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1) Lolita
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The most controversial classic novel of the 20th century, Lolita tells the story of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged man who is aroused to erotic desire only by a young girl. Awe and exhilaration--along with heartbreak and mordant wit--abound in Lolita, Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of...
2) Daddy Love
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Part-time preacher Chester Cash calls himself Daddy Love. He has abducted, tortured, and raped several young boys into being his lover and his 'son'. Kidnapping Robbie from his mother at a mall, he confines the child in a small box and gradually brainwashes him over subsequent years into believing that they are father and son. Dinah, the boy's mother, who was savagely injured during the abduction, clings to hope that her son is alive.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A group of young suburban parents, including a stay-at-home dad, a former feminist, and an over-structured mom, finds its sleepy existence shattered when a convicted child molester moves back into town and two of the parents have an affair.
4) The comeback
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A deep dive into the psyche of a young actress raised in the spotlight under the influence of a charming, manipulative film director and the moment when she decides his time for winning is over. At the height of her career and on the eve of her first Golden Globe nomination, teen star Grace Turner disappeared. Now, tentatively sober and surprisingly numb, Grace is back in Los Angeles after her year of self-imposed exile. She knows the new private...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st Pegasus Books ed.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Forensic psychologist Breeze Copens not only hears the truth, she sees it. So she knows when Daryl Collins--a born-again-but-remorseless con--is lying. What she doesn't know is the identity of the little girl who appears suddenly in her line of vision during her interview with Daryl.