Bandon Public Library

"A wide-ranging exploration of spirituality, sex, travel, food, holy texts, and coming of age. Poet Alicia Jo Rabins brings a searing eye for surreal beauty in everyday life with a deep knowledge of wisdom literature, and creates a modern manual for living, a fearless investigation of how we learn to live in a human body both prism and flesh."--Publisher's description.

From the Man Booker Prize-longlisted novelist, a shocking story of voyeurism, betrayal, and the gray areas between truth and fiction that reflects our era of tabloid media and fake news. In the aftermath of Brexit, the body of a young woman is found by the river Thames, and the tabloids are aflame, accusing Mr. Wolphram, the woman's former teacher and the ultimate media quarry: mysterious, friendless, and eccentric. Charged with investigating this...

Pull up a comfy chair, pour a glass of rose wine, and settle in for this collection of hilarious and heartwarming essays from the crazy and complicated lives of these two thoroughly modern women.Whether Lisa and Francesca are attempting to hike the Grand Canyon, setting up phone calls with their dogs, or learning what "adulting" means, these two are guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, and appreciate the funniest moments in life.