Aya Cash
1) Scare Me
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Two strangers, Fred and Fanny, are stuck in their Catskills cabin during a power outage. Looking to pass the time, they decide to tell each other scary stories. But the more Fred and Fanny commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life. As the horrors of reality manifest, Fred confronts his ultimate fear that Fanny may be the better storyteller, forcing him to craft the most horrific tale imaginable and put an end to the competition for...
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Four women, Yael--whose father, an expert assassin, has never forgiven her for her mother's death during childbirth--Revka--a local baker's wife who witnessed the murder or her daughter by Roman soldiers--Aziza--a warrior's daughter who was raised like a son--and Shirah--a woman born with uncanny insight and knowledge of ancient magic--are drawn to Masada, a mountain the Judean desert where, in 70 CE, nine hundred Jews withheld for months against...
4) Swimming
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Swimming is an escape for Philomena (Pip), who is as trapped by her hysterically agoraphobic mother and three other siblings as she is burdened by the sibling and father whose deaths consume her. As her talent garners her more attention, and eventually Olympic gold medals, Pip struggles to find a balance between the divergent versions of herself. It's a novel about obsession, failure, pain, and about what it means to have a gift and what it takes...