![]() ![]() ![]() The other, his burning of Atlanta scene, is how the citizens of Boston react to the police strike. One was the collapse of a vast molasses container that resulted in a flood of the stuff with waves 15 feet high. Lehane has done his homework and offers considerable information about the time. This is a sweeping effort, as Lehane projects himself through a Dickensian lens, covering geography from Boston to Ohio to Tulsa, from Babe Ruth to the governor of Massachusetts to the lowliest criminal element. ![]() Things were much worse than I’d imagined. There is much in here about the condition of the working man, and it is startling, even to someone who has read quite a bit about the struggle of labor for decent treatment. The two primary characters are Danny Coughlin, a Boston cop in a long tradition, and Luther Laurence, a poor black. Set in the period around World War I, Lehane offers us a sense of the times, and they are not pretty. This novel is his attempt to break out into a larger literary world. Mystic River was his opus magnus, and his Boston hard-boileds are quite good. ![]()
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![]() Anna had just informed Cyn that she was driving to a pregraduation party aboard her friend Samantha Sharpe's yacht. Her pearl-gray Lexus powered down Wilshire Boulevard the Santa Monica mountains stood sentry to the north. "Jealousy is oozing through my phone, Cyn," Anna teased, wriggling the discreet earpiece from her Motorola E815's headset to a more comfortable position. Cyn was still her best friend-one who could let fly with a friendly insult the way other uptown girls tossed off skimpy two-ply cashmere. But whether there were three thousand miles or three blocks between them, it didn't matter. Cynthia Baltres might be living in the intellectual mecca known as New York City, and Anna might now be living in the anti-intellectual sun-dappled overindulgent splendor of Beverly Hills. "Anna Percy, you are a traitor to all that is good and holy. The unknown was always so attractive to me … and still is.īlack Sweatshirt with a Bad Chanel Knock-off Scarf Hope and curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. ![]() ![]() To Lynn Weingarten and Cindy Eagan, without whom I'd have much less time to shop. ![]() Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.īe sure to read all the novels in the New York Times bestsellingĪnd keep your eye out for the eighth novel, coming July 2007.īe sure to read all the novels in the #1 New York Times bestselling GOSSIP GIRL seriesĪnd keep you eye out for the eleventh novel, coming May 2007. ![]() The characters and events in this book are fictitious. ![]() ![]() Produced by the Grand Theatre, National Arts Centre English Theatre, Vita Brevis Arts, Canadian Stage, and Neptune Theatre, the world premiere of the stage adaptation of Fall On Your Knees is the result of a historic partnership among the five companies – with the show premiering in Toronto, ON, before travelling to Halifax, NS, Ottawa, ON, and finishing in London, ON. ![]() Ma– London ON – Following acclaimed performances across the nation, the Grand Theatre is proud to present the final performances of the epic, two-part stage adaptation of author Ann-Marie MacDonald’s beloved Canadian classic Fall On Your Knees from March 29 th through April 2 nd. World Premiere Adaptation for the stage by Hannah Moscovitch and Alisa PalmerĬo-Created and Written by Hannah Moscovitchīased on the Novel by Ann-Marie MacDonald Neptune Theatre, Grand Theatre production ![]() The National Arts Centre, Vita Brevis Arts, Canadian Stage Company, ![]() ![]() Then, on a cold day during Keri’s senior year, the police stopped her. ![]() From her first taste of heroin, the next nine years would be a blur–living on the streets, digging for a vein, selling drugs and sex, eventually plunging off a bridge when it all became too much, all while trying to hold herself together enough to finish her degree at Cornell. With all the intensity she saved for the ice, she dove into self-destruction. But when her skating partnership ended abruptly, her world shattered. ![]() Couple that with Keri’s electrifying writing, and I couldn’t put it down.Īn elite, competitive figure skater growing up, Keri Blakinger poured herself into the sport, even competing at nationals. ![]() I first downloaded a digital review copy of Corrections in Ink back in December and between then and getting the physical copy in January, I had forgotten that my initial inspiration for doing so was because Keri was a skater and it’d been awhile since I’d read a journalist’s memoir, my favorite subgroup of memoirs. ![]() ![]() One night in 1866, fleeing both her uncle and a fire that sweeps the country, she takes shelter in Kyoto's beautiful and mysterious Baishian teahouse, a place that will open entirely new worlds to her-and bring her a new family. We see it all through the eyes of Aurelia Bernard, an American orphan who has just turned her back on the only family she has left: the abusive missionary uncle who has brought her along on his mission to Christianize Japan. ![]() It was a period when one's choice of kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening their teeth to profess allegiance to Western ideas, and when Japan's most mysterious rite-the tea ceremony-became not just a sacramental meal, but a ritual battlefield. ![]() ![]() The story of two women whose lives intersect in late nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history-Japan as it opens its doors to the West. The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery is a 391-page hardcover published by Riverhead Books. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Goodheart, a historian and journalist who will be writing a column on the Civil War for the New York Times online, makes sophisticated use of a broad spectrum of sources for an evocative reinterpretation of the Civil War's beginnings. ![]() Includes black-and-white photos and illustrations. Hailed as “exhilarating….Inspiring…Irresistible…” by The New York Times Book Review, Adam Goodheart’s bestseller 1861 is an important addition to the Civil War canon. ![]() Their stories take us from the corridors of the White House to the slums of Manhattan, from the waters of the Chesapeake to the deserts of Nevada, from Boston Common to Alcatraz Island, vividly evoking the Union at its moment of ultimate crisis and decision. A gripping and original account of how the Civil War began and a second American revolution unfolded, setting Abraham Lincoln on the path to greatness and millions of slaves on the road to freedom.Īn epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields, 1861 introduces us to a heretofore little-known cast of Civil War heroes-among them an acrobatic militia colonel, an explorer’s wife, an idealistic band of German immigrants, a regiment of New York City firemen, a community of Virginia slaves, and a young college professor who would one day become president. ![]() ![]() ![]() His shorts weren't what I wanted from him, so a tiny part of it felt like duty – getting through something that represented a huge amount of time and effort from somebody of whom I was in awe. I first read Skeleton Crew as part of my initial King binge, aged 13 and hugely impressionable. So, this is a personal reread – but then, aren't all the best readings personal? But I'm going to look at the three that led me towards writing one of my own novels, The Explorer. Because The Monkey, Uncle Otto's Truck, Word Processor of the Gods, all the rest of them: they're great stories, and they should be spoken about. In the comments thread, I urge you to post your own thoughts on your favourite stories from this book. ![]() ![]() I will focus on only three of Skeleton Crew's tales, talking about each in detail. This week I'm going to do something different. ![]() As I reread this collection, I could see how these stories did what they did to me, how they had managed to affect me for so long. Greatest among these are some of the stories featured in Stephen King's Skeleton Crew. It's difficult to pin down the literary influences of many writers, but I think I wear my influences on my sleeve. Books feed into our own narrative voices, and the stories we want to tell. Revisiting any book that means something to you is hard, especially when you're a writer. ![]() ![]() ![]() According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the clinic for five years, in a vegetative state. ![]() In Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, something has awakened. Mercedes (winner of the Edgar Award) and Finders Keepers -In End of Watch, the diabolical "Mercedes Killer" drives his enemies to suicide, and if Bill Hodges and Holly Gibney don't figure out a way to stop him, they'll be victims themselves. #1 New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Notable Book Now an AT&T Audience Original Series The spectacular finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() The high tides of the city flood my consciousness each day, subject to the whims and harmonies of full moons rising out of the Atlantic. My soul is peninsula-shaped and sun-hardened and river-swollen. I carry the delicate porcelain beauty of Charleston like the hinged shell of some soft-tissued mollusk. The city's two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, have ?ooded and shaped all the days of my life on this storied peninsula. His bloodstream lit up my own with a passion for the city that I've never lost nor ever will. Charleston was my father's ministry, his hobbyhorse, his quiet obsession, and the great love of his life. He was talking about Charleston, South Carolina, and he was a native son, peacock proud of a town so pretty it makes your eyes ache with pleasure just to walk down its spellbinding, narrow streets. It was my father who called the city the Mansion on the River. Read an excerpt of the book below and head to the "GMA" Library for more good reads. "South of Broad" shows the importance that place plays in shaping people's identities. The group's anchor and school principal, Leopold Bloom King, narrates the story as these friends carve out various careers in journalism, law enforcement, Hollywood and music. They are privileged and poor, black and white. ![]() 24, 2009— - A group of teens form a lasting bond in Charleston, S.C., in 1969 just as Southern society is in the midst of dramatic change. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not only is it about a strong historical woman whose story really hasn’t been told, the tone or “voice” of the book strongly matched my own. I wanted to know what readers (and Amazon’s algorithm) thought the books have in common.Īs it turns out, that was identifiable right away. (There is a little science in there I didn’t understand, but it is not at all overwhelming.) Over the next year or so it kept showing up in various places and when it appeared in the “People Also Bought” section on the Amazon pages for my books, I knew I had to read it. ![]() ![]() I remember seeing it reviewed in the New York Times when it first came out, but because I don’t give a hoot about science, I didn’t read it. I am SO not a math and science person, but I think The Other Einstein may well end up as my favorite book of 2017. ![]() |