![]() ![]() ![]() Īllende's novels are often based upon her personal experience and historical events and pay homage to the lives of women, while weaving together elements of myth and realism. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits ( La casa de los espíritus, 1982) and City of the Beasts ( La ciudad de las bestias, 2002), which have been commercially successful. Isabel Angélica Allende Llona ( American Spanish: ( listen) born in Lima, 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The problem? Her mother treats her like she's six. Her mother is always off being worshipped. ![]() Tired of her mother alternating between being domineering and controlling and being neglectful. Perspephone is the daughter of a goddess. It's a tell of rebellion and frustration. What can I say about this one? If you like Greek mythology-novelizations and retellings of mythology-then I think you'll enjoy this one. How she came to be the Queen of the Underworld. Persephone narrates Radiant Darkness telling her version of how events went down. Just once I'd like to set the record straight. Still, after thousands of years, I wish people knew what really happened when I walked in my mother's flowering vale and the black horses landed, crushing flowers and filling the air with heady perfume. Oh, I know it all got complicated because of the choices I made. Wrong! In every book of myths, the same in every book, wrong! "Persephone, Daughter of Demeter, the harvest goddess. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Once known as the Garden City of India, Bengaluru’s tree-lined avenues, historic parks and expansive water bodies have witnessed immense degradation and destruction in recent years, but have also shown remarkable tenacity for survival. In a rapidly urbanizing India, what is the future of nature conservation? How does the march of development impact the confl ict between nature and people in India’s cities? Exploring these questions, Nature in the City examines the past, present and future of nature in Bengaluru, one of India’s largest and fastest growing cities. ![]() ![]() A fan of Russian fiction, Millsaps Fitzhugh had informed his daughter that “any literary work that wasn’t Tolstoy was hardly worth the trouble,” and such views long influenced her. Her tyrannical father back in Memphis loomed over Fitzhugh. And Harrison Withers, the bird cage designer with a skylight big enough for Harriet to spy through, cares for 26 cats whose names include not just Fitzhugh’s preferred literary luminaries (Thomas Wolfe, Dostoevsky, Faulkner) but also some of her close friends (Alex, Sandra, Marijane). ![]() The therapist who helps Harriet through that loss may draw from Bertram Slaff, a psychiatrist whom Fitzhugh saw during her years living in New York City, where she pursued love and ambition as a gay artist enmeshed in a network of “successful, creative, pleasure loving, ambitious, knowledgeable lesbians,” as one friend described her circle. ![]() Ole Golly, the beloved nanny whose departure from the Welsches’ Manhattan home is the organizing trauma of “Harriet the Spy,” is probably an amalgamation of the nannies Fitzhugh knew growing up in a Memphis mansion during the Great Depression, pampered in isolation. ![]() In her new biography of Fitzhugh, “Sometimes You Have to Lie,” Leslie Brody identifies parallels between the author’s life and art, delightful details for fans of Fitzhugh’s creations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What could go wrong?įive Fake Dates was originally written for a promotional giveaway to fans. Win-win!Ī few fake dates, increasingly real kisses, and a tiny deception between friends. Adam thinks he’s helping me, and I get to test the waters without risking our friendship. But when Adam mocks my dating skills, I come up with a genius plan: Five Fake Dates. This whole bisexual awakening thing is scary, and I don’t want to risk our friendship by moving too fast. FML.Įver since a drunken kiss we haven’t talked about, I’ve been seeing Adam in a new light. Seeing them together just might kill me, so why I offer to help him hone his dating skills, I’ll never know. I don’t know what I’ll do if they hook up - especially after a drunken kiss West doesn’t seem to remember. I’ve got it bad for my best friend, but he’s only had eyes for my sister since we were kids. ![]() ![]() My dead husband’s ghost better not be inside, or heaven help me, I’ll kill Brett again myself. I repeat that truth like a chant until my heart slows to a semi-normal pace. ![]() It’s barely hanging on, even after four generations of clinging to life making Irish whiskey in New Orleans. And my parents are seven hundred miles away in Florida, living it up as retirees on the monthly payments I send them from the dismal profits of the distillery. I freeze outside the door to my locked office and stare at the handle like it’s tainted with anthrax. Ruthless King is the first book in the Mount Trilogy. Keira Kilgore, you’re now the property of Lachlan Mount. She doesn’t know she caught my attention. I don’t need to lend money to a failing family distillery, but it amuses me to have them in my debt. My reach knows no bounds, and my demands are always met. You don’t know my name, but I control everything you see-and all the things you don’t. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, he’s torn between robbing Faye Lynn of her birthright and a life in Paradise or facing certain execution.ġst book in a 3 part series called Banished. Accused of a heinous crime, he’s banned from his homeland. But on the trail of discovery, Havyn must confront his own past. Teaching her the finer techniques of transformation keeps her close, while sex strengthens their bond. Determined to unravel the mystery of who she might be, he strives to gain her freedom and trust. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hotwired by Anita Philmar Texas Passion by Anita Philmar Black Dragon’s Blood by Anita Philmar Fairy Fun by Anita Philmar Black Dragon’s Moon by Anita. Anita Philmar’s most popular book is Banished Scroundrel (Paranormal Shape Shifter Stories Boo. Havyn Westmore has questions… Faye Lynn holds the answers. Anita Philmar has 41 books on Goodreads with ratings. to develop places where anything can happen and where erotic. Influenced by sci-fi programs, she likes. writer by day and a dreamer by night, she wants her readers to see. Beyond satisfying the powerful sexual cravings that follow transformation, he reveals a surprising dimension of sex between their kind… one to unlock the secrets of her soul. Anita Philmar likes to create stories that push the limit. A chance meeting with another changeling turns her world upside down. The only freedom she knows comes as she soars through the sky in falcon form. Yet he revels in using her special skill to scam local villagers. With no memory of her past, Faye Lynn Berton clings to a father, who curses her ability to shape-shift. ![]() ![]() ![]() Because Death-Which-Comes-in-the-Night is a scourge that if not stopped here, could spread. ![]() At stake is the safety of all those on Arzor, and on other colony planets as well. His only ally is a young woman who has beast master ability, but was raised to mistrust others with such a power. Hosteen, aided by his telepathically linked animals, knows that if he can't stop the killings Arzor will be decimated. and has begun to attack humans as well, leaving nothing but the bones of its victims behind. On a planet with alien life forms and untold secrets from it's pre-Human past, there are always dangers in the wild, especially the vast desert and rugged mountain region known as Big Blue.īut nobody has ever experienced a threat like the devastating scourge the natives call Death-Which-Comes-in-the-Night. The first new exciting Beast Master adventure in decades!īeast Master Hosteen Storm has endured great perils to carve out a life for himself on Arzor, the colony planet he's called home since the destruction of Earth by the alien Xik. ![]() ![]() In addition to the powerful tandem of Mr. The irate Annie forces Paul to write as if his life depends on it – and it does. Annie forces Paul to write a new “Misery” novel, and he quickly realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go anywhere. ![]() While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads the manuscript to his newest novel and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon (Kevin Baskette), who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes (Tammy Rice), and wakes up captive in her secluded home. “Director Ronald King has been aching to do this play for a long time, but the rights weren’t available – we looked again when we were mapping out our 2022 season and the show was finally available for production. “It’s a show that has been on our to-do list for a number of years,” Mr. King and TRP Executive Director Adam Cook, this production has been atop the company’s wish list for a while. ![]() ![]() ![]() She is a clown, she is a villain, to others she's an antihero. That's the great thing about this character created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm: She is a lot of things to a lot of different storytellers. To that point, who is Harley Quinn to you as a storyteller? However, as a writer, you're facing the challenge of convincing the audience through the eyes of the character why they thought it might, why they thought it might succeed, why Harleen Quinzel thought she could help the Joker, why she could cure him, why she could save him.Īnd then, as a reader, you get to find out why it doesn't work. That's one of the big things in Harleen, you know it's one of those romances that can't work in the end, you know it doesn't work in the work. ![]() There's a beauty in writing a romance that's doomed to succeed and there is a different kind of beauty in writing a romance that's doomed to fail. Romance, in general, is an opportunity to depict humanity at its most vulnerable emotional state and the more complicated the romance, the more intense response you can get from your characters the more intense a story you can write. What is it about that theme that you find interesting?Ĭomplicated romance is interesting to write about. Something I've noticed across a lot of your work in Sunstone and Witchblade and here in Harleen is that you focus a lot on romance, especially complicated romance. ![]() |