![]() Several years after her arrival, she marries Thomas Deerfield, a well-to-do widower more than 20 years her senior with a bad temper and a drinking problem. The story centers on 24-year-old Mary Deerfield, who arrived in Boston from England as a teen with her parents. ![]() There, the town meeting place offers a view of the rapidly expanding city, as well as stocks and a whipping platform in the square. Hour of the Witch, the newest book by best-selling Weybridge author Chris Bohjalian, is set well in the past, but its witch-accusation drama feels contemporary enough to drive home how far Americans still have to go in dismantling the patriarchy.īohjalian's 21st novel, a historical thriller to be released on May 4, takes place in 1662 Boston. ![]() He referred to the trio of powerful Democratic women as "those three witches" who should be "ready for the burning at the stake."Ĭenturies after the Salem witch trials, this misogynist trope just won't die. Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel. ![]() In a March 2021 speech, Michigan Republican Party chair Ron Weiser flung a well-worn insult at Michigan Gov. ![]()
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![]() ![]() My mom would take me at least once a month we would go and look at the Greek and Roman collections and the Egyptian collections, as well. Madeline Miller (MM): I was born in Boston, but when I was about a year old, my parents moved to New York City, so I grew up in Manhattan, close enough that we could go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which was a huge part of my upbringing. You can listen to the whole thing, which includes Miller reading two wonderful passages from Circe and her recommendation of related books, here, or by subscribing to Recall This Book on iTunes, or Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Below is an edited version of our conversation with her. In planning the first few episodes of Recall This Book (a new podcast partnered with Public Books), we quickly put Miller on the top of our must-interview list. ![]() It begins as the story of a few of the women who have crucial parts to play in Odysseus’s rambling, manly road trip, but as the novel goes on, we realize that its “mythological realism” is polyphonic, satirical, and, in the best sense of the word, upsetting. ![]() Her 2018 novel, Circe-critically acclaimed and a fixture on the New York Times best-seller list that year-is a sort of Odyssey from the side. ![]() Her degrees include a BA and MA in classics from Brown, and her first novel, The Song of Achilles, won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction. Madeline Miller is a Boston-born writer who currently lives in Philadelphia. ![]() ![]() I was getting a hell of a kick out of Rosa for about the first half of this book. Though Rosa tries several times to induce an abortion, Sulfia has the baby, a beautiful little girl whom Rosa names Aminat and on whom she utterly dotes. It is about Rosalinda Achmetowna, a Tartar woman of exceptional beauty, intelligence, and organizational skills (or so she says), whose ugly daughter Sulfia finds herself pregnant. (Not promptly, I can’t say I always do it promptly, but from now on, I’m going to bring it with the promptness.)Īnyway, this is Alina Bronsky’s second novel published with Europa. ![]() I have this TBR shelf and it has made me into a responsible book blogger who reads the books she receives for review. The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine is the first of a number of books I received for review at various points in the year, and now am going to review over the next week or two. There is no reason to suppose that I will like them any less than the books I would have gotten at the library. You have all these books right here in your own very room.” And then I read those books instead, and honestly? I bought or asked for most of those books myself. Now when I am wondering what to read, and I think longingly of library books, my TBR shelf is like a stern little taskmaster going “Oh no you don’t, missy. ![]() ![]() I’ve made the top section of my little bookshelf into a priority-reads shelf. It turns out that a TBR shelf was the best idea I ever had. ![]() ![]() ![]() I always draw a blank! But this is a really clever item that can easily be enjoyed over video chats and zoom meetings, perfect for our socially distanced world right now!Ĭoffee! It’s always a treat when we get some yummy coffee from OwlCrate. It is a really wide open game and I’ve had some fun playing it with my almost 11-year-old … although I’m absolutely rubbish at these types of games. Tes also designed this really cool Et Cetera card game to challenge you and your bookworm friends to various literary trivia. ![]() Most likely I’ll just use them as spears for large chunks of fruit or meat! It’s been a miserable few days and life just seems stuck in a rut right now, so let’s focus on some happy and jump right into all the goodies OwlCrate delivered in the April Ruthless Rivals box!įirst up is this really cool metal chopstick set designed by Tes Medovich inspired by the rival gangs in These Violent Delights … which I still need to read! Being gluten intolerant and practically allergic to all food besides rice, it might be fun to teach myself how to eat it with chopsticks. Use my discount code TALES15 to save yourself 15% off your first OwlCrate or OwlCrate Jr subscription! ![]() ![]() ![]() "A morality tale of the consequences of letting our selfish needs trap the ones we love into roles they weren't born to play. It'll be a little strange at first, but you'll get used to it, and this'll be over after while."įrom this point forward, Perfect's life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events-while the rest of his family is forced to question everything they thought they knew about gender, sexuality, unconditional love, and fulfillment. But that ain't what you was supposed to be. When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, "You was born a boy. ![]() As seen on TikTok, Daniel Black's Perfect Peace is the heartbreaking portrait of a large, rural southern family's attempt to grapple with their mother's desperate decision to make her newborn son into the daughter she will never have-"a complex, imaginative story of one unforgettable black family in mid-twentieth century Arkansas" ( Atlanta Magazine). ![]() ![]() ![]() Any resemblance to anything or anyone living (or dead) is unintentional.Ĭover Designer: The Illustrated Author For Alex About Queen Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.ĭisclaimer: The persons, places, things mentioned in this novel are figments of the author’s imagination. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to and purchase your own copy. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. ![]() This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. Any reproduction or other unauthorized use of the material or artwork herein is prohibited. This book is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. ![]() ![]() ![]() What Kendra receives from Isabel is both a gift and a burden-one that will test her convictions and her heart.Īs Hitler wages an unprecedented war against London’s civilian population, hundreds of thousands of children are evacuated to foster homes in the rural countryside. Young American scholar Kendra Van Zant, eager to pursue her vision of a perfect life, interviews Isabel McFarland just when the elderly woman is ready to give up secrets about the war that she has kept for decades.beginning with who she really is. ![]() But instead of two choices, she saw only one-because it was all she really wanted to see.Ĭurrent day, Oxford, England. She stood at a crossroads, half-aware that her choice would send her down a path from which there could be no turning back. During World War II England, two sisters are separated by the chaos of wartime. ![]() ![]() Bel Kaufman lets her characters speak for themselves through memos, letters, directives from the principal, comments by students, notes between teachers, and papers from desk drawers and wastebaskets, evoking a vivid picture of teachers fighting the good fight against all that stands in the way of good teaching. Up the Down Staircase is the funny and touching story of a committed, idealistic teacher whose clash with school bureaucracy is a timeless lesson for students, teachers, parents-anyone concerned about public education. Never before has a novel so compellingly laid bare the inner workings of a metropolitan high school. It has been translated into sixteen languages, made into a prizewinning motion picture, and staged as a play at high schools all over the United States its very title has become part of the American idiom. |a Bel Kaufman's Up the Down Staircase is one of the best-loved novels of our time. |a 1 online resource (8 audio files) : |b digital ![]() ![]() |a Ashland : |b Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 Productions, LLC, |c 2014. ![]() ![]() Williams is a consummate storyteller, and her narrative seamlessly integrates scientific facts with vivid portraits of characters as colorful as the butterflies that intrigue and inspire them. Curious, she embarked on a two-year quest to investigate not only the insects but also our fascination with all things Lepidoptera. The idea for this informative, thought-provoking account was sparked after Williams viewed thousands of astonishing butterfly specimens collected over a century and now housed at Yale University. ![]() Science journalist Wendy Williams, perhaps best known for her New York Times bestseller The Horse, turns her attention to humanity’s long-standing love of butterflies, those “flying flowers” that inhabit the natural world and have long inspired poets, artists and avid, obsessive collectors. ![]() ![]() Black London was once brimming with magic, until its people let it devour them, and it now lays barren. Red London exists in harmony with magic, and is therefore lush and prosperous. From the missions that his king and adoptive father sends him on, we learn about the different London's that exist. He is one of only two people who possesses the unique power to use blood magic and travel between worlds, called Antari. A Darker Shade of Magic introduces us to Kell, our reluctant hero. If you're not familiar with the Shades of Magic series, let me set the stage for you. I know that there's a last book with a real conclusion and I won't be fooled by your cliffhangers. Back to the topic at hand, I loved these three books to death, and I can't wait to tell you why. ![]() Why was I rooting for Daenerys again? Wait, what happened to Arya again? Who's still alive?! When a series is split in this way, I just don't feel satisfied after reading just one. ![]() That's one of the reasons why I'm starting to get really annoyed at A Song of Ice and Fire, for example. I get really emotionally invested in the books I read, and I prefer to read all of the books in a series in one go if I can, to keep those feelings fresh. I didn't start reading the series until the final book, A Conjuring of Light, came out. Schwab's epic fantasy series finally came to a conclusion and I will never be the same. ![]() |