී ඒ කල්ලිය පසුපස යන ළමුනට හිම යායක් මැඳ පිහිටි පාලු, අඳුරු පැරණි නිවසකදී විවිධාකාර වික්රමාන්විත අත්දැකීම් රැසකට මුහුණදීමට සිදුවේ. මෙම කතා මාලාව ඒ වටා ගෙතී ඇත.
සත් සුමිතුරන්ගේ වීරක්රියා පොත් පෙළ 01- 15 ( The Secret Seven)
බ්රිතාන්ය ජාතික ලේඛිකාවක වූ එනිඩ් බබ්ලයිටන් විසින් ළමුන් සඳහා ලියා පළ කරන ලද රසවත් කතා මාලාවන්ගෙන් එකක් වන ද සීක්රට් සෙවන් කතා මාලාව අපූරු කතා 15 කින් යුක්තය.
පීටර්, ජෙනට්, ජැක්, බාබරා, පෑම්, කොලින් සහ ජෝර්ජ් යන ළමුන් හත් දෙනා එක්ව සප්ත සුමිතුරු රහස් පරීක්ෂක සංගමය නමින් ළමා සමාජයක් පිහිටුවා ගනිති. අපරාධ, සොර මැරකම් වලට එරෙහිව ක්රියා කරන ඔවුහු වීර වික්රමාන්විත ක්රියාවන්හි නිරත වෙමින් අබිරහස් හෙළිදරව් කිරීමට වෙරදරති. පීටර් සහ ජෙනට්ගේ නිවසෙහි සිටින ස් කැම්පර් නමැති සුරතල් සුනඛයාද ළමුනගේ උදව්වට නිතරම එකතු වෙයි.
විනෝදයෙන් සිටින සප්ත සුමිතුරන්ට වෙස් වලාගත් අපරාධ කල්ලියක් සමඟ හදිසියේම කටයුතු කරන්නට සිදුවෙයි. එහිදී ඒ කල්ලිය පසුපස යන ළමුනට හිම යායක් මැඳ පිහිටි පාලු, අඳුරු පැරණි නිවසකදී විවිධාකාර වික්රමාන්විත අත්දැකීම් රැසකට මුහුණදීමට සිදුවේ. මෙම කතා මාලාව ඒ වටා ගෙතී ඇත.
සත් සුමිතුරන්ගේ වීරක්රියා පොත් පෙළ 01- 15 ( The Secret Seven)
බ්රිතාන්ය ජාතික ලේඛිකාවක වූ එනිඩ් බබ්ලයිටන් විසින් ළමුන් සඳහා ලියා පළ කරන ලද රසවත් කතා මාලාවන්ගෙන් එකක් වන ද සීක්රට් සෙවන් කතා මාලාව අපූරු කතා 15 කින් යුක්තය.
පීටර්, ජෙනට්, ජැක්, බාබරා, පෑම්, කොලින් සහ ජෝර්ජ් යන ළමුන් හත් දෙනා එක්ව සප්ත සුමිතුරු රහස් පරීක්ෂක සංගමය නමින් ළමා සමාජයක් පිහිටුවා ගනිති. අපරාධ, සොර මැරකම් වලට එරෙහිව ක්රියා කරන ඔවුහු වීර වික්රමාන්විත ක්රියාවන්හි නිරත වෙමින් අබිරහස් හෙළිදරව් කිරීමට වෙරදරති. පීටර් සහ ජෙනට්ගේ නිවසෙහි සිටින ස් කැම්පර් නමැති සුරතල් සුනඛයාද ළමුනගේ උදව්වට නිතරම එකතු වෙයි.
විනෝදයෙන් සිටින සප්ත සුමිතුරන්ට වෙස් වලාගත් අපරාධ කල්ලියක් සමඟ හදිසියේම කටයුතු කරන්නට සිදුවෙයි. එහිදී ඒ කල්ලිය පසුපස යන ළමුනට හිම යායක් මැඳ පිහිටි පාලු, අඳුරු පැරණි නිවසකදී විවිධාකාර වික්රමාන්විත අත්දැකීම් රැසකට මුහුණදීමට සිදුවේ. මෙම කතා මාලාව ඒ වටා ගෙතී ඇත.
ගිනි පඹයාගේ අබිරහස – සත් සුමිතුරන්ගේ වීරක්රියා 11
බ්රිතාන්ය ජාතික ලේඛිකාවක වූ එනිඩ් බබ්ලයිටන් විසින්
ළමුන් සඳහා ලියා පළ කරන ලද රසවත් කතා මාලාවන්ගෙන්
එකක් වන ද සීක්රට් සෙවන් කතා මාලාව අපූරු කතා 15 කින් යුක්තය.
පීටර්, ජෙනට්, ජැක්, බාබරා, පෑම්. කොලින් සහ ජෝර්ජ් යන
ළමුන් හත් දෙනා එක්ව සප්ත සුමිතුරු රහස් පරීක්ෂක සංගමය
නමින් ළමා සමාජයක් පිහිටුවා ගනිති. අපරාධ,හොර මැරකම්වලට
එරෙහිව ක්රියා කරන ඔවුහු වීර වික්රමාන්විත ක්රියාවන්හි නිරත වෙරිත්
අබිරහස් හෙළිදරව් කිරීමට වෙර දරති. පීටර් හා ජෙනට්ගේ නිවසෙහි
සිටින ස් කැම්පර් නමැති සුරතල් සුනඛයා ද ළමුන්ගේ උදව්වට නිතර
එකතු වෙති.
ද්රෝහී
මට ඔහු මුණගැසුණේ ය. මා සිටින්නේ ඔහු තවදුරටත් විනිවිදිමිනි;
ප්රත්යක්ෂ කරමිනි. නිසැක ය; මේ ඔහු ම ය.
ද්රෝහියා…?
මට සිනා පහළ වෙයි; ලැජ්ජාවක් ද සිතෙයි. ඔහු සොයා ගැනීමට ,
අල්ලා ගැනීමට ජීවිත කාලයක් මුළුල්ලේ මම මෙහෙයුමක් දියත් කළෙමි.
මේ වූ කලි ඒ අතිමහත් වූ මෙහෙයුමේ, පර්යේෂණයේ කූටාප්රාප්තියයි;
දේවල් පවතින හැටියෙන් ම පිළිගන්නට හැකි වීමේ ප්රමෝදය අත්විදිමින්
පර්යේෂකයා ඉසිඹුලන මොහොතයි.
මෙට්ටය යට හිර කර ඇති සීආර් පොත පරිස්සමින් පන්නා ගන්නා මම,
කොට්ට උරය අතගා පෑන ද සොයා ගනිමි.
‘දෝහියා’ මා අල්ලා ගත්තේ, මට ඔහු හසු වූයේ කෙසේද , කොතැන දී ද
කියා කියන්න පෙර මගේ ජීවන අන්දරයේ හිස්පිටු කිහිපය
පුරවා දැමීමට සිදු වෙයි. පොත සම්පූර්ණ වූ විට
ඔහු කවුරුන් දැයි අමුතුවෙන් හදුන්වා දෙන්න
මට සිදු නොවනු ඇතැයි මම සිතමි.
මේ ප්රහේලිකාව සකස් කරන්න මා වන මුත්,
එහි කොටු පුරවන්නා බවට පත් විය යුතු වන්නේ ඔබයි.
Victory City
The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries – from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie.
In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for the Goddess, who begins to speak out of the girl’s mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampana’s comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga – literally ‘victory city’ -the wonder of the world.
Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana’s life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga’s, from its literal sowing out of a bag of magic seeds to its tragic ruination in the most human of ways: the hubris of those in power. Whispering Bisnaga and its citizens into existence, Pampa Kampana attempts to make good on the task that the Goddess set for her: to give women equal agency in a patriarchal world. But all stories have a way of getting away from their creator, and Bisnaga is no exception. As years pass, rulers come and go, battles are won and lost, and allegiances shift, the very fabric of Bisnaga becomes an ever more complex tapestry – with Pampa Kampana at its centre.
Brilliantly styled as a translation of an ancient epic, this is a saga of love, adventure and myth that is in itself a testament to the power of storytelling.
ආදරයේ නාමයෙන්
“නැහැ තමයි. මන් කිව්වේ ඇත්ත.”
වැඩි වගක් නොකර ඇය එසේ පැවසුවේ ඉවත
බලමිනි. මුහුණ රතු කරගත් රදීෂ් ඇයට දොරට
හේත්තු කර ගනිමින් එම ගතට බර වුනේ
ඇයගේ මුව දෙපසින් තදින් මිරිකා අල්ලමිනි.“හරි දැන් කියනවා. ඒ කියපු දේ දැන් ආයිත්
කියනවකෝ මට ආදරේ නැහැ කියලා.”
ඇයගේ දෑස් වලටම එබෙමින් ඔහු අසද්දී ඇය
ඔහුගේ අත තමාගෙ මුහුණින් ඉවත් කරේ
කෝපයෙනි.
“නැහැ කියලා කිව්වනේ සැරයක්,”
නැවතත් ඇය පැවසුවේ ඉවත බලමිනි.“මගේ ඇස් දිහා බලාගෙන කෙලින් කියනවා විහාරා.
එකම එක පාර්ක් මගේ ඇස් දිහා කෙලින් බලාගෙන කිව්වොත්
මට ආදරේ නැහැ කියලා ප්රොමිස් මන් යන්නම යනවා.
ආයිත් කවදාවත් ඔය ඇස් ඉස්සරහට එන්නෙ නැතුව සදහටම
යන්න යනවා. හැබැයි මගේ ඇස් දිහා බලාගෙන ඒක මට කියනවා.”
Happy Place
Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple – they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Every year for the past decade, they have left behind their lives to drink far too much wine and soak up the sea air with their favourite people in the world. Except this year, they are lying through their teeth. Harriet and Wyn broke up six months ago. And they still haven’t told anyone.
This is the last time they’ll all be together here. The cottage is for sale, and since they can’t bear to break their best friends’ hearts, they’ll fake it for one more week. But how can you pretend to be in love – and get away with it – in front of the people who know you best?
Call Me By Your Name
Now a major motion picture from director Luca Guadagnino, starring Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet, and written by three-time Oscar nominee James Ivory. Nominated for Four Oscars.
Andre Aciman’s Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the restless summer weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the charged ground between them.
Recklessly, the two verge toward the one thing both fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. It is an instant classic and one of the great love stories of our time.
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Fiction. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Publishers Weekly and The Washington Post Best Book of the Year.
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead is a once-in-a-generation novel that breaks and mends your heart in the way only the best fiction can.
Demon’s story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking ‘like a little blue prizefighter.’ For the life ahead of him he would need all of that fighting spirit, along with buckets of charm, a quick wit, and some unexpected talents, legal and otherwise.
In the southern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, poverty isn’t an idea, it’s as natural as the grass grows. For a generation growing up in this world, at the heart of the modern opioid crisis, addiction isn’t an abstraction, it’s neighbours, parents, and friends. ‘Family’ could mean love, or reluctant foster care. For Demon, born on the wrong side of luck, the affection and safety he craves is as remote as the ocean he dreams of seeing one day. The wonder is in how far he’s willing to travel to try and get there.
Suffused with truth, anger and compassion, Demon Copperhead is an epic tale of love, loss and everything in between.