Conversation in the Cathedral

On Whidbey Island, the Gray quintuplets are the stuff of legend. Pixie and her brothers have always been bigger and blonder than their neighbors, as if they were birthed from the island itself. Together, they serve as an unofficial search-and-rescue team for the island, saving tourists and locals alike from the forces of wind and sea. But, when a young boy goes missing, the mysteries start to pile up. While searching for him, they find his mother's dead body instead —and realize that something sinister is in their midst. Edgar-nominated author M. J. Beaufrand has crafted another atmospheric thriller with a touch of magical realism that fans of mystery and true crime will devour.

A funny, bittersweet exploration of how a child can change in one short year of love, loss, and growing up…Seven-year-old Scotty Ocean decides that seven is going to be "his year." But soon after his birthday, his artist-turned-alcoholic mother abandons the family—leaving Scotty and his two older sisters alone with their father. As his perfect year is torn apart (falls apart?), Scotty begins to act out during school and takes a series of increasingly wild actions to try to win his mother back—and, when that doesn't work, to replace her.

Ever since Rosa's nerve disease rendered her quadriplegic, she's depended on her handsome, confident older brother to be her rock and her mirror. But when a doctor from Boston chooses her to be a candidate for an experimental brain transplant, she and her family move from London in search of a miracle. Sylvia—a girl from a small town in Massachusetts —is brain dead, and her parents have agreed to donate her body to give Rosa a new life. But when Rosa wakes from surgery, she can' t help but wonder, with increasing obsession, who Sylvia was and what her life was like. Her fascination with her new body and her desire to understand Sylvia prompt a road trip based on self-discovery… and a surprising new romance. But will Rosa be able to solve the dilemma of her identity?

北上斩龙的血战，身傍蛟龙的神秘少年，背着一把琉璃伞的古怪小姑娘……这是一个瑰丽的大世界……当我爬出深渊的那一刻，尔等就应该明白——我、定将翱翔九天！修行之路艰若此，唯有师兄伴我行

安佑辰和宁夏熙是从初中开始认识的朋友，一个天才画手和一个学霸少女的故事。明明看上去是天才画手高高在上得多，到了情之所至的时候，最先动心的那个人，却是他。傲娇的画家，笨拙的少女，家庭的变故，等到他们慢慢长大，两个人都变得不一样。情感是不是还在呢？故事分三个层次，回忆学校生活，职场故事和在一起之后的番外。

对于十五岁的女生春盈来说，这一天注定是她的“灾难日”！首先是她最讨厌最害怕的体育课，接着辛苦珍藏的海报也被人拿走了，而且是被用来垫屁股！是可忍，孰不可忍！没想到这一个不忍给她带来了这“受难日”最大的灾难——惹上了全校闻名的邪恶王子韩尚。那个狂傲、霸道、不可一世、连校长都不放孝眼里的纨绔子弟！明明对她无意，邪恶王子却每每出现在她的周围。让她无辜成为邪恶王子无数拥趸的“大众公敌”！幸亏她还有个“天使”弟弟帮她解围，无论什么情况，都坚定地站在她这～边。让她感觉到了温暖……

原本，她一直不曾怀疑自己的性别，所以……一开始，她是个女孩子，后来，她变成了男孩子，再后来，Ta发现自己连人都不是，tmd她居然是个不分性别的非人类啊……猪脚女，人前面瘫人后疯，偶尔天然黑，想象力丰富的颜值赛高工科女，专属事业单一多元，理想远大且一直在努力，业余生活hin丰富，爱好，吃，算么？

古耜主编的这本《2015民生散文选本》精选了2015年发表在全国主要期刊、报纸等媒体上的各类优秀散文，作者多为中国当代著名作家。这些文章寓意深刻，文字优美清新，或温婉圆润，娓娓道来，或老辣独到，鞭辟入里，无论议论或叙事，写人或咏物，无不在表达真挚情感的同时，也让我们倾听到祖国经济社会发展的足音，充分体现了作者深切的民生情怀。

七年前被人陷害，未婚先孕，从此，她便成了臭名昭著的女人，远赴国外，还要生儿育女，当爹当妈。可没想到这人生却像是开了挂，找了个闺蜜是正经白富美，大学校草漂洋过海只为伊人笑，嫁了个老公还是金融大亨集团总裁。“白鹿，只要你愿意嫁给我，我愿意为你做任何事。”“女人，你该不会是想让我的儿子管别人叫爸爸吧。”小萌宝很不服气，实力壁咚，“妈咪，你都有我了，怎么还要和别的男人结婚？”

本书中的每一篇小说都是一个贴近生活的精彩故事，反映着当代生活的广阔图景。它们不仅能教会你如何理解生活，更能教会你如何热爱生活。开阔读者的视野、启迪读者的心智、使读者得到精神享受，是编者编选此书的最大愿望。

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末世里，什么最不缺？丧尸，异兽，死亡。丧尸，异兽，背叛。丧尸，异兽，绝望。还有变态，变态，变态！--情节虚构，请勿模仿

被垃圾系统坑过的快穿任务者，决定要放飞自我摆脱系统，结果duang的一下，她变成了一只小灵偶！后来，某废柴召唤师发现，召唤出来的这只灵偶，根本就是个坑。欺骗他，还冒充他的身份，到处去招蜂引蝶，撩汉子！！！某天，某只小灵偶又企图爬到召唤师的心口去。“宁宁，这么晚，又打算借我的身体去哪里玩？”“刚好路过。”结果，某只小灵偶就在十字架上晾了一整晚。