![]() Sleuthing is easier said than done while dodging questions from both her new love interest and her discerning police detective ex. Was Jane a killer? Hoping to put her fears to rest, Roe hides the skull and secretly begins investigating the most likely suspects, her new neighbors. Her new home comes with a surprise: a human skull concealed inside a window seat. Then Jane Engle, an elderly member of the recently disbanded Real Murders club, dies and unexpectedly leaves her house and considerable estate to Roe But Roe soon realizes that her inheritance includes a tangled mystery in need of unravelling. ![]() Author of the books that inspired True Blood on HBO and Midnight, Texas on NBCĪfter attending three weddings in less than a year, including her ex-boyfriend's, Aurora Teagarden feels stuck in a rut. ![]()
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![]() Safe houses shelter inter caste and inter faith couples who are in danger of being attacked by their families. ![]() A young married couple at a government safe house in Rohtak, Haryana in July 2015. As she grows from an unwilling bystander reluctant to cover a story to a deeply involved champion of Meena’s rights, Smita goes through an emotional journey that brings her face-to-face with judicial, social and individual failures. As she follows the case of Meena, a Hindu woman attacked and ostracized by her own family and village for marrying a Muslim man, Abdul, Smita comes face to face with complex social norms and, in the process, pieces together a story that threatens to unearth the painful secrets of her own past. ![]() ![]() Smita, an Indian-American journalist, whose family had moved from Mumbai with no intention of ever returning, reluctantly goes back to India to cover a story. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He slowly makes his way back to his apartment in Lower Manhattan, where he catches the scent of freshly baking bread-a smell that reminds him of a happy time during his marriage with his estranged wife, Amanda White. At dawn, the narrator leaves the nightclub and takes a lonely walk toward the Hudson River. His friend, Tad Allagash, led him here and then disappeared. The unnamed narrator of the novel finds himself at yet another night club on yet another late night, talking to yet another young woman whom he doesn’t want to talk to. ![]() In 2006, Time magazine cited Bright Lights, Big City as one of nine generation-defining novels published in the 20th century. McInerney went on to write nearly a dozen additional works, including two books on wine-none, however, matched the success of his debut novel. It was published in the journal’s Winter 1982 issue. Do You Know Where You Are?” to The Paris Review. Before publishing his bestselling novel, McInerney sold its first chapter, “It’s Six A.M. Bright Lights, Big City was adapted into a film starring 1980s television star Michael J. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the lives and deaths they experience are quite dramatic, and I found myself physically tensing up, heart-pounding as I neared the end of their chapters. Now this is very much a literary novel, it’s certainly not a suspense or thriller, we are living primarily in the characters’ minds. Through these accounts we learn whether or not the predictions come true, and how the child (and eventual adult) decide to work towards or against that specific date. Following that momentous occasion, the book splits off into four different sections and we inhabit the mind of each person individually as they tell their story. Each kid speaks with her individually to learn their fate, and they don’t share their ‘dates’ with each other after they leave. Four siblings visit a psychic who is rumored to have the ability to predict the date of one’s death. ![]() ![]() I whistled the loudest, he boasted to Associated Press reporters after they married. One of them was an American lieutenant she had met while she was dancing at the Cairo Officers’ Club during the Second World War. She had indeed married more than a dozen times: I found the names of fourteen of her husbands. ![]() I was conceived in Egypt almost sixty years later, and here I was, an American woman who had never crossed her own country by car.īut the deeper I dug into Tahia Carioca’s trip, the less I found about it. ![]() When he asked her what she thought of America she had said, Liked the people, hate their government’s policies. I had read about the Egyptian dancer and actress Tahia Carioca doing a cross-country American trip once in Edward Said’s Reflections on Exile he interviewed Carioca and she told him she’d been married at least a dozen times. In the summer of 2016, my son now an adult and a sabbatical ahead of me, I decided to drive across the country alone. ![]() ![]() Lovingly adapted by Kallie George with beautiful nostalgic illustrations by Abigail Halpin, this series is perfect for fans of Anne, new and old. Can Anne be forgiven? Will she ever be allowed to play with Diana again? But when she makes Diana sick by accidentally giving her the wrong drink, Diana's mother is furious. One day, Marilla comes up with a plan to keep Anne out of mischief - Anne can host her very own tea party and invite her kindred spirit, Diana Barry! Anne is thrilled, and sets out to host the most lovely and grown-uppish tea party she can muster. ![]() Marilla Cuthbert, who adopted Anne in the last year, wishes Anne would act a little more sensibly. ![]() She even decorates her room with branches and colorful leaves for the occasion. The fourth book in an early chapter book series inspired by Anne of Green Gables, starring the spirited Anne Shirley as she hosts her very first tea party with her kindred spirit, Diana, to disastrous results.Īnne loves having pretend tea parties by herself. ![]() ![]() ![]() She is the author of the bestselling Kauffman Amish Bakery series and Hearts of the Lancaster Grand Hotel series with HarperCollins Christian Publishing. ![]() She has a degree in communications from Virginia Wesleyan College and is a member of the Authors Guild, American Christian Fiction Writers, and Romance Writers of America. Her fiction writing "career" began in elementary school when she and a close friend wrote and shared silly stories. There is a secret to getting published, but I do Read More.Īmy Clipston has been writing for as long as she can remember. People often ask me what the secret is to getting published. "Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors as Read More. Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It runs with the concept that every god, myth, and legend is real, and that they belong to an immortal species known as the Firstborn. It takes everything that was already there, and dials it up to eleven.įor those of you who aren’t familiar with Paternus, it’s what I’d describe as an Epic Urban Fantasy series. If the first was a little nervous in places, the sequel exudes confidence. Rise of Gods was already good, but Wrath of Gods just feels so much more polished. One of the most rewarding things about following an author from their debut novel is that you get to see them grow as they write more books. Bringing every mythological figure to life, combining similar legends from different regions and religions, and wrapping this all up in some awesome original lore… The first Paternus book was pretty damn cool. When I read Paternus: Rise of Gods last year, I found it to be an enjoyable urban fantasy story with a really interesting premise. Paternus: Wrath of Gods will be released on July 10th. We received ARCs from the author in exchange for honest reviews. ![]() Along the way, Fi and Zeke discover that they, too, have strengths of their own-though they come at a cost neither may wish to bear. On the run from an ancient evil and his army of terrors straight out of myths from around the world, Fi and Zeke aid Peter in his globe-trotting quest to seek out the remaining Firstborn, uncover the enemy’s plans, and gather the Warriors of Old for what may become the final battle in the world’s oldest war. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mead stated that the Arapesh people, also in the Sepik, were pacifists, although she noted that they do on occasion engage in warfare. They were closer to those described by Mead. ![]() Cultural patterns there were different from, say, Mt. The formal male-dominated institutions typical of some areas of high population density were not, for example, present in the same way in Oksapmin, West Sepik Province, a more sparsely populated area. Moreover, anthropologists often overlook the significance of networks of political influence among females. Others have argued that there is still much cultural variation throughout Melanesia, and especially in the large island of New Guinea. According to contemporary research, males are dominant throughout Melanesia (although some believe that female witches have special powers). The lack of male dominance may have been the result of the Australian administration’s outlawing of warfare. This became a major cornerstone of the feminist movement, since it claimed that females are dominant in the Tchambuli (now spelled Chambri) Lake region of the Sepik basin of Papua New Guinea (in the western Pacific) without causing any special problems. Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (1935)Īnother influential book by Mead was Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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