Joanne Leedom-Ackerman Livres

Characters in No Marble Angels struggle to close distances between each other, distances of race, sex, age.A valuable philosophical or political acquisition as well as a literary one should be sought out and read. Carolyn See, Los Angeles TimesThe stories remind me of both I.B. Singer and Flannery O Conner compelling. John A. Williams, The Man Who Cried I AmReaders casually picking up No Marble Angels might think they have stumbled into Anne Tyler s world gems of clean, direct narrative. Baltimore SunWith wonderfully wry humor, Leedom-Ackerman depicts the kind of good will that ends up causing trouble for others a refined sense of craft is evident in all the stories. Library Journal

The book features Joanne Leedom-Ackerman's reflections on her extensive involvement with International PEN over the decades. As a key figure and living archive, she shares her memories and experiences, capturing the organization's evolution and significance in the literary world. Celebrating its Centenary in 2021, the narrative highlights the impact of PEN's mission and the importance of writers' solidarity and freedom of expression.

A terrorist attack--a kidnapping--the ultimate vacation gone wrong Sisters Samantha and Monte Waters are vacationing together in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, enjoying a festival and planning to meet with their brother, Cal. But the idyllic plans are short-lived--when terrorists' attacks rock the city around them, Monte, a U.S. foreign service officer, and Samantha, an international television correspondent, are separated, and one of them is whisked away in the frenzy. The family mobilizes, using all their contacts to try to find their missing sister, but to no avail. She has vanished. As time presses on, the outlook darkens. Can she be found, or is she a lost cause? And, even if she returns, will the damage to her and those around her be irreparable? Moving from Spain to Washington to Morocco to Gibraltar to the Sahara Desert, The Far Side of the Desert is a family drama and political thriller that explores links of terrorism, crime, and financial manipulation, revealing the grace that ultimately foils destruction. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Daniel Silva

A modern-day Romeo and Juliet--set against the backdrop of deadly weapons smuggling When ten-year-old Elizabeth West's father dies in a tragic plane crash over the Persian Gulf, her family uproots their life in Washington, D.C., and moves to London. Her mother marries a knighted British businessman who has two children, and Elizabeth (Lizzy) and her two sisters move in with their new family. At age sixteen, while attending the American School of London, Lizzy meets and falls in love with Adil Hasan--but when Adil's father, a noted arms middleman, is deported, Lizzy and Adil are separated. Lizzy's family has also become involved with French-German industrialist Gerald Rene Wagner. Little does she know that Adil's family has ties to the man, as well. When a member of her family is murdered in Berlin under mysterious circumstances, questions surface about Wagner's dealings, and Lizzy reexamines what really may have happened to her father. All the while, she endeavors to reunite with her lost love, Adil, and reclaim the connection that was ripped away. Set in the years before and after the first Gulf War, Burning Distance is a journey through family secrets and competing loyalties, contemporary history, and the dark world of arms trafficking. Jane Austen meets John le Carré in this cross-cultural love story and political thriller