![]() (.) This book is in danger of taking itself rather too seriously there is a lot of home-spun philosophy but only rare flashes of humour, which nevertheless are very funny. ![]() "(I)t manages to make you feel good as well as wise, without having to make too much effort.As Philip Pullman so succinctly puts it, Tove Jansson was a genius." - Ali Smith, The Guardian Her writing is all magical deception, her sentences simple and loaded the novel reads like looking through clear water and seeing, suddenly, the depth. "Jansson's brilliance is to create a narrative that seems, at least, to have no forward motion, to exist in lit moments, gleaming dark moments, like lights on a string, each chapter its own beautifully constructed, random-seeming, complete story.Der Rest ist Nüchternheit, Sturm, prekäres Gleichgewicht." - Monika Osberghaus, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung "Die Idylle ist in diesen Episoden so flüchtig wie die kurze Zeit im Frühsommer, in der das Moos blüht und die ganze Insel mit einem warmen, kaum sichtbaren Schleier überzieht.The UK (Sort Of) edition has a Foreword by Esther Freud.The US (NYRB Classics) edition has an Introduction by Kathryn Davis. ![]() General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It is the story of Angola, a former plantation-turned-maximum-security prison in Louisiana that is filled with Black men who work across the 18,000-acre land for virtually no pay. It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it. ![]() It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. This compelling #1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in America-and how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives.īeginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the listener on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks-those that are honest about the past and those that are not-that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This cover was on the one I got, whereas the one on Amazon is different, but still terrible in my opinion. A quick read that was neither awesome nor terrible.Ĭover? Terrible! But it’s not a big money thing so I can excuse it. Sometimes the sex overshadows the lifestyles, and truthfully when I pick up a book with a fetish in it its less about the sex and more about seeing different lifestyles for me. Worth the time? While this didn’t really go into sex scenes it was nice to see something less erotic and more about the lifestyle as a whole. Darla Phelps captured the immobilizing fear and doubt little girls can have-even while yearning for the attention and discipline from a caregiver. It’s the hardest thing either of them has ever had to face. And he knows everything bad girls need, super-duper hairbrush spankings when they swear or are sulky, old fashioned temperatures and hurty enemas when they pretend to be sick.īut the day comes when Meggy must leave and become Meg again, while she decides if she wants to stay with Daddy-David forever. Loving, kind, gentle, yet super strict when his bad little girl needs it. And she knows she has to meet him.ĭaddy-David is everything Meggy could have hoped for. The ad is from David, who wants to play being “Daddy” to a big “girl”. Meggy has found an ad on the Internet for a relationship that she never dreamed possible. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Look for the bestselling sequel, Tokyo Dreaming, out now. Will Izumi crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she live out her fairy tale, happily ever after? Izumi soon finds herself caught between worlds, and between versions of herself-back home, she was never "American" enough, and in Japan, she must prove she's "Japanese" enough. There are conniving cousins, a hungry press, a scowling but handsome bodyguard who just might be her soulmate, and thousands of years of tradition and customs to learn practically overnight. But being a princess isn't all ball gowns and tiaras. In a whirlwind, Izumi travels to Japan to meet the father she never knew and discover the country she always dreamed of. Which means outspoken, irreverent Izzy is literally a princess. But then Izumi discovers a clue to her previously unknown father's identity.and he's none other than the Crown Prince of Japan. Raised by a single mother, it's always been Izumi-or Izzy, because "It's easier this way"-and her mom against the world. Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in-it isn't easy being Japanese American in her small, mostly white, northern California town. Emiko Jean’s New York Times bestseller and Reese Book Club Pick Tokyo Ever After is the refreshing, spot-on (Booklist, starred review) story of an ordinary Japanese American girl who discovers that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit init isn’t. Emiko Jean's New York Times bestseller and Reese Book Club Pick Tokyo Ever After is the "refreshing, spot-on" ( Booklist, starred review) story of an ordinary Japanese American girl who discovers that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan! ![]() |