The ad is addressed to those who appreciate wisteria and sunshine and proposes to let furnished for the month of April a small mediaeval Italian castle on the shores of the Mediterranean.Īt first, with a resigned air Lottie dismisses the idea, she grudgingly tells herself that such delights exist for the privileged. While on one of her shopping trips, she spends a miserable afternoon at a women’s club, and there chances upon an advertisement in the newspapers that sets off a chain of thoughts. Mellersh is cautious with money and the daily drill of having to strictly live within their means with no room for wasteful expenditure begins to take its toll on Lottie. In their social circle, when pitted against him, Lottie pales in comparison and her careless style of dressing only adds to the general consensus that she should stay home. Her husband Mellersh is an intelligent, respectable, good-looking man, highly regarded by his senior partners, but rather something of a bully at home. We are introduced to Lottie Wilkins, who married to a city lawyer, feels bogged down and stifled by their humdrum existence in Hampstead. The Enchanted April is a delightful, charming novel centred on four women from different walks of life who decide to spend a month in summer holidaying in Italy. I read this lovely book in April because of its title, and really wanted to put up my thoughts in that month as well, but alas, it was not to be.
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The author of FlightLog has worked as a Flight Attendant and her experience really shows in the detail of this book. Her whirlwind journey takes her from innocent, insecure stewardess to mature and confident flight attendant.īook your flight now with this very enjoyable read, put your seat back in the upright position, and enjoy the ride! Like Dorothy Gale sans Toto, Sherri leaves Kansas and finds herself amidst a cast of characters as strange to her as the Scarecrow and the Munchkins were to Dorothy. Yes, the work is difficult at times and the money isn’t always good, but there are perks: free flights and an endless supply of tiny vodka bottles and salted peanuts (peanut allergies hadn’t been invented yet.) Au contraire! There are friends to be made and men to be made and the maid who made up her room in New York is so nice! That’s not to say Sherri doesn’t enjoy herself. But it’s more turbulent than this doughy-eyed 19-year-old imagined as she tries to navigate past grouchy passengers, fly-by-night relationships and the unforgiving, relentless, humiliating, monthly weigh-ins in 1978. Sherri Van Ness, an unassuming girl from Kansas is about to embark on the adventure of her life when she signs up to become a stewardess. Although readers will expect this twist (it is an abuse narrative, after all) the raw anger, fear, numbness, and hope in Machado’s writing propel the story forward.Īiding in her deft navigation of emotions, Machado experiments with style in a way that feels fresh yet grounding. Attentiveness slides into watchful jealousy and intensity becomes a life-threatening storm of emotions, insults, and reckless behavior. The unnamed girlfriend is attentive, flattering, and intense. In the beginning, Machado is giddy and smitten with a new woman. Released in November 2019, Machado’s memoir chronicles her experiences in an abusive lesbian relationship. Machado and Forché discussed creating memoirs through traumatic events-Machado through abuse, and Forché through a burgeoning war in El Salvador. The event was moderated by Daniel Pena, a faculty member at the University of Houston Downtown, as a part of the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series. In late January, Inprint Houston, a Houston-based, non-profit organization that supports writers and readers of fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, hosted a dual memoir event with Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House, and Carolyn Forché, author of What You Have Heard is True. Content note: This article includes discussions of abuse and sexual assault. Shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize, the Thwaites Wainwright Prize and the 2014 Dolman Travel Book Award Shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize, the Thwaites Wainwright Prize and the 2014 Dolman Travel Book Award This is a book about the encounter with Roman Britain- about what the idea of 'Roman Britain' has meant to those who came after Britain's 400-year stint as province of Rome - from the medieval mythographer-historian Geoffrey of Monmouth to Edward Elgar and W.H. A journey around the archeological and cultural remains of Roman Britain by the award-winning author of It's All Greek to Me. The result is an engrossing portrayal of a man with a revolutionary vision, who challenges our values and may change our world. Now, in a narrative that zips along with the speed of e-mail, Torvalds gives a history of his renegade software while candidly revealing the quirky mind of a genius. 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Linus Torvalds 8 books210 followers Linus Benedict Torvalds is a software engineer and hacker, best known for having initiated the development of the Linux kernel. Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Summary: Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary follows the life of Linus Torvalds from his birth to 2002. Many more Spotlights concerned with specific consequences and applications of general relativity can be found on the overview pages Gravitational Waves, Black Holes & Co., Cosmology and Relativity and the Quantum. Under Miscellaneous, there is a text on the relativistic Nobel prizes. The focus of the section Numerical relativity are computer simulations of complex relativistic phenomena, such as merging black holes. 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Stakes are high as Nami navigates old enemies, unexpected allies, and an ever-changing landscape filled with dangers and twists at every turn. And as she tests the limits of her own power, she must also reckon with the responsibility that entails. On the run, only steps ahead of the AI forces pursuing her, and desperate to free her friends, Nami must take the allies she can find, even if she doesn’t fully trust them. And now her family here in the afterlife are gone, captured, and Nami is utterly alone. Ten months since she was betrayed by someone she once considered a friend. It’s been 10 months since Nami narrowly escaped the Four Courts and Ophelia’s wrath. Adalyn Grace, New York Times bestselling author of All the Stars and Teeth Westworld meets Warcross in this high-stakes, dizzyingly smart sci-fi about a teen girl navigating an afterlife in which she must defeat an AI entity intent on destroying humanity, from award-winning author Akemi Dawn. Black Mirror meets Marie Lu’s Warcross in Nami’s continuing adventures as she fights to free her friends in this high-stakes sequel to The Infinity Courts by award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman. Masterful and left me on the edge of my seatabsolutely everything I could want in a sci-fi. True, the WMA land development deal could put thousands of people at risk, but Sky still wants to risk his heart. He won’t compromise his principles for anyone-even the damned lying developer lawyer he can’t help lusting after. Then, on an early morning scuba dive, Adam meets a tall, lean rebreather diver named Sky who makes him want to hug a tree.Sky Sea Mickeljohn stands for the environment, world peace, and being openly gay. As an attorney for the homophobic WMA Development, he can’t come out without risking the million-dollar paycheck waiting for him once they push their big land development deal through the city council-money that will finally allow Adam to live according to his own terms. Let us know what you think in the comments below!Īvailable for Pre-Order at | Dreamspinner Pres |Īdam James is so far in the closet he could find Narnia. In the Balls To The Wall series by Tara Lain! Refunds for orders cancelled under the provisions of the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations will be processed in accordance with your legal rights. If you are a UK/EU consumer, you have the legal right, under the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 to cancel your order within twenty eight (28) working days following your receipt of the goods or the date on which we begin provision of the services. When she meets Raoul, they discover a shared passion for the cause, for their homeland, and for each other. Sandrine, a spirited and courageous nineteen-year-old, finds herself drawn into a Resistance network in Carcassonne - codenamed 'Citadel' - a group of ordinary women who are prepared to risk everything for what is right. 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On my reread, the benefit of hindsight allowed me to witness the hidden breadcrumbs planted into the previous two books that weren’t possible on my first read. I’ve mentioned this before, there aren’t many high-fantasy series with a plotting level that reached what Weeks achieved with this series. The Broken Eye is the third-and the second largest-book in the Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks it’s quite crazy to think that this is the third book already and yet I still found myself constantly surprised by the revelations, plot twists, and developments. The Broken Eye is an installment filled with an intense focus on secrecy, revelations, politics, and world-building. |