![]() ![]() Just when it feels so old, someone will tell you they just watched the film last week. To this day, people are still obsessed with this story and have testimonies on how it helped them shape their lives and played a role in their healing. There is just something about The Color Purple that makes it timeless, special, and unique. For me, I was introduced to the book at such a pivotal age, along with Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, but I couldn't have revisited those two books with the same consistency or traced who I am as a Black woman now to those other texts. I think it's also the book that haunted her the most. That and The Color Purple has had so many lives beyond what Alice believed it could have. ![]() First, this book is the one that she is clearly the most famous for. ![]()
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![]() ![]() 'A gripping story that cuts to the heart of friendship and first love' The Scotsman ![]() ![]() In his long-awaited return John Green, the acclaimed author of the Fault in Our Stars, shares Aza's story with shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel about mental health, love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. 'John Green writes from the heart'- The Times To find Russell Pickett, Aza must enter the world of his geeky, but maybe kind-of-cute son, Davis.īut the chances of a first kiss, and maybe even a first love, could send Aza into a spiral of anxiety.Ī perfect coming-of-age novel filled with love, mystery and Star Wars fan-fiction. Living with anxiety and OCD is enough but when Daisy, her Best and Most Fearless Friend, brings her on a mission to find a fugitive billionaire things are about to get even more complicated. 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Free love, common-law and transient marriages, serial partners, cohabitation outside of wedlock, queer relations, and single motherhood were among the sweeping changes that altered the character of everyday life and challenged traditional Victorian beliefs about courtship, love, and marriage. ![]() In Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. "A breathtaking exploration of the lives of young black women in the early twentieth century. ![]() Rafa french open7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Nadal, though he won the Australian Open in January in Djokovic’s absence, came into this tournament as an underdog behind Djokovic and Alcaraz.Ī foot injury that first bothered him in 2005 - when he won his first French Open title at age 19 - has become an increasing problem and impacted his lead-up to Roland Garros. Nadal narrowed the margin in their rivalry - the most prolific in men’s tennis in the Open Era - to 30-29 in favor of Djokovic. ![]() Unexpected level.”įRENCH OPEN DRAWS: Men | Women | TV ScheduleĪfter Alcaraz was eliminated, it became clear that the Nadal-Djokovic winner would become the title favorite. ![]() “It’s to play at your best since the first point ’til the last, no? Tonight has been one of these magic nights for me. “To win against Novak, there is only one way,” said Nadal, who lost to Djokovic in the 2021 French Open semifinals. The Nadal-Zverev winner will likely be the favorite in Sunday’s final given the top two seeds in the other half of the draw lost in the round of 16. 3 seed Alexander Zverev, who upset Nadal’s 19-year-old countryman Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7) earlier Tuesday. On his 36th birthday on Friday, he gets No. Nadal ousted the top-ranked Serb 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in a night match that ended after 1 a.m. In a match that Rafael Nadal had warned might be his last at the French Open, he dispatched longtime rival Novak Djokovic to reach the semifinals, two match wins from a record-extending 14th Roland Garros title. ![]() Thirst No. 2 by Christopher Pike7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Will appeal to: Those looking for a fresh approach to vampires, in what was probably the very first YA/NA series about them. WARNING! Abundance of blood, gore and violence. Multi-talented heroine who may annoy some readers. Insta-friendship too (though with a lovely, nerdy character). Blends urban fantasy with thriller, history, and more than anything, Eastern spirituality.Ĭons: Sort-of instalove (though redeemed by its peculiar premise). Plenty of kickass action and entertaining (if often bloody) moments. Series: Thirst (previously: The Last Vampire) (1st of ? books | omnibus, reissued 2009 | contains the original TLV short novels: The Last Vampire, Black Blood, Red Dice)Īuthor: Christopher Pike Īge: 14+ (please note: for years it's been considered YA lit, but the human age of the protagonist would place it in the NA category nowadays, and the series gets more mature - and darker - by the book) ![]() Black cake charmaine7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() All rights reserved.īyron hears the elevator doors peel open. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch.īlack Cake By Charmaine Wilkerson Introduction Excerpt. The heartbreaking tale Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their lineage and themselves.Ĭan Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor’s true history, and fulfill her final request to “share the black cake when the time is right”? Will their mother’s revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever?Ĭharmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names can shape relationships and history. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. ![]() ![]() Black Cake By Charmaine Wilkerson Summary ![]() Book the cherry orchard7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() I couldn’t see out of the train window, I was crying the whole time. ( She covers her face with her hands.) This can’t be real! God knows, I love my country, I love it tenderly. I’ll check to see whether they’ve brought all of the luggage… ( She exits.)Īm I really sitting here? ( She laughs.) I want to jump up and swing my arms around. ( Draws her close and kisses her.) I will finish my coffee, then we will all go to bed. ( Laughing.) You are just the same, Varya. Well then, gentlemen, it is three o’clock in the morning, time to go. ![]() I imagine the journey must have been long. ![]() You look just like your mother! ( To his sister.) Lyuba, you looked the same at her age.ĪNYA offers her hand to LOPAKHIN and PISCHIK, exits and closes her door. ( Kisses her face, hands.) God be with you. ( She kisses her hands.) Are you glad to be home? I just can’t believe it. I cut to the corner! At one time, sweet sister, we slept in this very room, and now I am fifty one years old. ![]() Matilda's Freedom by Tea Cooper7/4/2023 ![]() This romantic mystery from award-winning Australian novelist Tea Cooper will keep readers guessing until the astonishing conclusion. a story that, nevertheless, offers hope and healing for the future. What she finds is a shocking story surrounding an opal and a woman in a green dress. ![]() With the help of Kip, a repatriated soldier dealing with the sobering aftereffects of war, Fleur finds herself unable to resist pulling on the threads of the past. ![]() In spite of her reluctance, she soon finds herself the sole owner of a remote farm and a dilapidated curio shop full of long-forgotten artifacts, remarkable preserved creatures, and a mystery that began more than sixty-five years ago. Refusing to accept the inheritance, she heads to his beloved home country of Australia in search of the relatives who deserve it more. But when word of his death arrives on Armistice Day, Fleur learns he has left her a sizable family fortune. ![]() A cursed opal, a gnarled family tree, and a sinister woman in a green dress emerge in the aftermath of World War I.Īfter a whirlwind romance, London teashop waitress Fleur Richards can’t wait for her new husband, Hugh, to return from the Great War. ![]() The Evil Hours by David J. Morris7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() Morris is also the author of Storm on the Horizon: Khafji – the Battle That Changed the Course of the Gulf War, published in 2004. In normal time, you move from one moment to the next, sunrise to sunset, birth to death. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Slate, The Daily Beast, the Los Angeles Times and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Morris, The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 2 likes Like Later, I interviewed a prominent psychoanalyst, who told me that trauma destroys the fabric of time. Programs in Writing, he served in Iraq from 2004 to 2007 as a reporter for Salon and the Virginia Quarterly Review. MORRIS is a former Marine infantry officer and war correspondent. “The story of the war belongs to the entire country, not just veterans,” Morris says.Ī 2009 graduate of UCI’s acclaimed M.F.A. In fact, an estimated 30 percent of veterans from the U.S.’s global war on terror struggle with it.īut PTSD’s reach extends beyond soldiers: The disorder also affects their families, friends and co-workers. In his 2015 book, The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Morris shares accounts of people living with PTSD, including himself. The event is part of the School of Humanities’ “Documenting War” series. 30, to discuss “ What We Talk About When We Are Talking About PTSD” at 4 p.m. ![]() Morris, University of California, Irvine alumnus, former Marine infantry officer, war correspondent and critically acclaimed author, returns to campus Wednesday, Nov. ![]() Sylvain neuvel themis files7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Families are torn apart, friends become bitter enemies, and countries collapse in the wake of the battling superpowers. America and Russia are locked in combat, fighting to fill the power vacuum left behind after the invasion. Now, after nearly ten years on another world, Rose returns to find a devastating new war-this time between humans. but they took the scientist and her crew with them. The mysterious invaders retreated, disappearing from the shattered planet. Though Rose and her team were able to fend off the attack, their victory was short-lived. Rose and the Earth Defense Corps raced to master the enigmatic technology, as giant robots suddenly descended on Earth’s most populous cities, killing one hundred million people in the process. The discovery set in motion a cataclysmic chain of events with geopolitical ramifications. Brilliant scientist Rose Franklin has devoted her adult life to solving the mystery she accidentally stumbled upon as a child: a huge metal hand buried beneath the ground outside Deadwood, South Dakota. Summary: Pacific Rim meets The Martian in the explosive follow-up to Sleeping Giants (“One of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory.”-NPR) and Waking Gods (“Pure, unadulterated literary escapism.”- Kirkus Reviews ). ![]() |