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![]() ![]() ![]() To me, a mark of an excellent novel is that you completely forget you are reading. Adriana's childhood loyalties and her belief that God doesn't exist are called into question as her circumstances force her to rethink things she once believed were certain. Hutchison shares the exciting stories behind her book One Degree of Freedom, a riveting Young Adult Novel set in Communist Romania. Stories bring light into the darkest of circumstances as her family begins to unravel and her life strangely parallels those of her novels' heroines. Living under Communist rule, citizens of Bucharest live with the governments eyes and ears on them every moment of the day. Hutchison always knew she wanted to write historical fiction, but she put that on hold to pursue other things she loved. During a visit to her aunt's apartment, Adriana walks through a wardrobe into a hidden room filled with stacks of forbidden novels. One Degree of Freedom by Taryn Hutchinson, tells the story of Adriana Nicu, a fifteen-year-old living in the sheltered world of Bucharest, Romania, in the year of 1987. Adriana's future, which will involve becoming an engineer, is locked in against her will. Under the rule of Communist president Nicolae Ceaüescu, citizens of Bucharest live with the eyes and ears of the government ever present. ![]() Besorgungstitel Neuware - Rare Book Procurement - Fifteen-year-old Adriana Nicu lives in the sheltered world of Bucharest, Romania, in the year 1987. ![]()
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Kingsolver unsheltered6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Kingsolver established the Bellwether Prize for Fiction, the nation’s largest prize for an unpublished first novel, which since 1998 has helped to establish the careers of more than a half dozen new literary voices.” ![]() The Poisonwood Bible was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the national book award of South Africa. Critical acclaim for her books includes multiple awards from the American Booksellers Association and the American Library Association, among many others. In 2000, she received the National Humanities Medal, our country’s highest honor for service through the arts. “Barbara Kingsolver was named one the most important writers of the 20th Century by Writers Digest. If you have already pre-paid for a copy of Unsheltered, stop in to collect your book(s) and read up before the big night!! #antigonebookseventsĪ post shared by Antigone Books on at 10:53am PDTįrom Antigone Books about Barbara Kingsolver: Stop in to get your copy of the book and a ticket to the reading! See our website for more details. ![]() The book has arrived!! We are thrilled to announce the release of the highly anticipated new novel by Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered! We will be hosting this renowned author on Saturday, October 27th at 7pm at the Berger Performing Arts Center. ![]()
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Reminders of him6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s not a heartrending epistolary novel written to a lost love. For some reason, I never thought there would be an after you. An Amazon Best Book of January 2022: Every aspect of Reminders of Him feels heightened because it’s not just a romance novel and it’s not just an angst-filled forgiveness and redemption story. ![]() “There was before you and there was during you. Otherwise, they’d have called it something much better.” Colleen Hoover, Reminders of Him Whoever was the first person to say they fell in love must have already fallen out of it. You fall on the ground, you fall behind, you fall to your death. “People say you fall in love, but fall is such a sad word when you think about it. Reminders of Him Quotes by Colleen Hoover Spending so much time together, they start falling for each, till she finds out Ledger is Scotty’s bestfriend. A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from 1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover. After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. He is a local bar owner who has ties to her past and might be her key to winning custody of Diem. A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from 1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover. Scotty’s parents shut Kenna out of their lives, keeping her away from Diem. ![]() Kenna was found guilty for her boyfriend, Scotty’s death which also happens to be the father of her child.Īs she is out of prison after 5 long years, she wants to reunite with her daughter Diem. Reminders of Him follows Kenna Rowan and her journey as a single mother seeking redemption. ![]()
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Nin delta of venus6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Yes ok so there is a lot, and I mean a lot, of sex in these stories but it’s not of the ‘wham bam thank you man variety’, well actually sometimes it is but behind each act there is a story and occasionally almost a moral to the whole tale. In fact reading these now, I imagine they were quite steamy stuff in the 1940’s, it’s the beautiful prose and the underlying themes that make Nin’s collection so interesting to read. ![]() ![]() What she did want to do with the erotic tales she wrote was create more of a story and flavour of literature rather than just the mechanical act itself. Well today’s post is about the Madame of Erotica herself Anaïs Nin and author many have recommended I try and not for the reasons you might be thinking you mucky minded lot! Though this review could end up not being for the faint hearted or easily offended, you might want to avert your eyes.Īs Anaïs Nin states herself in the preface of ‘Delta of Venus’ this collection was never really intended to be published, in fact when these tales were originally written they were simply created for someone she names only as ‘The Collector’ in order to bring in the money. Isn’t it interesting the power of the words… porn and erotica. Then again some people will possibly have closed there browsers before they get further than that first line and some people will have found this blog for the first time because of it. I personally think there is a huge divide between pornography and erotica. ![]() |