Sarah Hall
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In an unnamed British city, the virus is spreading, and like everyone else, the celebrated sculptor Edith Harkness retreats inside. She isolates herself in her immense studio, Burntcoat, with Halit, the lover she barely knows. As life outside changes irreparably, inside Burntcoat, Edith and Halit find themselves changed as well: by the histories and responsibilities each carries and bears, by the fears and dangers of the world outside, and by the...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
For almost a decade, zoologist Rachel Caine has lived a solitary existence far from her estranged family in England, monitoring wolves in a remote section of Idaho as part of a wildlife recovery program. But a surprising phone call takes her back to the peat and wet light of the Lake District where she grew up. The eccentric Earl of Annerdale has a controversial scheme to reintroduce the Grey Wolf to the English countryside, and he wants Rachel...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In this stunning novel, Sarah Hall imagines a new dystopia set in the not-too-distant future. England is in a state of environmental crisis and economic collapse. There has been a census, and all citizens have been herded into urban centers. Reproduction has become a lottery, with contraceptive coils fitted to every female of childbearing age. A girl who will become known only as "Sister" escapes the confines of her repressive marriage to find an...
Author
Publisher
Custom House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A collection of nine stories explores the human soul and female experience in such tales as the award-winning, "Mrs. Fox, " in which a married woman transforms into a vulpine; and "Case Study 2, " in which a social worker struggles with a foster child raised in a commune.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
From Sarah Hall, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Daughters of the North and The Electric Michelangelo comes the original novel How to Paint a Dead Man, a daringly imaginative tale in which multiple lives are woven together through the prism of a still life painting. Moving from Italy to England, spanning nearly half a century, and bringing together the lives of four disparate characters, How to Paint a Dead Man is Hall's fierce and brilliant...
Language
English
Formats
Description
This collection of original stories by today's finest women writers--including Tracy Chevalier, Francine Prose, Elizabeth McCracken, Tessa Hadley, Audrey Niffenegger, and more--takes inspiration from the opening line in Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, Jane Eyre. A fixture in the literary canon, Charlotte Brontë is revered by readers all over the world. Her novels featuring unforgettable, strong heroines still resonate with millions today....
Publisher
Asylum Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Four party girls pick up a mysterious stranger on the way to Las Vegas. Car troubles force them to stay the night in a roadside motel. After accepting drinks from their charming passenger, they black out only to awaken bound and gagged, the prisoners of a brutal killer.
9) Walter
Publisher
Janson Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A feel good documentary film following a young couple, Hunter and Sarah, as they travel the world learning life lessons from the world's oldest people. The film was shot on location in Montana, Minnesota, Texas, Georgia, Washington, Cuba, and Italy between 2010 and 2012. Delivering advice, anecdotes, and inspiration from the world's oldest people, the fifth feature film from director, Hunter Weeks.