Sex is forbidden : a novel
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New York : Arcade Publishing, [2013].
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First North American Edition.
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290 pages ; 22 cm
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
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Published
New York : Arcade Publishing, [2013].
Format
Book
Edition
First North American Edition.
Language
English
UPC
40022804132

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Originally published under the title "The Server"
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Sex is forbidden at the Dasgupta Institute, the Buddhist retreat where Beth Marriot has taken refuge. Beth has been working as a server in the kitchen, assisting the clients while also practicing meditation to calm her demons. Like the clients who pay to be there, the servers must observe the rules, and silence and separation of the sexes are chief among them. But Beth is at a crossroads in her life. She came here torn between two lovers, estranged from her parents, and overwhelmed with guilt at possibly having caused a mans death. Conflicted and wandering, she finds a forbidden diary in the mens dorm and cannot keep away from itor the man who wrote it. At the same time, desiring to achieve the inner peace that Buddhist practice promises, she yearns to follow the example set by the slim, silent, white-clad teacher Mi Nuand may be yearning for something more. Funny and poignant, swiftly paced and completely engaging, Sex Is Forbidden is an entertaining novel about two profoundly different attitudes to life, and Beth is a character to be savored. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Parks, T. (2013). Sex is forbidden: a novel (First North American Edition.). Arcade Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Parks, Tim. 2013. Sex Is Forbidden: A Novel. Arcade Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Parks, Tim. Sex Is Forbidden: A Novel Arcade Publishing, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Parks, Tim. Sex Is Forbidden: A Novel First North American Edition., Arcade Publishing, 2013.

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