Observatory Mansions by Edward Carey / Narrated by Edward CareyRequirements: .MP3 player, 321 mbOverview: Observatory Mansions was once the Orme family’s ancestral home. Now it is a crumbing apartment block, stranded on a traffic island and peopled with eccentrics. Alice Orme never stirs from her bed, her husband lives in his old armchair and Francis, […]
2 Books by Edward CareyRequirements: .ePUB reader, 5.3 MB | RetailOverview: Edward Carey is a novelist, visual artist, and playwright. His previous novels include The Swallowed Man, Little, Alva & Irva, and Observatory Mansions, and an acclaimed series for young adults, the Iremonger Trilogy. His writing for the stage includes an adaptation of Robert Coover’s […]
Little by Edward CareyRequirements: .MP3 reader, 380 MBOverview: The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud.In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is […]
B: A Year in Plagues and Pencils by Edward CareyRequirements: .ePUB reader, 15.0 MBOverview: Author and illustrator Edward Carey presents a paean to connection at a time of isolation: a year of daily lockdown drawings posted on social media from his home in Texas. ‘This book contains magic’ A.L. Kennedy In March 2020, as lockdowns […]
Plagues and Pencils: A Year of Pandemic Sketches by Edward CareyRequirements: .ePUB reader, 106 MBOverview: In March 2020, as lockdowns were imposed around the world, author and illustrator Edward Carey raced home to Austin, Texas. The next day, he published on social media a sketch of “A Very Determined Young Man.” The day after, he […]