![]() A heartfelt, inspiring, and relevant memoir.”įrom bestselling author Reyna Grande-whose remarkable memoir, The Distance Between Us, has become required reading in schools across the country-comes an inspiring account of one woman’s quest to find her place in America as a first-generation Latina university student and aspiring writer determined to build a new life for her family one fearless word at a time. “Candid and emotionally complex, Grande’s book celebrates one woman’s tenacity in the face of hardship and heartbreak while offering hope to other immigrants as they “fight to remain” and make their voices heard in a changing America. ![]() ![]() “This uplifting story of fortitude and resilience looks deeply into the complexities of immigration and one woman’s struggle to adapt and thrive in America. 2022 California State University Channel Islands Common ReadĢ021 One Book Project Selection–CSU Bakersfield/ Kern County, CAĢ021-2022 San Juan College One Book/One Community Selection, NMĢ021 One Campus/One Book Club, Palo Verde College, CAĢ021 Entering Student Experience, University of Texas, El PasoĢ020-2021 Common Reading Selection Florida International UniversityĢ020-2021 Common Reading Selection Concordia University, TXĢ020 Las Positas College Campus Wide Read Selection, CA ![]()
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![]() It was written in the 1950s and submitted for possible publication to Znamya magazine around October 1960. ![]() History of the manuscript īegun by Grossman while Stalin was still alive, Life and Fate was his sequel to For a Just Cause. Life and Fate was his defining achievement, its writing in part motivated by guilt over the death of his mother in the Berdychiv massacre at Berdychiv ( UkSSR) in September 1941. ![]() He was one of the first journalists to write about the genocide of people in Eastern Europe and was present at many famous battles. He also wrote the novel The People Immortal. He spent approximately 1,000 days on the front lines, roughly three of the four years of the conflict between the Germans and Soviets. Vasily Grossman, a Ukrainian Jew, became a correspondent for the Soviet military paper Krasnaya Zvezda, having volunteered and been rejected for military service in 1941. In 2021, the critic and editor Robert Gottlieb, writing in The New York Times, referred to Life and Fate as "the most impressive novel written since World War II." Although the first half, the novel Stalingrad, written during the rule of Joseph Stalin and first published in 1952, expresses loyalty to the regime, Life and Fate sharply criticises Stalinism. Technically, it is the second half of the author's conceived two-part book under the same title. Life and Fate ( Russian: Жизнь и судьба) is a novel by Vasily Grossman, written in the Soviet Union in 1959 and published in 1980. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Miss Daventry! What an unexpected pleasure!” I paused under the branches and tried to remember the last time I had felt the least need to twirl.Īnd that was when Mr. The wind was tossing its leaves so that they twirled upon their stems, and at the sight I was struck by the realization that it had been much too long since I had twirled. ![]() I happened to glance up as I walked beneath its full, green canopy. Summary: When Marianne receives an invitation to spend the summer with her twin sister in Edenbrooke, she has no idea of the romance and adventure that await her once she meets the dashing Sir Philip. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Characters and events in this book are products of the author’s imagination or are represented fictitiously. The views expressed herein are the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the position of Shadow Mountain.Īll characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher, Shadow Mountain®. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Vanessa’s work has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, the Huffington Post and Glamour magazine, among others. Vanessa Loder is an inspirational keynote speaker and sought-after expert on women’s leadership, mindfulness, stress management and sustainable success. Despite its author’s recent controversies, The Beauty Myth remains an important, thoughtful work of feminist theory. Since 2014, Wolf has championed many controversial political and scientific theories. After Wolf published The Beauty Myth, she had a career in politics, brainstorming ways to reach female voters for presidential candidates Bill Clinton and later, Al Gore, and later, Wolf returned to Oxford to finish her PhD in English literature in 2015. I wanted to write feminist theory, and I kept being told by the dons there was no such thing.” The project she was working on formed the basis of the book, The Beauty Myth. Wolf later talked about that by saying: “My subject didn’t exist. Apparently a professor at Oxford assessed her writing as personal and subjective, and advised her against submitting her doctoral thesis. Her initial period at Oxford University was difficult for her as she experienced what she called “raw sexism, overt snobbery and casual antisemitism”. From 1985 to 1987, she was a Rhodes Scholar at New College, Oxford. She attended Yale University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in English literature in 1984. Naomi Wolf was born in 1962 in San Francisco, California, to a Jewish family. ![]() ![]() Nora Seed is bummed.She’s 35 and bored and full of regret. THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, like many of my book selections, focus on mental health: depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation. Also, you’ve likely heard how a person can live multiple lives if s/he reads? Yep, that too. You know how certain books call out to you at ‘just the right time?’ This was one of those. I quickly fell into the rhythm of Matt Haig’s lovely and delightful THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY (Viking, September 2020) and I’m so glad I did. ![]() What’s not to love about a book that takes place in a library? At midnight? Okay, maybe the ‘midnight’ part, because, let’s face it, you can’t start a book at midnight like you can’t go to the 9pm movie. ![]() ~ WRITERS INTERVIEWING WRITERS| ALWAYS WITH A BOOK~ An instant New York Times bestseller ![]() A sublime, dazzling novel of what it means to make choices–and how non-choices are a choice, and then living a life well-lived. ![]() ![]() Then one day, Bird receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, and soon he is pulled into a quest to find her. He doesn't know what happened to her-only that her books have been banned-and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. I was so invested in the future of this mother and son, and I can't wait to hear what you think of this deeply suspenseful story!" -Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club Pick) "Riveting, tender, and timely." - People, Book of the Week ![]() ![]() "It's impossible not to be moved." -Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review ![]() Description An instant New York Times bestseller - A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 - Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more - A Reese's Book Club Pickįrom the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the inspiring new novel about a mother's unbreakable love. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this issue, Moore uses the downtime in the story-arc to develop Swamp Thing’s rich history, pulling the curtain back on the powerful folklore behind the character. Not only is it an homage to Wrightson’s House of Secrets 92 cover, it further illustrates the concepts Moore unveils in this issue Swamp Thing and Abby are involved in a greater purpose throughout time. With Bissette and Totleben taking a breather since the Annual 2, Ron Randall takes over the reigns in the visuals department for this issue. He cracks open the Swamp Thing folklore/lineage. Although a great deal of the book is a flashback-reprinting Wrightson and Wein’s classic 8-page story from HOS 92-, Alan Moore does something really special. It’s not quite fitting to call this Sophisticated Suspense of an issue, filler. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a gateway series to a wider love of all romance, as I can attest. This isn’t the classical period romance with swooning women and handsome dukes-although there is nothing wrong with those stories. Her leads are Black women and the stories are contemporary. What is the Guillory-verse?Ī reinvention of the romance genre, Guillory’s books each tell the story of an unexpected couple. ![]() If you’re looking for something delightful and charming to dig your teeth into, Jasmine Guillory’s books are it. There’s something for every kind of reader here from cynic to dreamer, city meet cute to British Christmas romance. As we head towards the chilly days that are perfect for curling up with a good book, this is your guide to the magical Guillory-verse and each of the awesome standalone (sort of) novels that connect it. And there is one woman who made me a hardcore fan of the fantastical genre: Jasmine Guillory. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, the Lord of Misrule was a theatrical custom created by the old salts in bygone days, on crossing the Equator…. ![]() and ends in appropriate tragedy.įor a nautical Daemon is also a Lord of Misrule. Neither man is the picture of a stalwart seaman - they are both Odd Men Out.įor just so the clash of Good and Evil Daemons within us evokes a veritable supernatural storm of Misrule. On one side, the dumbstruck adherence to painful honesty and virtue in young Billy, whom the captain of this 18th century Royal Navy Man ‘o War calls “the Angel of God,” and on the other, the slimy and envious maleficence of Master of Arms Claggart. Such is the title of a book on the enormous influence of an ancient Gnostic tenet on American writing of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by our preeminent critic, Harold Bloom.Īnd two faces of the Daemon rule this short but unfinished masterpiece by Melville. And, with Edgar Allan Poe, to Descend into the Maelstrom. To read Melville, as the Buddha once said, is to finally Join the Stream. ![]() ![]() ![]() Molly is aware that others tend to make assumptions about her based on her demeanor and her position as a maid. I picture offensive people or recall uncomfortable moments, and I wipe them away.” What did you make of some of the moments when Molly’s memories came creeping back in? Did some of her darker memories, when she finally revealed them, surprise you? Did you understand why she’d want to “wipe them away”?ĥ. ![]() ![]() Molly says she is “blessed with this ability - to clean my mind as I would a room. Is there a moment in the novel where Molly’s application of these three values stood out to you? If you had to pick just one of these, which would you say is the most important?Ĥ. Gran and Molly believe in the three E’s - Etiquette, Elocution and Erudition. Gran has a number of iconic sayings that Molly relies on to get her through both very happy and very difficult situations. What did you think of Molly as a character? What made her believable to you? What were your feelings about the revelations in the epilogue about Molly’s involvement in the case?Ģ. ![]() |