![]() ![]() Cohen’s marital drama morphs into a psychological thriller, and a last-minute twist set into motion much earlier in the narrative is brilliant. Who is she? The reader knows Sasha had a horrible upbringing, but Hannah’s may have been even worse. Peppered throughout are pages from a girl who exhibits signs of a dual personality as a result of her mother’s abuse. ![]() As Josh and Hannah try to remain neutral, financial worries, intimacy problems, and other dilemmas strain their marriage and damage their careers. Sasha’s refusal to accept that her marriage is irreparably broken morphs into bitterness and vindictiveness. Dan’s efforts to minimize his betrayal just makes things worse. ![]() Her books have been translated into several different languages. When Dan decides to leave his wife, Sasha, for a 24-year-old model, their closest friends, Josh and Hannah (whose four-year-old is their own little girl’s best friend), become part of the drama. Tamar Cohen is the author of five novels: The Mistress's Revenge, The War of the Wives, Someone Else's Wedding, The Broken (published as The Fallout in NA) and Dying for Christmas. Cohen ( War of the Wives) captures divorce with pin-point accuracy in this unsettling read, where ugliness reigns, amicability flies out the window, and accusations, broken promises, financial shenanigans, and hatred dominate. ![]()
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5/24/2023 0 Comments El llano en llamas by Juan Rulfo![]() ![]() ![]() La imposibilidad de revalidar los estudios hechos en Jalisco tampoco le permite ingresar a la Universidad Nacional, pero asiste como oyente a los cursos de historia del arte de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Una huelga de la Universidad de Guadalajara le impide inscribirse en ella y decide trasladarse a la ciudad de México. Algunos acostumbran destacar su temprana orfandad como determinante en su vocación artística, olvidando que su conocimiento temprano de los libros mencionados tendría un peso mayor en este terreno. ![]() Vivió en la pequeña población de San Gabriel, pero las tempranas muertes de su padre, primero (1923), y de su madre poco después (1927), obligaron a sus familiares a inscribirlo en un internado en Guadalajara, la capital del estado de Jalisco.ĭurante sus años en San Gabriel entró en contacto con la biblioteca de un cura (básicamente literaria), depositada en la casa familiar, y recordará siempre estas lecturas, esenciales en su formación literaria. Juan Rulfo nació el 16 de mayo de 1917 Él sostuvo que esto ocurrió en la casa familiar de Apulco, Jalisco, aunque fue registrado en la ciudad de Sayula, donde se conserva su acta de nacimiento. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments The summer i turned pretty amazon![]() ![]() ![]() Susannah’s beach house is a sacred place for Belly, who regards it as more a home than even her literal home, not least because nothing ever seems to change there.Įxcept that something has this year, and it’s right there in the title. Cast: Lola Tung, Jackie Chung, Rachel Blanchard, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman, Alfredo Narciso, Minnie Mills, Colin Ferguson, Tom Everett ScottĪdapted by Jenny Han ( To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) from her own novel, the show begins with Isabel (Lola Tung) - “Belly” to her loved ones - preparing to spend the summer of her 16th birthday exactly as she has the last 15: at Cousins Beach with her mom Laurel (Jackie Chung), her big brother Steven (Sean Kaufman), her mom’s best friend Susannah (Rachel Blanchard) and Susannah’s handsome teenage sons Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno). ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Film art bordwell![]() ![]() Confidential, and Contemporary Editing - Alternatives to Continuity Editing - Graphic and Rhythmic Possibilities - Spatial and Temporal Discontinuity - Creative Decisions-Discontinuity Editing in October - Summary - Recommended DVD And Blu-Ray Supplements - ch. Xviii, 526 pages : illustrations (some colour) 28 cmĬontents note continued: A Closer Look-Intensified Continuity: Unstoppable, L. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Taijiku by Elizabeth Andre![]() Angela helped her up, and they hastily pulled on some clothes. Another jolt knocked Stella, who had started to climb down from Angela’s bunk, to the floor. ![]() She jumped off her bunk and walked the few steps to the door. Stella was already awake.Īngela rubbed her head and blinked a few times. Jolted into wakefulness, Angela almost fell out of her bunk. ![]() ![]() Part of its maintenance crew, at the bottom rung of the status ladder, Angela doesn’t see much excitement forthcoming.īut that was before encountering the fearsome Taijiku or meeting her crew mate Stella, leaving Angela with a completely different problem and unable to say which is the greater challenge: giant sea monsters or falling in love. Elizabeth Andre has a new sci fi book out:Īngela’s past is more than a little rocky, and that rocky path has led her to finish up her juvenile detention sentence on the Yemaya, an alien underwater ship devoted to observation and research. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments First and Goal by Terry O'Reilly![]() ![]() What’s funny about it to me is, in the movie, Happy Gilmore admires and aspires to play like Terry O’Reilly. ![]() The very first time I saw Lucic on the ice, I thought to myself….”That kid is totally the ‘real life version’ of Happy Gilmore”. It’s funny because, I have always associated Milan Lucic with the character “Happy Gilmore” (played by Adam Sandler) in the movie “Happy Gilmore”. Terry O’Reilly and I, have something in common. My Pop’s eyes lit up, every single time he told the story about the game where O’Reilly scaled the boards to get to a Rangers’ fan, who was messing with one of O’Reilly’s fellow teammates, but I will get more into that story a little later. My Father mostly talked about the Legendary Bobby Orr, however, there is another player that he mentioned more than a few times and that player is Terry O’Reilly. In fact, that is why I, myself, am a huge Boston Bruins fan, even though I was born and raised in California. While I was growing up, I heard a lot of stories about the Boston Bruins and the Bruins’ Legendary Players, from my Father. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Concrete rose author![]() Now he’s in legal jeopardy, and the stakes are much higher.For Mr. ![]() He has pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal counts of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making false statements to the House of Representatives.Ī summary of the federal charges can be read here. The most serious charge, wire fraud, carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.Representative Santos admitted months ago to “embellishing” his résumé and told British TV host Piers Morgan that he’s a “terrible liar.” But owning up to lies is one thing. The first-term member of Congress – already infamous as a serial fabulist about, apparently, pretty much every facet of his life – was indicted Tuesday and turned himself in Wednesday. ![]() James Traficant of Ohio was expelled from Congress after a 10-count felony conviction on charges including racketeering and the filing of false tax returns.Today, it’s Republicans grappling with the alleged criminal behavior of one of their own, Rep. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Harlem shuffle review![]() ![]() It's a measured, calm narration of a life and a family, but with gangsters. Mortal peril, race riots, seriously nasty criminals, the hot and sweaty streets of Harlem in the 1960s and a furniture salesman who has a hell of a lot going on.Ĭolson Whitehead puts so many beautiful thoughts on each page of his gentle, considered prose and brings New York and its people to glorious life. Whats even more impressive is Whiteheads densely layered, intricately woven rendering of New York City in the Kennedy era, a time filled with both the bright. Ray treads a line between two worlds - that of his life with his respectable wife and their children and that of his past in which he can harness the power of his underworld connections when he needs to. ![]() Race riots break out when an unarmed Black boy is shot by a white police officer - Whitehead gently explores 'progress' on race-related matters, making observations through Ray, letting the reader come to their own conclusions.įreddie is the character who pushes the plot along – his bond with Ray means they both bear the brunt of his terrible decisions. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments October Dreams by Richard Chizmar![]() ![]() Grant * Kelly Laymon * Dominick Cancilla * Kristine Kathryn Rusch * Michael Marshall Smith * Wayne Allen Sallee * Ramsey Campbell * Ed Gorman * Stefan Dziemianowicz * Peter Crowther Paul Wilson * Owl Goingback * Dennis Etchison * Stephen Mark Rainey * Charles L. Kiernan * Lewis Shiner * Yvonne Navarro * Tim Lebbon * Kim Newman * F. Nolan * Michael Cadnum * Richard Laymon * Douglas Clegg * Douglas E. Clark * Gahan Wilson * Paula Guran * John Shirley * Tom Piccirilli * Jack Cady * David B. Cave * Simon Clark * Christopher Golden * Ray Bradbury * Jack Ketchum * Alan M. Brite * Rick Hautala * Steve Rasnic Tem * Elizabeth Engstrom * Thomas Ligotti * Gary A. ![]() ![]() Classic novellas, never-before-published stories, essays on the history, literature, and films of Halloween, and real-life memories of October 31st-from today's best practitioners of fear: Dean Koontz * Peter Straub * Poppy Z. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments The Whisper Man by Alex North![]() ![]() ![]() The man, treading far more carefully, could hear the scuff each time. Occasionally he kicked at the dusty ground, throwing up chalky white mist around his sneakers. Neil was walking slowly, unaware of the danger he was in. Moving quietly, parallel to Neil behind a line of bushes, he kept a constant watch on the boy. The man stalking six-year-old Neil Spencer across the waste ground understood that only too well. Children are actually most at risk of harm and abuse from a family member behind closed doors, and while the outside world might seem threatening, the truth is that most strangers are decent people, whereas the home can be the most dangerous place of all. But statistically it is a highly unusual event. The abduction of a child by a stranger is every parent’s worst nightmare. ![]() |