Yannick Murphy - Free Library Land Online - Children's https://children-s.library.land/ ru Yannick Murphy - Free Library Land Online - Children's DataLife Engine Things That Are Funny on a Submarine But Not Really https://children-s.library.land/yannick-murphy/719233-things_that_are_funny_on_a_submarine_but_not_really.html https://children-s.library.land/yannick-murphy/719233-things_that_are_funny_on_a_submarine_but_not_really.html Things That Are Funny on a Submarine But Not Really
A deeply funny and achingly honest coming-of-age story surfacing from the pressures of Navy life and the weight of what comes after.
"Murphy, a fiction writer of vibrant imagination, wit, and nuance, returns after a long hiatus with a bravura first-person performance in the voice of a kind and curious submarine radioman. . . a soulful and charismatic protagonist in an uncanny, transfixing, and revelatory bildungsroman."—Booklist, starred review
"Quite possibly the best novel about the peacetime Navy since Darryl Ponicsan's The Last Detail."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"The rollicking, sometimes frightening, in-the-end surprisingly moving evolution of a submariner into a mensch."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
A nuclear submarine exists due to the laws of physics and for the laws of man. A submariner survives surrounded by high-yield...]]> Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:21:37 +0200 Here They Come https://children-s.library.land/yannick-murphy/468538-here_they_come.html https://children-s.library.land/yannick-murphy/468538-here_they_come.html Here They Come
Here They Come is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:30:25 +0200 Signed, Mata Hari https://children-s.library.land/yannick-murphy/605029-signed_mata_hari.html https://children-s.library.land/yannick-murphy/605029-signed_mata_hari.html Signed, Mata Hari
]]> Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:50:03 +0200 The Call https://children-s.library.land/yannick-murphy/187509-the_call.html https://children-s.library.land/yannick-murphy/187509-the_call.html The Call
The daily rhythm of a veterinarian's family in rural New England is shaken when a hunting accident leaves their eldest son in a coma. With the lives of his loved ones unhinged, the veterinarian struggles to maintain stability while searching for the man responsible. But in the midst of their great trial an unexpected visitor arrives, requesting a favor that will have profound consequences - testing a loving father's patience, humor, and resolve and forcing husband and wife to come to terms with what 'family' truly means. The Call is a gift from one of the most talented and extraordinary voices in contemporary fiction - a unique and heartfelt portrait of a family, poignant and rich in humor and imagination.
]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:39:36 +0200 This is the Water https://children-s.library.land/yannick-murphy/203970-this_is_the_water.html https://children-s.library.land/yannick-murphy/203970-this_is_the_water.html This is the Water
At a swim meet in their quiet New England town, Annie watches as her daughters glide through the water. Her thoughts drift lazily from whether she fed her daughters enough carbs that morning to why her husband doesn't kiss her anymore, to Paul, a swim-team parent, who's taken notice of her and seems to embody everything she's beginning to think her life is missing.When a girl on the team is murdered at a nearby highway rest stop—the same spot where Paul made a gruesome discovery years ago—Annie and her fellow swim-parents find themselves adrift. With a serial killer too close for comfort, they must make choices about where their loyalties lie. And as a series of shocking events unfolds, Annie must discover what it means to follow her intuition—even if love, as well as lives, could be lost.]]> Sun, 16 Nov 2014 01:27:06 +0200