The author apparently learned from her mistakes because 'A Hundred Summers' grabbed me from the opening paragraphs and did not let go. Not just the ones you agree with, the ones that think and act like you do. I read Williams' first novel, 'Overseas' when it was released, and while it had merit, and was riveting enough to keep me turning the page, it also had many flaws. Beatriz Williams delivers an intricately woven tale of. The genius of politics, of people like Frank, is to link them all, understand them all, to represent them all. 9780399162169 Novels as masterfully done as A Hundred Summers come along only about that often. The differences between them, between me and you, between you and the woman sitting next to you at the hairdresser, wearing that dress you'd never wear in a million years, reading that book you wouldn't touch. Some crave a universe of loves, a universe of gods. Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams The New York Times bestselling author of A Certain Age transports readers to sunny Florida in this lush and enthralling historical novelan enchanting blend of love, suspense, betrayal, and redemption set among the rumrunners and scoundrels of Prohibition-era Cocoa Beach. Some want to life beside a true love, to worship a single god. Some want to live and to die in the same small town. You learn what a goddamned polyglot race we are, we marvelous human beings. “Because you learn things when you talk to people, especially people who aren't like you.
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