![]() ![]() Finally I dragged the glass-paned French doors up from the basement, where they’d been stored for 10 years. ![]() Once I had a blank canvas to work with, I bought a desk and a comfortable desk chair, bookcases for my poetry books, a low shelf for my record player and records. We moved their stuffed animals and books into their bedrooms, art supplies and puzzles to the basement, and games into one of the yellow cabinets. They’d outgrown the larger toys at that point, most of which had been passed down to younger cousins, and with some culling, the rest fit elsewhere. And no, they didn’t begrudge me the space. They helped me clean out the playroom turned writing room. I was also showing my son and daughter, 7 and 11 at that time, that their mother’s work is real, that it matters, that it has dignity. I was honoring my creative work by giving it dedicated space. I realized, reclaiming this room in my home, creating a space for my work, that it’s more than practical. ![]()
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![]() When Ruth and Hal discover that Cally and their daughter are gone, a whole series of doubts and secrets is revealed, and the difference between right and wrong is no longer clear. The arrangement seems perfect for everyone.īut within a day of the baby’s birth, Cally has a change of heart-and engineers a harrowing escape from the hospital with the newborn. Their hope rests with Cally, a nineteen-year- old who wants to go to college-but doesn’t have the cash. ![]() Ruth is a no-nonsense fortysomething journalist from the Midwest, desperate for a child with her new husband, Hal. I loved it!”-Patry Francis, bestselling author of All the Children Are Home With a collection of vividly rendered characters, this twisty tale will leave you thinking about the true meaning of motherhood long after you turn the last page. “ The Surrogate is a thrilling, high-stakes debut centering on a vulnerable newborn and two women who will do almost anything to claim her as their daughter. ![]() ![]() Luce with the apparent guidance of a gargoyle must go back through the centuries and revisit her various reincarnations that each hold a different clue to her fate. ![]() Luce Price is desperate to break the curse that keeps her from her one true love, Daniel. Recommended for anyone who is looking for a paranormal fix after Twilight and a must for those who enjoyed the first two books Lauren Kate’s series. While the time travel plot line can be annoying at times, it does feed the story and give us a background to the main characters. The story is told in a crisp, evocative style, although some of the dialogue is less than elegant. Passion not only explores the extremes young lovers will face to be together, but also neatly sets the stage for the final book. Daniel is forced bring her back from the dangerous shadows of the past to face the risks of the present. ![]() ![]() She wants to know if he really loves her – or if he is simply caught up in the curse neither of them seems able to break. ![]() Passion is the third in the quartet of romantic paranormal novels aimed at young adults.Įthereally dark and exquisitely beautiful Luce travels back through time and history to test her relationship with the tormented blond fallen angel Daniel. Los Angeles-based author Lauren Kate is the internationally bestselling creator of the wildly popular Fallen series. By Lauren Kate (Doubleday) ISBN 978 03856 1808 3 ![]() ![]() Seriously, I have been wanting to read Saltwater Vampires for months and finally slotted it into my schedule despite the demands on it. Status: Read from November 30 to DecemI own a copyĪh Kirsty Eagar, how I love thee (in a non creepy way) let me count the ways 1 is Raw Blue, 2 is Night Beach and 3 is Saltwater Vampires, 4 better be coming soon (I need more love in my life!) If their plans succeed, nobody in Rocky Head will survive to see out the new year. But this year, vampires are on the festival’s line-up … fulfilling a pact made on the wreck of the Batavia, four hundred years ago. For Jamie Mackie, summer holidays in the coastal town of Rocky Head mean surfing, making money, and good times at the local music festival. And only the moon witnessed the slaughter that followed. But all he saw was the bloated white face of the moon smiling down on him …And the sky around it was cold and clear and black … They made their circle of blood. Synopsis: He looked to the sky, praying for rain, a downpour, some sign from the heavens that he should refuse the abomination contained in that flask. ![]() ![]() The fact that Sévigné chose to display her skills in the form of personal letters should not detract from the wonders of her creative imagination, and we should read them with that in mind. ![]() The normal rule was that women were not expected to write. Although some women wrote novels and plays during the 17th century, many of them were forced to publish their works anonymously, as in the case of Madame de la Fayette, or were ridiculed, as happened to the prolific writer Madeleine de Scudéry. ![]() You might reasonably wonder why a 17th-century woman’s private letters, mostly written to her daughter, Madame de Grignan, count as “literature.” There are a number of reasons.įirstly, women at that time were not given the same opportunities as men to express themselves in a creative way. ![]() ![]() When asked to give a list of what I consider to be the greatest works of French literature, I usually include the correspondence of Madame de Sévigné (Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné). Note to readers: You may choose to read this commentary on the letters of Madame de Sévigné here or listen to it on the audio file at the end of the article. ![]() ![]() It’s impossible to understand the Joads or what they symbolize without understanding the Dust Bowl. In telling the story of the Joads, Steinbeck-who would win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962-captures the sentiment of a pivotal period in American history, one at the intersection of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and the shaping of the American West. ![]() The Joads join thousands of other migrants on the trek to the Salinas Valley of California, a place they idealize as rich with opportunity. In the novel, John Steinbeck follows the fictional journey of the Joads, a family of sharecroppers from Sallisaw, Oklahoma, forced to migrate west during the Dust Bowl. ![]() April 14, 2014, marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Grapes of Wrath. ![]() ![]() ![]() What do you think about her characterization as someone just looking for a change? Your book shows her as deeply conflicted between patriotism and her children. Some have portrayed her as a bored housewife who wanted to have an adventure and get away from her husband. (HNU) Odette can often be characterized in different ways. We’re waiting for the right person to do it, though (Steven Spielberg, if you’re out there….). ![]() We’ve actually been contacted by five or six groups from Hollywood, with three offers. I don’t know, sounds like a Real Housewives addict to me but I digress…) (HNU) We definitely need a movie about Odette, right? The last one about her was in 1950 as far as I can see. ![]() Enjoy our (email) interview below and then go buy Larry’s books! Larry got right back to me (which is amazing because he is really busy, just check out his bio) and was happy to answer them. Since I am wonderfully free from shame, I decided to reach out to Larry Loftis and ask him some questions I had about the book and a few other questions about being an author. (FYI: For non-history nerds, SOE is the Special Operations Executive. Anything more starts to verge on spoilers, so I won’t say any more. The book is about Odette Sansom (or Hallowes or Churchill) who was World War II’s most highly decorated spy. ![]() I read CODE NAME: LISE (my review is here) a few months ago and absolutely loved it. It still amazes me how generous history authors are with their time. ![]() ![]() Irresistibly, Lou is led along a path of emotional and sexual self-awakening, as she explores the limits of her own animal nature. 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