![]() ![]() During the Great War, she married an American who was then killed. The character from whose point-of-view almost every scene is told is Norah Blackstone, a 26-year-old Englishwoman who has only just come to Los Angeles. ![]() Instead she seamlessly inserts details that the narrator observes or considers at a given moment and that are relevant to her situation right then. A lot of information about Hollywood’s early history and the making of silent movies is included yet Barbara Hambly never begins to bore with lengthy descriptions. Everything is described in a highly evocative, sensual manner so that as a reader, you can see the scenery clearly in your inner eye, hear the sounds, and almost smell the smells. The novel is set among the film-makers in 1923 Los Angeles. ![]() ![]() Written long before the present craze for fantasy and paranormal novels, in addition to being very well-written, this book has the great advantage of being fresh and original. I still remembered what was about to happen, and could properly appreciate details in the descriptions and the development of the characters that I previously had passed over. On rereading, I found new details to savor, ones that I had overlooked before because I had been too caught up in the excitement of the plot. On rereading Barbara Hambly’s Bride of the Rat God for the purpose of writing this review, I was surprised once more by what a truly superb novel it is. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Enriched by Christina Schwarz’s extensive research in the footsteps of Bonnie and Clyde and written with her powerful sense of place and time, Bonnie is a plaintive and page-turning account of a woman destroyed by a lethal combination of longing and love. Infusing the psychological acuity of literary fiction with the relentless pacing of a thriller, Bonnie follows Bonnie from her bright, promising youth to her final month of shoot-outs, kidnappings, and desperate car chases through America’s hinterland in the grip of the Great Depression, as the noose of the law tightened around her. ![]() But her dramatic nature, contorted by her limited opportunities and her overwhelming love for Clyde Barrow, pushed her into a course from which there was no escape but death. She dreamed of being a movie star or a singer or a poet. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drowning Ruth vividly evokes the perennially fascinating true crime love affair of Bonnie and Clyde in this suspenseful, gorgeously detailed fictional portrait of Bonnie Parker, one of America’s most enigmatic women.īorn in a small town in the desolate reaches of western Texas and shaped by her girlhood in an industrial wasteland on the outskirts of Dallas, Bonnie Parker was a natural performer and a star student. “Absorbing.poignant, often heartbreaking.Schwarz is a vivid storyteller.” – The New York Times Book Review ![]() ![]() ![]() In Marcella's bedroom, a trio of doctors give differing but equally dire warnings regarding the youngster's ailments, until Poppa throws them out. Her dog tried to eat her pet bird, which killed them both ("Gingham and Yarn"). Her mother ran away with another man, which drove her father to drink. ![]() Young Marcella is suffering from psychological trauma. There is currently a fan-led effort to preserve and revive the show. ![]() Though the show failed on Broadway, it developed a cult following through bootleg recordings. The story centers on Marcella, a dying young girl whose toys come to life and take her on a magical adventure to meet The Doll Doctor, in hopes that he can mend her broken heart. It is based on the children's stories by Johnny Gruelle and the 1977 feature film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure. Raggedy Ann: The Musical Adventure (aka Rag Dolly: The Raggedy Ann Musical or Raggedy Ann: The Musical With a Heart) is a musical with book by William Gibson and songs by Joe Raposo. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() a gaping whole, a shattered heart and broken dreams. This is NOT a happy feel good romance - it's gritty, it deals with death, grief and all that comes with the premature loss of loved ones - either by disease or by the actions of another - but the result is the same. ![]() so they sacrificed their todays now for a chance of tomorrows sometime in the years ahead. And, as the deadly waters receded, the emotional wreckage that was left behind could only be healed by time. But unfortunately Fate stepped in and threw a major spanner into their budding intense relationship and the reality of their impossible situation would create a tsunami that would bring drama, angst, many tears and much heartbreak. and through Shakespeare's meaningful words. However, a chance meeting would bring these two lost souls together and like would find like through mutual attraction, through their shared grief, through sizzling chemistry. unaware of the turmoil, the sorrow - and the guilt that consumed these broken and very complex people. as the rest of the world laughed and got on with their own lives. A breathtaking NA romance as 22 yr old Daniel and 19 yr old Ashlyn knew what it was like to grieve - and grieve hard. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nineteen-year-old Princess Leonie Kolburg’s royal family is bankrupt. It’s a shame the author couldn’t have been as ruthless as her character.įor the second time in her life, Leo must choose between her family and true love. The author pulls her punches by camouflaging Sasha’s darker tendencies with the Shanna storyline, undermining what could have been a fascinating character study. ![]() The mentally ill can’t get new hearts, so Sasha must find a way to deal with Shanna…although it won’t be easy, as Sasha’s own darkness within grows stronger. The story swings from paranormal nonsense to medical melodrama when it’s revealed that Sasha has cardiomyopathy and needs a new heart to survive. ![]() ![]() It’s Shanna’s heart in Sasha’s chest, and it’s Shanna’s heart that loves Isaac-not Sasha, so she claims. But Sasha is normal…until she starts having blackouts, until she starts getting texts from bad boy Isaac, acting like he knows her, until she discovers she had a twin sister named Shanna, whom Sasha absorbed in the womb. Her boyfriend is pleasant and equally high-achieving, and her interactions with her friends have a mocking, scornful edge. She practices her clarinet until her hands ache. Sasha Stone is the stereotypical driven, uptight white girl, her whole life structured around achieving her goals, to the point where she has no sympathy for others. A perfectionist prude is slowly revealed to have bigger character flaws. ![]() ![]() ![]() She then joined the student body of Boston University, earning three literary master's degrees before receiving her doctorate in Renaissance studies. ![]() With the family nickname, "Jhumpa," coming to be used by school teachers, Lahiri went on to attend Barnard College in New York, focusing on English literature. Lahiri's father, a university librarian, opted to relocate to the United States for work, eventually settling in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, when she was still a small child. Nilanjana Sudheshna Lahiri was born on July 11, 1967, in London, England, to mother Tapati and father Amar, a Bengali couple who immigrated to the United Kingdom from Calcutta, India. ![]() Lahiri's 2013 novel, The Lowland, was partially inspired by real-world political events. 1 New York Times best-seller Unaccustomed Earth. She followed up in 2003 with her first novel, The Namesake, and returned to short stories with the No. Author Jhumpa Lahiri published her debut in 1999, Interpreter of Maladies, winning the Pulitzer Prize. ![]() ![]() ![]() But Mary is on a journey of her own, one that will either bring them closer together or cause a split that neither will recover from. After suffering mortal injury in battle, Rhage must reassess his priorities-and the answer, when it comes to him, rocks his world.and Mary’s. ![]() But Rhage can’t understand-or control-the panic and insecurity that plague him…Īnd that terrifies him-as well as distances him from his mate. ![]() Mary, his beloved shellan, is by his side and his King and his brothers are thriving. But as the Brotherhood readies for an all-out attack on them, one of their own fights a battle within himself…įor Rhage, the Brother with the biggest appetites, but also the biggest heart, life was supposed to be perfect-or at the very least, perfectly enjoyable. The slayers of the Lessening Society are stronger than ever, preying on human weakness to acquire more money, more weapons, more power. After avoiding war with the Shadows, alliances have shifted and lines have been drawn. Nothing is as it used to be for the Black Dagger Brotherhood. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Before Bridget Jones, deeply sweet and recklessly intimate Sally Jay Gorce trolled for love (Parisian style) in novelist (and sometime wife of theater critic Kenneth Tynan) Elaine Dundy's The Dud Avocado, a madcap read from 1958 that's finally back in print in the United States." - O Magazine "Already singled out in O the Oprah Magazine and named an 'mover and shaker, ' this edition will.introduce a new readership to the unforgettable Sally Jay Gorce, described by one reviewer as a cross between Carrie Bradshaw and Holden Caulfield." - Los Angeles Times "Basically, if you were to set Henry James' Portrait of a Lady near the Sorbonne, untangle the sentences and add more slapstick, sex and champagne cocktails, you're getting close." - Rosecrans Baldwin, NPR's "All Things Considered" ![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually, realizing that it’s easier for everyone, they pretend to settle, and Eva fades into the background while remaining ever-present with Addie. They fail to settle, which draws unwanted attention to their family. ![]() Most people “settle” by late childhood, when the dominant soul gains complete control and the forgotten soul dies away, but Addie and Eva are different. In this world, everyone is born with two souls inside them. Thus begins a fast-paced tale that crosses into the genres of both dystopian literature and science fiction. Kat Zhang’s novel, What’s Left of Me, draws the reader in with a surprising first sentence: “Addie and I were born into the same body, our souls’ ghostly fingers entwined before we gasped our very first breath” (1). ![]() ![]() ![]() Shiel, Margaret Cavendish, Mark Twain, Mary Shelley, Mary Webb, Nathaniel Hawthorne, P.G. 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