"Richly imagined and darkly comic, Things We Didn't See Coming follows a man over three decades as he tries to survive in an increasingly savage future that is at once utterly fantastic and disturbingly familiar. Here, coming-of-age is complicated not only by family troubles and mercurial love affairs, but treacherous weather, unstable governments, pandemic, and technology run amuck."
The Easy Way Out (Paperback) by StevenAmsterdam Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2017 by Riverrun ISBN-13: 978-1-78648-084-2, ISBN: 1-78648-084-0
"From an award-winning author, The Easy Way Out is a brilliantly funny and exquisitely sad novel that gets to the heart of one of the most difficult questions each of us may face: would you help someone die?"
What the Family Needed(Reprint) A Novel by StevenAmsterdam Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2013 by Riverhead Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-59448-639-5, ISBN: 1-59448-639-5
"In this incandescent novel, a family’s superpowers bestow not instant salvation but the miracle of accepting who they are. “Okay, tell me which you want,” Alek asks his cousin at the outset of What the Family Needed. “To be able to fly or to be invisible.” And soon Giordana, a teenager suffering the bitter fallout of her parents’ divorce, finds that she can, at will, become as invisible as she feels. Later, Alek’s mother, newly adrift ..."
What the Family Needed(Reprint) A Novel by StevenAmsterdam Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2014 by Riverhead Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59463-235-8, ISBN: 1-59463-235-9
"In this incandescent novel, a family’s superpowers bestow not instant salvation but the miracle of accepting who they are.“Okay, tell me which you want,” Alek asks his cousin at the outset of What the Family Needed. “To be able to fly or to be invisible.” And soon Giordana, a teenager suffering the bitter fallout of her parents’ divorce, finds that she can, at will, become as invisible as she feels. Later, Alek’s mother, newly adrift in ..."
""...a brilliant collection of travel stories...threaded with great warmth, as readers are invited to travel in the company of these famous authors and experience their passions and revelations." BOOKSELLER + PUBLISHER We asked some of the world's most acclaimed fiction authors, including Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Tea Obreht and DBC Pierre, to describe their greatest non-fictional jour ..."
The Easy Way Out (Hardback) by StevenAmsterdam Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2016 by Riverrun ISBN-13: 978-1-78648-083-5, ISBN: 1-78648-083-2
What the Family Needed(Unabridged) by StevenAmsterdam, Tanya Eby Cd, Published 2014 by Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4692-5936-9, ISBN: 1-4692-5936-2
"“Okay, tell me which you want,” Alek asks his cousin at the outset of What the Family Needed. “To be able to fly or to be invisible?” And soon Giordana, a teenager suffering the bitter fallout of her parents’ divorce, finds that she can, at will, become as invisible as she feels. Later, Alek’s mother, newly adrift in the disturbing awareness that all is not well with her younger son, can suddenly swim with Olympic endurance. Steven Amst ..."
What the Family Needed A Novel by StevenAmsterdam Published 2013 by Brilliance Corporation, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-4692-5844-7, ISBN: 1-4692-5844-7
"In this incandescent novel, a family’s superpowers bestow not instant salvation but the miracle of accepting who they are. “Okay, tell me which you want,” Alek asks his cousin at the outset of What the Family Needed. “To be able to ..."
"9 writers. 24 hours. 1 book. On 11 June 2012, if:book Australia gathered a team of writers and editors together with the challenge of writing, editing and publishing a book - for both print and digital - within a single 24-hour period. This is that book. While its stories weave together a looming disaster, radio shock jocks, missing children, a beautiful vase, and a librarian name Sammi Bernhoff, both the project and the book that has e ..."
"From Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher, Better Than Fiction 2, the follow-up to 2012's Better Than Fiction, is a second serving of true travel stories told by some of the world's best fiction writers including Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley and Karen Joy Fowler. Varied in place, plot and voice, these are stirring and evocative pieces that all share one common characteristic-they manifest a passion for the precious gift ..."
The Easy Way Out by StevenAmsterdam 320 Pages, Published 2016 by Hachette Uk ISBN-13: 978-1-78648-085-9, ISBN: 1-78648-085-9
"From an award-winning author, The Easy Way Out is a brilliantly funny and exquisitely sad novel that gets to the heart of one of the most difficult questions each of us may face: would you help someone die?"
The Easy Way Out by StevenAmsterdam Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2016 by Hachette Australia ISBN-13: 978-0-7336-3627-1, ISBN: 0-7336-3627-6
"And his supervisor suspects there may be trouble ahead.As he helps one patient after another die, Evan pushes against legality, his own morality and the best intentions of those closest to him, discovering that his own path will be neither ..."