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A Cameroonian immigrant arrives in Harlem hoping for a better life for his family, but when the economy collapses, their marriage begins to fall apart and all four members' lives are dramatically upended.

"Living a life of luxury in seventeenth-century France, Lady Marguerite falls for a commoner and follows him to New France, embarking on a tumultuous journey across the ocean"--OCLC.

"Alia, oppressed by her wealthy, overly conservative parents, and Tanzeela, a teenager trapped in an abusive arranged marriage. From silk saris to bombings; from fundamentalism to American sympathy; from Dior makeup to desperate poverty; from sexual abuse to religious taboos, the world of Ayla, in her late teens, struggling in the real world of modern-day Pakistan, is anything but simple"--Jacket flap.

Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, devotes himself to reclaiming the affections of Daisy Buchanan, a young woman he met before acquiring his fortune, who has since married an extremely wealthy, but brutal man.

Newland Archer is newly married to May Welland, but is in love with Ellen Olenska, an old friend who has returned to town. He and Ellen pursue this love, even though it could cause scandal in their upper-class New York society.

A guide to reading and understand Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence" that includes an annotated edition of the novel, plus critical essays examining the novel's themes, structure, literary significance, and characters.

"Living a life of luxury in seventeenth-century France, Lady Marguerite falls for a commoner and follows him to New France, embarking on a tumultuous journey across the ocean"--OCLC.

"Two sisters, born into priviledge, are forced to make their way in a world turned upside down by war..."--Front flap.

"[A] novel about New York's "Swans" of the 1950s--and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley"--Amazon.com.