6/29/2023 0 Comments Elizabeth strout lucy barton books![]() ![]() Oh William! circles back to Lucy and that first husband, Tom, after their children have grown and both have remarried. Strout’s story collection, Anything Is Possible(2017), shifts the focus to characters in Amgash who knew Lucy as a child. By the time the novel is over, both parents and William have disappeared from her life. Her mother visits, and tells her stories about their Amgash neighbors and friends. She misses her husband William and two young daughters. We first meet Lucy in “a very strange state-a literally feverish waiting” as she lies in a hospital bed in New York for nearly nine weeks while healing from an infection after an appendectomy. Her fifth novel, My Name Is Lucy Barton (2016), introduced Lucy, a writer from small-town Amgash, Illinois. ![]() And what a pleasure it is to reconnect.Įlizabeth Strout’s 2008 novel about a cantankerous Mainer, Olive Kittredge, won her a Pulitzer and fascinated readers, as did the follow-up, Olive, Again. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Maternal Health, War, and Religious TraditionĪuthoritative Knowledge in Pujehun District, Sierra Leoneġ7. Prenatal Care, Authoritative Knowledge, and Maternal Health in Oaxacaġ6. Robbie Davis-Floyd, Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas, is author of Birth as an American Rite of Passage. ![]() "Women come here on their own when they need to" VIABLE INDIGENOUS SYSTEMS OF AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE:ġ5. ![]() This book is certain to follow Jordan's Birth in Four Cultures as the definitive volume in a rapidly expanding field. Exciting directions for further research as well as pressing needs for policy guidance emerge from these illuminating explorations of authoritative knowledge about birth. The authors' focus on authoritative knowledge-the knowledge that counts, on the basis of which decisions are made and actions taken-highlights the vast differences between birthing systems that give authority of knowing to women and their communities and those that invest it in experts and machines.Ĭhildbirth and Authoritative Knowledge offers first-hand ethnographic research conducted by anthropologists in sixteen different societies and cultures and includes the interdisciplinary perspectives of a social psychologist, a sociologist, an epidemiologist, a staff member of the World Health Organization, and a community midwife. This benchmark collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth extends and enriches the work of Brigitte Jordan, who helped generate and define the field of the anthropology of birth. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Last of Her Name by Jessica Khoury![]() ![]() Characters’ skin tones cover all the colors of the rainbow and beyond. The writing combines canned dialogue with way too many present active participles. ![]() It’s nonstop action, but it doesn’t make much sense the emotional arcs don’t ring true, and the Anya-Pol romance feels obligatory. Anya/Stacia must solve the mystery of the Firebird, decide whose side she is on, rescue her friend Clio, and save the known world. Crystals called Prisms fuel the entire galaxy their source, the Prismata, is accessible to Leonova royalty alone through something called the Firebird. It turns out that Anya/Stacia’s royalty is encoded in her DNA. Anya/Stacia escapes Amethyne with Pol only to run afoul of a gravity witch, a young man named Riyan, who’s a tensor from the planet Diamin. ![]() When Amethyne is invaded, Stacia discovers that she is actually Anya Petrovna Leonova, youngest child of slain Emperor Pyotr, spirited away by rebels and hidden since she was a baby. ![]() Seventeen-year-old Stacia, an apprentice mechanic, lives quietly on her father’s vineyard on the purple planet of Amethyne with her best friends Pol and Clio. The sole surviving member of the galaxy’s imperial family comes out of hiding to fight for the future of the known world. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Paint by Grace Tiffany![]() ![]() ![]() He shares twins Julian and Aaron, 27, with Toukie Smith, whom he never married. He is also dad to Drena, 51, and Raphael, 46, from his first marriage to Diahnne Abbott. The birth of Gia marks De Niro's seventh child. Robert De Niro welcomes seventh child at 79, shares name and first photo De Niro shares the child with Chen, who he has been connected to since 2021, according to People and E!. ![]() King said baby De Niro was born April 6 and weighed 8 pounds and 6 ounces. Days later, the "Godfather" and "Meet the Parents" star spilled more to "CBS Mornings" host Gayle King, who showed off the first photo of the baby girl, Gia Virginia. The actor's representative Stan Rosenfield confirmed the baby's birth to USA TODAY on May 9, but did not provide any details. The duo stepped out at a party during the 76th annual Cannes Film Festival weeks after announcing the birth of their daughter, De Niro's seventh child.ĭe Niro smiled in a snapshot of the pair attending the Vanity Fair x Prada Party at Hotel Cap-Eden-Roc Saturday, with Chen clad in sunglasses and an all-black look paired with a green bag.ĭe Niro, 79, revealed he welcomed the newborn earlier this month. It's parents' night out for Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen. ![]() ![]() ![]() Probably some snot smeared around, too, let’s be real. ![]() Sound about right?“Īs I write this review I have tears drying on my face and a twisted stomach left over from crying as long as I did. Old sulky dude obsessed with a teenager and being angsty about it. “ You remind me of that guy from Twilight.“ Mike can’t help but want to shake some of that innocence out of him, knows he’s awful because all he wants to do is get Fitzgerald on a bed and make him fucking cry. I probably should’ve known better considering the two GR buddies who had both recently read it, and also rated it five stars, love the stuff that hurts. ![]() ![]() The same one I had when I decided to fit in a “novella”-ish length story for the end of my night, not wanting to pick up something full length, something I thought would be happy times, or sexy uncomplicated hockey times, and, hahahahaha. But it does set up a certain expectation. Starting with that summary : short and to the point, right? Sure, but no. “ And I’m already one day away from killing you.” And I would become one if I had to deal with you all the fucking time.” Because nothing about this book was expected. What’s this, another m/m hockey romance that gets five stars from me? Am I becoming predictable? Well, no. No one grows up dreaming of being an enforcer. Genre : LGBTQIA+ sports contemporary romance He just didn’t know it’d be a mistake that would follow him for the rest of his life. Mike knew he was making a mistake when he let the rookie climb into bed with him. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether you're discovering it for the first time or rediscovering a childhood favorite Celtic Fantasies delivers breathless fantasy and spiritual depth for young readers and adults.", 7 Historical Characters Aethelfrith the Ferocious. Fay Sampson, Runes on the Cross (Triangle, 2000). Fay Sampson, Visions and Voyages (Lion, 2007). But where will her quest lead, and what willit cost?In this second book of the Celtic Fantasies series, the white cat Pangur B n, his friend Niall, and Princess Finnglas find themselves drawn into a great adventure as they continue to struggle against dark forces.Lyrical and evocatively written, wilder and less safe than Lewis's Narnia, this beloved allegorical series is newly republished. Finnglas of the Horses Finnglas and the Stones of Choosing Shape Shifter The Serpent of Senargad The White Horse is Running. ![]() If you have spoken falsely, the thing that you choose will have the power to destroy you.Beautiful, fierce princess Finnglas hasn't given up hope of finding her beloved lost horse. "item_description" : "You may claim your heart's desire. ![]() ![]() While the stock market has tumbled and then soared since the first edition of Little Book of Common Sense was published in April 2007, Bogle’s investment principles have endured and served investors well. Bogle describes the simplest and most effective investment strategy for building wealth over the long term: buy and hold, at very low cost, a mutual fund that tracks a broad stock market Index such as the S&P 500. Bogle reveals his key to getting more out of investing: low-cost index funds. ![]() The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is the classic guide to getting smart about the market. The best-selling investing "bible" offers new information, new insights, and new perspectives ![]() ![]() ![]() Christie, Agatha (writing as Mary Westmacott): A Daughter's Daughter.Chapman, Janet: The Dangerous Protector.Chamberlain, Diane: Keeper of the Light.The Philippa Carr titles are a series of fictional journals kept by the women of one family, beginning during the English Reformation and continuing through World War II.) (Philippa Carr is a pen name of Victoria Holt. Carr, Philippa: Cornwall series (aka Daughters of England series).Campbell, Marilyn: Pretty Maids in a Row.Buck, Joan Juliet: Daughter of the Swan.Brockmann, Suzanne: Troubleshooter series (aka SEAL Team 16 series).Brockmann, Suzanne: Tall, Dark, and Dangerous series.(NOTE: This title includes characters from several of Brockmann's other books and series.) Brent, Madeleine: A Heritage of Shadows.Brackenbury, Rosalind: Seas Outside the Reef.Bodman, Karna Small: Cammy Talbot series.Barton, Beverly: Sweet Caroline's Keeper. ![]()
6/28/2023 0 Comments Am I Insane by Dan Ashwander![]() "Passport ma'am." The officer said carelessly, I reached into my pocket as my hand begins to shake and I hand it to him. I sighed realising I didn't have a choice anymore. ![]() My palms became sweaty and shaky due to my anxiousness.ĭan hand calmly grabbed my hand and before we came up to the guy, Dan whispered in my ear, "don't fuck this up." As he walked passed me. I scoffed, "great, just another thing I get to look forward too." I said sarcastically while walking in the airport away from Dan.Īfter a while of walking and finding our way around the airport the guy had asked for our passports and my heart started beating intensely. "Yeah, were married." Dan said carelessly as he showed me his 'passport.' His last name was green as well. I looked at it and realised this wasn't my real name, "Jessica green?" I questioned as I looked up at dan. "Here's your passport." Dan said as he reached into his pocket of his black jeans and handed me a passport. I looked over and saw Dan smiling as he saw a plane take off, I could tell he couldn't wait one more minute to leave. ![]() I saw pj in front of me, "uh sorry to wake you so roughly but dan demanded me too, we're at the airport." He whispered as he reached for my hands picking them up and helping me out of the van. ![]() ![]() I was asleep yet I felt myself slowly waking up as I felt someone shaking me, dreams began to mix with reality until I felt m y arm g ot slightly shaken a bit more and I opened my eyes up adjusting to waking up. ![]() |