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From the prize-winning author of Seating Arrangements comes an exquisitely written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the demanding world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations. Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a young American dancer who helps a Soviet ballet star, the great Arslan Rusakov, defect in 1975. A flash of fame and a passionate love affair follow, but Joan knows that, onstage and off, she is destined to remain in the shadows.

From the night she is rescued as a baby out of the flames of a sinking ship, to the day she joins a pair of daredevil pilots looping and diving over the rugged forests of her childhood, to the thrill of flying Spitfires during the war, the life of Marian Graves has always been marked by a lust for freedom and danger. In 1950, she embarks on her life's dream - to fly a Great Circle around the globe, pole to pole. But after a crash landing, she finds herself stranded on the Antarctic ice without enough fuel.

The Van Meters have gathered at their family retreat on the New England island of Waskeke to celebrate the marriage of daughter Daphne to an impeccably appropriate young man. The weekend is full of lobster and champagne, salt air and practiced bonhomie, but long-buried discontent and simmering lust seep through the cracks in the revelry.

This fierce collection from New York Times bestselling historical fiction authors sweeps readers back in time with exhilarating short stories of unforgettable female characters. Spanning decades, these indelible women broke through barriers in disparate worlds of art, war, science, love, and injustice and paved the way for other women to follow. Strike a match and blaze a trail.

June Tremblay is struggling to find herself as a painter when she accepts a summer job as assistant to renowned artist Hiram Lammergeier on his private island off the Maine coast. The reclusive legend has one peculiar rule: under no circumstances is June to create any art of her own. Caught between her need to paint and her desire for Lammergeier, June rebels, and her transgression sets off a chain of retaliation that will shape the rest of her life.

In LA Times First Fiction Award winner Maggie Shipstead's "Angel Lust", Simon Orff, a thrice-married movie producer, departs for his deceased father’s house, daughters selfishly in tow. “If he had to referee their squabbles and navigate their quicksilver emotions while sifting through his father’s possessions, he hoped the house would not seem so empty, or he hoped at least the emptiness would be neutral.” "If only," writes Halimah Marcus, co-editor of Electric Literature, in her introduction.

Une épopée féministe, portée par un duo complémentaire de comédiennes ! Avant d'être portée disparue avec son biplan en 1950, Marian Graves aura passé sa vie à se jouer des règles imposées au " sexe faible ". Son lien indéfectible avec l'aventure et le danger s'établit dès ses premiers mois, quand elle est sauvée d'un paquebot en flammes. Puis, confiée à la garde d'un oncle fantasque dans le Montana, elle comprend à 12 ans qu'elle ne veut qu'une chose : piloter. Un rêve audacieux, mais si irrésistible qu'il la conduira à tenter un tour du globe par les deux pôles.

"HIMMELSTORMERE" er en gribende roman om to uforglemmelige kvinder, hvis livsvalg og skæbner elegant flettes sammen på tværs af århundreder og kontinenter. Det er en roman, der med dyb empati udforsker, hvordan man kan forsone sig med, hvem man selv er, og finde ud af at leve sit liv, så man ikke bliver offer for ydre omstændigheder.

Nadat de tweeling Marian en Jamie Graves in 1914 als baby's zijn gered in een schipbreuk, worden ze opgevoed door hun excentrieke oom in Montana. Tijdens een ontmoeting met enkele piloten die over de stad vliegen in versleten dubbeldekkers, begint Marians levenslange fascinatie voor vliegen. Op haar veertiende stopt ze met school en vindt ze een onwaarschijnlijke en gevaarlijke beschermheer, een rijke dranksmokkelaar. Hij zorgt voor een vliegtuig en vlieglessen, in ruil voor haar diensten.