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"How long is five days? Sometimes longer.Especially when you've been conned into being someone's boyfriend, like Chris. He's never really been one for spontaneity. Managing his father's resort in the remote outskirts of Puerto Princesa - not the most eventful job in the world.Until Mia Garcia checks in. Mia is from Manila - impulsive, unstable, mildly neurotic - hardly Chris' type. But when she asks him to pretend to be her boyfriend for exactly five days - no more, no less, no strings attached - Chris rationalizes...Five days. What's the worst thing that can happen, right?"The cult classic fake dating/relationship story. "Limang Araw sa Palawan" is the 10th anniversary edition of Zara Irigo's best-selling debut book, "Five Days in Palawan" - a Filipino published work. An offbeat, quirky romantic comedy.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor propels America into WWII and two Japanese Americans into chaos. Separated by the Pacific, each embarks on a tumultuous path to survive childhood and live the American dream. Ruby Ishimaru loses her liberty and uproots from her Hawaii home to incarceration camps on the mainland. Koji Matsuo strains under the menacing clouds of the Japanese war machine and atomic bombing while concealing a dangerous secret-one that threatens his family's safety.When destiny brings Ruby and Koji together in California, their chemistry is magnetic, but wounds of trauma run deep and threaten their love as another casualty of war.Inspired by the true stories of the authors' family, Of White Ashes crosses oceans and cultures, illuminating the remarkable lives of ordinary people who endure seemingly unbearable hardship with dignity and patience. Their experiences compel us to reflect on the resilience of humanity and the risk of history repeating.

Not long after his mother left, Bird had found a slip of paper on the bus, thin as a dead butterfly's wing, in the gap between seat and wall. His father snatched it from his hand and crumpled it, tossed it to the floor. But Bird had already read the words at the top: ALL OUR MISSING HEARTS.Praise for Celeste Ng'Tender and merciless all at once' Jesmyn Ward 'Celeste Ng is always witty, engrossing, unsparing and original' Meg Wolitzer'A writer of the first rank, among the very best in her generation' Joe Hill'There are few novelists writing today who are as wise, compassionate and unsparing as Ng' Financial Times

"All the pages of this book, except for the last chapter, were written during the Japanese occupation. They were miraculously preserved because they were hidden inside glass jars that I buried in the garden of my house." - Jesús BalmoriWritten in secrecy during the terrible final years of World War II (1942 - 1945), Birds of Fire, A Filipino War Novel is an intense testimony to the courage of the human spirit facing the cruelty of military occupation. Jesus Balmori (1886-1948), poet, novelist and journalist, was one of the most prominent figures in 20th century Hispanic-Filipino literature. Birds of Fire, his last and most important novel, narrates the rise and fall of the Robles family, prominent members of the Spanish-Filipino high society. Through the survival drama and dissolution of the family, Balmori chronicles the horrors of war, the heroic resistance of a people, and the tragedy of a society facing extinction. After years of hardship, and despite having lost all his possessions in the bombing and destruction of Manila, Balmori was able to complete the manuscript and cede it to the Philippine government for publication before his death. However, the work was never published, falling into oblivion and believed to be lost for more than 50 years. The recent rediscovery and publication of Birds of Fire represents a historic event for the memory of the Filipino people and their literary tradition. This is the first English translation.

In the tradition of Gabriel Garc?¡a M?írquez and Maxine Hong Kingston, and deeply rooted in the intricacies of the author's Japanese-Hawaiian heritage, Calabash Stories is a lucid, unforgettable collection. Jeffrey J. Higa's stories arise from different points in the same fertile landscape: At times, the recurrence of certain details (a beige Volkswagen bug, a famous entertainer) makes them glow with deeper meaning; at others, the reemergence of potent archetypes (a sick child, an old man living alone) invokes a dream state held between author and reader. Like the traditional Hawaiian calabash, these stories invite their reader to a family table where we are welcomed and nourished by communal traditions. Higa is a master storyteller, delighting in life's humor and strangeness while arriving at the intimacy and poignancy that come from a shared understanding of grief.

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On the weekend of July Fourth, shots are fired at a twentieth high school reunion in a small US town, killing fifty-six. Three survive. So begins Everyone Was Falling, an empowering novel of friendship and violence on the verge of a new election. Lucy-whose past trauma hypervigilance leads them to safety-is dubbed the hero. Town treasure, Christy, is the star-using YouTube to garner fame. Donna-the only former Black student of Bixby-becomes the suspect, despite what her wealthy father has done for the town. The three women navigate PTSD and the differences that long ago drove them apart. As the police department fumbles, it's up to the survivors to lead them to justice.

Meen Kaul is riding high in her position as director of BeheraHouse, a safe haven in India for women who have survived domesticviolence. But when the stock market crashes, Meena loses her fundingfor a new campus. Seeing an opportunity to win women's votes beforea national election, the Hindu Democratic Party (HDP) steps in with amultimillion-dollar grant.Meena's worst fears come to pass as the nationalist Hindu party winsthe election and begins to chip away at a hundred years of progress onwomen's rights. Meanwhile, Simon Bliss, America's foremost "green"architect, arrives to design the flagship building of the new campus.Trapped in a stalled marriage, Simon falls for the bright and alluringMeena and is quickly sucked into the perilous world of Indian politics.In his attempt to loosen the HDP's grip on Meena and win her affection,Simon spars with reactionary politicians, crooked priests, andsleazy businessmen who will stop at nothing to protect their interests.In the process, Simon comes face to face with disturbing truths about hisown past, and Meena finds herself trapped in a way she could have neverexpected.Langer has written an emotionally charged novel complete with forbiddenlove, murder, and corporate greed-all against the backdrop ofan ancient country trying to find its identity in a fast-changing world.