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Avalon ist ein paradiesischer kleiner Hafenort auf Santa Catalina Island, vor der Küste Kaliforniens. Bran Thomas war dort nur einmal, mit ihrer Mutter, als diese noch lebte. Seit deren Tod wächst Bran bei einer Stieffamilie auf, die eine Pflanzengärtnerei betreibt. Brutalität und Ausbeutung hilflos ausgesetzt, haust sie in einem Schuppen und schuftet für Kost und Logis. Aber sie ist klug, schafft die Highschool - nur fehlt...

From the brilliant and incisive author of Mislaid--"a writer of extraordinary talent and range" (Jonathan Franzen) whose "capacity for inventions is immense" (BookForum)--comes a new collection of her earliest work: two wildly funny novellas (Sailing Towards the Sunset by Avner Shats and European Story for Avner Shats) available in one compact volume.

Years ago, Nell Zink resolved to write a book for her friend, the Israeli novelist Avner Shats, that would mirror his remarkable style. Unable to read his Hebrew, she was forced to start from scratch....

"In seminars I have conducted over a thirty-year period, I have discovered that the quality most wanted by Americans is happiness. Many of those seminar participants drove to the seminars in luxury cars, and they looked well fed and well dressed. Yet, individually, they often expressed disappointment with life and admitted to having a feeling of emptiness. They wanted, and even felt entitled to, more happiness....

I am one of those who truly believe that the basic answer to happiness is a spiritual one. We are made for God, and as Saint...

The Tao of Sex takes a provocative look at the ways sexual activity enlightens our minds and delights our souls.

Sex is one of the most physically and emotionally intense of activities. It's natural that profound wisdom--and witty inspiration--can be found between the sheets (or anywhere else sex takes place). This collection is fun and inspirational in every sense of the word

By turns provocative and playful, The Tao of Sex offers forty artistic black-and-white photo spreads inscribed with original seductive reflections. Contains adult material that is...