![]() ![]() "What do you do when your wife dies and you find out everything she's ever told you about herself is a lie? Allow Rosie Walsh's love story slash mystery, The Love of My Life, to explain." - Marie Claireīut first, she must tell him about the other love of her life. īut first, she must tell him about the love of her other life. When the very darkest moments of Emma's past finally emerge, she must somehow prove to Leo that she really is the woman he always thought she was. But as he starts to unravel the truth, he discovers the woman he loves doesn't really exist. When she suffers a serious illness, Leo copes by doing what he knows best - researching and writing about his wife's life. ![]() Leo is an obituary writer Emma a well-known marine biologist. But almost everything she's told them about herself is a lie.Īnd she might just have got away with it, if it weren't for her husband's job. A dog, a house.Įmma loves her husband Leo and their young daughter Ruby: she'd do anything for them. I have held you at night for ten years and I didn't even know your name. ![]() ![]() From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosted comes a love story wrapped in a mystery: an up-all-night page-turner with a dark secret at its core ![]()
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![]() ![]() Helped by her husband and hampered by an obnoxious sheriff, she digs deep into the mysterious deaths and dismemberments that recommence every seven years - a cycle that coincides with the Jersey Devil's regular reappearances. She uncovers more than she ever bargained for when she learns that people have been disappearing in the Pine Barrens for years - for decades. She delves into the lore and gore of the creature whose deathless existence is blamed for the subsequent series of abominable fatalities. Newspaper reporter Elaine Adams happens to be in the area during the gruesome event. Gary Gentile's seminal novel of supernatural horror that was first published as The Lurking Based on actual legend, the story begins when the monster known as the Jersey Devil manifests itself in the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey after the accidental exhumation of a human skeleton. ![]() ![]() ![]() I wished that someone had said: ‘Being young is really hard,’” Fonda explained during a video interview with People. She confessed she felt “pretty lost” when she was a young woman and pointed out the one thing that she wished her peers had told her back then. ![]() As I got older, I learned I’m going to put an oar in the water and steer.” “I spent a lot of time like a canoe with no paddle being carried in the current. I’ll get over it.’ You know what’s important,” she explained. “A bad thing happens, and you think, ‘Well, that’s happened before, and I’m fine. I’ve been resilient all my life,” she explained.įonda also detailed what she’s learned from her experiences. “There’s been tragedy and hard things in my life. Fonda, who is currently in remission, was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma last year. Jane Fonda shared her thoughts about being 85 and why she thinks her life has just gotten better through ageing.ĭuring a recent interview with People, Fonda said she’s at a point where she’s the “happiest ever been” and shared how she’s continued to keep moving forwards dsepite ome of the physical health challenges she faced. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hence, the private and public worlds of the Klan were intertwined. Smith makes it clear that the reason the Klan was able to exist was because of the support it received from those ordinary whites who were willing to turn over their homes to the organization for meetings, to create’ Klan wear (sheets with holes) and to filter their message of hate to children. But the author correctly contends that because many of these women supported racist Klan activity, they should not only be seen as victims but partners in the goal of maintaining white supremacy. ![]() We learn that in the violent world of the Klan, men beat their wives with impunity in order to sustain white male supremacy. Although young Elizabeth Cobbs did well in high school, her parents denied her the opportunity to attend college, arguing that the household was the proper arena for women. By the 1950s, Birmingham Klan members moved from assaulting and killing individuals to attacking Black institutions and organizations, as well as Jewish temples, holding to the same political objective - the subjugation of African Americans and their “allies.”Īn important aspect of the author’s story is the subservient role of women. ![]() We not only learn of the intense hatred that Klan members had for African Americans, but the author reveals the acts of terror carried out by these defenders of Anglo-Saxon purity, which intensified when the civil rights movement emerged in Birmingham. Elizabeth Cobbs became aware at an early age of her family’s intense fear of Black people, especially Black men. ![]() ![]() Peterson stated that it "isn't only written for other people. The early vision and promotion of the book aimed to include all rules, with the title "42". Peterson's interest in writing the book grew out of a personal hobby of answering questions posted on Quora one such question being "What are the most valuable things everyone should know?", to which his answer comprised 42 rules. A sequel, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, was published in March 2021. The book is written in a more accessible style than his previous academic book, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (1999). Peterson went on a world tour to promote the book, receiving much attention following an interview with Channel 4 News. The book topped bestseller lists in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and had sold over five million copies worldwide by the end of 2020. In the book, Peterson offers practical advice for how to navigate the complexities of life and find meaning and purpose. It provides life advice through essays in abstract ethical principles, psychology, mythology, religion, and personal anecdotes. ![]() ![]() ![]() 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos is a 2018 self-help book by the Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Most of his films were set in Sweden, and many films from Through a Glass Darkly (1961) onward were filmed on the island of Fårö. Among his company of actors were Harriet and Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. He eventually forged a creative partnership with his cinematographers Gunnar Fischer and Sven Nykvist. Considered to be among the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of all time, Bergman's films include Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957), Persona (1966), Cries and Whispers (1972), Scenes from a Marriage (1973), and Fanny and Alexander (1982) the last two exist in extended television versions.īergman directed over sixty films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote. ![]() Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer, and producer who worked in film, television, theatre and radio. Drama Fantasy A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague. ![]() ![]() ![]() They both love their moms, playing with their friends, and being ninjas. My son sees commonalities between himself and Penelope. ![]() “Born Ready” shows Black kids (cis and trans) they can look to this book and see themselves. It’s hard to find books that feature Black families. So even though I know he understands, we use books as an example. ![]() We’ve been talking about the gender spectrum for several years, but it can be a challenge for him to conceptualize something he can’t see. But I am trying to raise a child that knows there is a world larger than his immediate surroundings. I don’t have anyone trans in my immediate family. That people who have families that are not trans identified families, not Black identified, read it,” Jodie Patterson told Scary Mommy via phone. With it, Patterson is broadening the scope of trans representation for kids and their families. But Penelope has a big secret: he’s a boy and needs his family to see him as one. The picture book shows Penelope, a five-year-old who loves skateboarding and being a ninja. So she wrote the book “Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope” based on her own family. For activist and author Jodie Patterson, it was important to show that there are many different kinds of families out there. ![]() And while there are plenty of families like that, they do not represent all families’ experiences. When we see families portrayed in media, most of the time they’re white, cisgender, heterosexual and middle class. ![]() ![]() Update colophon/imprint boilerplate to new standards Read about which file to download and how to transfer them to your ereader. You may also be interested in our Kobo FAQ.Īdvanced epub â An advanced format that uses the latest technology not yet fully supported by most ereaders. Also download the Kindle cover thumbnail to see the cover in your Kindleâs library. The book was popular when first published and although it has never been made into a film, the director Alfred Hitchcock was said to prefer Greenmantle to The Thirty-Nine Steps, and considered filming it on several occasions.Ĭompatible epub â All devices and apps except Kindles and Kobos.Īzw3 â Kindle devices and apps. ![]() The book gives the account of Hannay and his associateâs separate journeys through war-torn Europe to Constantinople to thwart an uprising that is poised to throw the Middle East, India, and North Africa into disarray, changing the course of the war. Greenmantle is the second of John Buchanâs novels to feature Richard Hannay, a Scottish intelligence office in the British army, and as such is the sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps. Standard Ebooksġ00,163 words (6 hours 5 minutes) with a reading ease of 81.53 (easy) Greenmantle, by John Buchan - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ernest helpfully gives a list of books that he was reading at this point in his Paris soujourn. Dealer’s choice, but if you go for making love, you should still follow it up with reading. Reading is key!Īs a ( usually) family-friendly blog, we’ll stick with the reading here. They are typical Hemingway: read books (only good books, of course!) or make love. You could lose your place or the plot entirely! He had some specific suggestions for your distractions. You don’t want to let the story run out ahead of you. Second, once you have stopped for the day, distraction is key. “I had learned already to never empty the well of my writing but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.” Here we get even further direction:įirst, never write until you are out of ideas, but stop with some still left in “the well”: ![]() ![]() We learned earlier that he writes every day. Let’s check out some of Ernest’s tips from our chapters: Stop Before You’re Done As a writer, of course I drink these up, even if they don’t all work for me. ![]() ![]() In “Inventory,” the narrator describes sexual encounters with men and women in “Mothers,” the female narrator has a baby with her female partner, and in “The Resident” the female narrator is married to a woman. Many of the short stories revolve around the homosexual relationships of their narrators. Finally, in “Difficult at Parties,” the narrator is picked up from the hospital after recovering from an untold traumatic injury. ![]() In “Eight Bites,” the narrator voluntarily decides to undergo surgery to reduce the size of her stomach. In “The Husband Stitch,” for example, the woman’s head is only held in place by a ribbon around her neck, and the nature of her ribbon is not explained. Several of the main characters in the collection are physically harmed. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. ![]() ![]() These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() |
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