The subplot concerning Matteo’s work – what his job is, who he works with and who he reports to – created an intriguing world. While they were opposites, they complimented each other became each other’s refuge in a very dark moment in their lives. I also thought the setup between the two main characters, Evie and Matteo, was well done. The opening chapter was compelling and immediately drew me into the story. I really enjoyed the darker romantic suspense plot of The Boss. Considering how much I enjoy Melanie’s sweet romances, I couldn’t wait to experience how such a romance fits within a much darker world. The Boss is a new genre for Melanie, with a darker plot, tackling the insidious criminal underbelly of human trafficking. To ensure Evie can’t be a witness against him, he marries her (also because insta-lust/love, you now). It follows Evie and Matteo after they have an unfortunate run-in Evie is hiding from a stalker, abusive ex-boyfriend and Matteo just so happen to be exacting permanent justice on some corrupt members in his organization. The Boss is the first in the new Men of Hidden Justice series by Melanie Moreland. *Each book in the series is Standalone Note: I received The Boss from Melanie Moreland’s team in exchange for an honest review.
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Her childhood was marked by time spent in seven different denominations – a range of experience that left her with the conviction that knowing the Word was the only sure means of discerning truth from error. Jen grew up in Texas and came to saving faith in elementary school. Jen wrote Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds and has a 9-week DVD Bible study on The Sermon on the Mount. in English and a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M. What is known is that she got saved In elementary school and that she earned a B.A. There is no confirmed information about where she attended School. We will update this section once this information is available. It is also not known if she has any siblings. Thus, the identity of Jen’s parents is still unclear. Our efforts to find out more about her family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available. Wilkin was born and raised by her parents in Dallas, Texas. She developed her sense of self with one foot testing the comparatively laid-back standards of Australian society and the other planted in the tradition-bound soil of her family’s ethnic Chinese roots. Pung is fascinated by the immigrant realities of adaptation and assimilation, processes she lived through painfully but often triumphantly as a young girl. “I was manufactured in Thailand but assembled in Australia,” she writes, and the crux of her story centers on the challenges she faced as a girl growing up in a culture completely foreign to her parents and elders yet native to her. An Australian writer grapples with her Asian heritage.įirst published in Australia in 2006, Pung’s wry debut memoir depicts the struggles and successes multiple generations of her family experienced in their migration-much of it on foot-from Cambodia’s killing fields through Vietnam and a refugee camp in Thailand to a suburb of Melbourne, where the author was born soon after their arrival in 1981. But is the internet the people? Or is it everything the people see and hear and know and make up, without the people? When I say the new situation feels aggressive, I am anthropomorphizing the internet, but in theory the internet is a web of anthros, so that statement might be nonsensical. But it feels aggressive to me, in the way it would feel aggressive if suddenly every kind of advertisement everywhere you went in the world was designed only for you. At all times, I understand that the internet is using data I somehow gave it, and that those processes and technologies are now too complex for me to track. Unfortunately, this makes Elaine even more sex-crazed and maniacal with love. Now, faced with mounting pressure from her drug dealer to access some cash, Frances comes up with a terrible idea - she asks Elaine to move in with her. 9780349727271 Sedating Elaine 30.9000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/contemporary Longlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize Frances fears she may never escape the relationship, so, given no choice, she makes the obvious decision: she will sedate Elaine. But somehow, Elaine ended up in Frances's bed and never left. She was, in fact, looking to drown her sorrows and nurse a broken heart. Longlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prizeįrances was not looking for a relationship when she met Elaine in a bar. 'a riotous rollercoaster of hilarity, tenderness and beautiful craziness that kept me hooked from the start'įrances was not looking for a relationship when she met Elaine in a bar. 'tender, vicious, hilarious, exhilarating, devastating and HOPEFUL' Longlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize (Winter writes in the Author's Note that he grew up in the South and that's why he chose to use some Southern dialect. So why is it included? Because it's part of the Elvis myth, and there's more to come. So, how did he come there to have this "moment?" And WHY are there wings on the church? WHY is it floating away? Because it's magically spiritual? Nothing about this page seems real to me. It is undeniable that Elvis owed much of his success to the essential fact that he was white during an era of massive discrimination against African Americans, an era when the music world was blatantly segregated.Įlvis' parents who I imagine were hugely racist are not featured in this image. In the Author's Note, Winter writes honestly: This page features a plaque that marks the site of the White Pentecostal church that "Elvis and his family attended" and where Reverend Frank Smith "helped young Elvis develop his guitar skills." But where are the local Black churches from the era? Is this what they looked like? Do any survive? What are kids going to think when they see this page? This page on tripadvisor claims "the young Elvis Presley worshiped" at this church." Elvis fans visit the place and leave reviews. What churches were in the area? Doing some searches online, I see that Elvis is connected with the First Assembly of God Church in Tupelo. My first question is, did this "moment" actually happen in Elvis' life? He peeked in the window of a Black church. Remember this is a biography not a fiction book. He ain't never heard nothin' that sweet before. Garnish the cake pan with ⅓ of the almond-rose batte r and smooth out. Don’t overfold! It is better to underfold than overfold.īutter a nonstick loaf pan and dust with flour. Mix with a starting from the center, from bottom to top. Delicately add egg whites to the cake batter, incorporating flour at the same time. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites (not too firm), gradually adding granulated sugar. Then add milk mixed with rosewater and beat 1 minute again. To make the cake batter, beat softened butter and almond flour/sugar mixture 3 minutes, using an electric mixer Add a whole egg with egg yolks and whisk 2 minutes. Sift all-purpose flour into another bowl and put aside as well. Sift almond flour and powdered sugar into a medium bowl and set aside. Apparently, Herme became obsessed with it, creating a recipe book full of ispahan delectables.įor the white chocolate and dried raspberry glaze The word “ispahan” comes from a variety Damask rose, Rosa ‘Ispahan’, a type of garden rose introduced from the Middle East to Europe during the crusading 13th century. “Is it…?” queried Reine-Marie, and indeed it was! An Ispahan confection from Patisserie Pierre Herme. THE FOOD: The hostess gift from Madame Dussault, the wife of Armand’s good friend, Claude, who happened to be the Prefect of Police, was a box bearing the logo of Patiserrie Pierre Herme. But don't expect to be entertained because it's just not entertaining. Again, this is an important work for historical reasons, and if that's enough for you, by all means listen to it. Oedipus Rex, (Latin: Oedipus the King) Greek Oidipous Tyrannos, play by Sophocles, performed sometime between 430 and 426 bce, that marks the summit of classical Greek drama’s formal achievement, known for its tight construction, mounting tension, and perfect use of the dramatic devices of recognition and discovery. I'm a huge fan of live theater and strongly recommend most of the LA Theatreworks productions. Look, call me a Philistine if you'd like, I have nothing to prove to you. Again, the actors do a great job, but it's still really boring. The drama comes from Oedipus telling us over and over just how much he's suffering, moaning pitifully (though the modern take would be more ick than woe is me). This story is told through the framing device of Oedipus, several years later, having all this explained to him and then refusing to believe it, insisting on having various people brought to him to confirm that what we all know is true is true. You already know the Oedipus story: he kills his father and marries his mother. We expect things like character development and suspense. Drama has evolved somewhat over the last 2500 years. There are plenty of good reasons to want to listen to this play which, like all the LA Theatreworks pieces, is extremely well produced but one of them is not that it's actually an enjoyable listen. OK, it's old, I get that, and it had a lot of influence on later drama. Of the book, they said: "These characters, they go through things that are so heartbreaking and so cruel yet they still insist on loving as much as they possibly can, even when they are mean to each other. In October, they told NPR's Scott Simon that being on the margins of society and vulnerable from such a young age was a window into "a certain kind of cruelty that I think most people don't have a reference point for."Īshgar said that the stories they read about orphans while growing up never really rang true - that they'd always think "this doesn't feel accurate." When We Were Sisters reflects some of Ashgar's own experiences both as a queer South Asian Muslim and a person whose parents died when they were young. The prize jury wrote that Asghar "weaves narrative threads as exacting and spare as luminous poems," and their novel is "head-turning in its experimentations." They will receive $150,000 as well as a writing residency at Fogo Island Inn in Newfoundland and Labrador.Īsghar's When We Were Sisters is a coming-of-age novel that follows three orphaned Muslim-American siblings left to raise one another in the aftermath of their parents' death. The award was announced Thursday evening at Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tenn. Fatimah Asghar is the first recipient of the Carol Shields prize for fiction for their debut novel When We Were Sisters. And mysteries abound: where is the Baron? What happened to Lucy’s predecessor? The characters Lucy meets during his journey run the gamut from thieves to a voiceless parrot. There’s whimsy here, exquisitely crafted dialogue, and familiar themes of class conflict, love, and betrayal. Lucy’s story reads like a dark fairy tale for adults. By the end of the book he is able to rescue himself from great peril and energetically pursue true love. Beginning as an aimless compulsive liar and perpetual victim, Lucy learns through a variety of ambiguous adventures to successfully navigate his world. We first meet Lucy, as he’s known, when he leaves home. If that evokes dark forests, snowy peaks and curious escapades, you’re right on target. It’s a deceptively sly and witty book, beginning with the title itself: our protagonist, young Lucien Minor, comes of age through working as an assistant to the Majordomo at the distant Castle Von Aux. I’m Connie Bennett, Director of Eugene Public Library, with a book review of "Undermajordomo Minor” by Portland writer, Patrick DeWitt. |