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Specifically, The Dressmaker offers real insight into some of the most pressing issues that have been around for centuries - how communities respond to crisis, why certain groups are marginalised, and how we should respond to tyranny and intolerance. This subject isn’t just about studying books and writing essays, it’s also about learning new insight you’ll carry with you throughout your life. The Dressmaker is one of those texts which reinforces why studying English can be so great when you give it a proper chance. I find it to be one of the most intriguing texts of our time - managing to weave together a historical narrative with humour, wit, and modern-day social concerns regarding patriarchy, class, and the effects of isolation. Set in Dungatar, a barren wasteland of traditionalism and superstition, isolated amidst the rapidly modernising post-World War II Australia, acclaimed author Rosalie Ham’s gothic novel, The Dressmaker, provides a fascinating window into 1950s Australia. Mickey, a striver with dreams to make it big, is crushed. Nina, Mickey’s mercurial white boss, has been trying to hire Chelsea’s friend, another Black writer, to replace her. At an industry event, she is pulled aside in a moment of perfunctory solidarity from Chelsea, one of the few other Black women at the company, who delivers bad news: Mickey’s job is in jeopardy. Mickey Hayward is a writer at Wave, a Manhattan-based magazine for young women that was recently acquired by a digital media conglomerate. The novel opens on a well-calibrated set piece of suspense and disquiet. “Homebodies” is the story of a young Black woman’s quarter-life crisis as she wonders what her place in the world will be. It is this eye for the rhythms and textures of life - of millennial digital media, of the death by a thousand cuts offered by workplace racism, of Maryland suburbia - that makes this novel vivid and inviting. The impatient lunch-break Slack ping from a peevish white boss perfectly sets up the doom of the meeting that follows. Fashion girls are “Midwest Christian-types born-again in fuzzy pink cardigans and Dries boots.” A girlfriend’s painstaking domestic labors are described with equal parts unease and grateful relief. In her sharp, charming and passionate debut, “Homebodies,” Tembe Denton-Hurst showcases an eye for the details that matter. The question on some analysts' minds this weekend is whether it’s because of the specific character or a bigger issue of “superhero fatigue.” At rival studio DC/Warner Bros., “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” only made $133.4 million total. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” debuted just over $106 million on its way to $474 million worldwide. And in November, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” also opened over $181.3 million.īut things have come back to earth this year, at least by high-flying superhero standards. Last year on the same weekend, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” riding on the success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” raked in $187.4 million in its first three days in North America. 3” earned $168 million, giving it a $282 million global debut.ĭomestically, it’s both an impressive sum for any movie and slightly less than what we’ve come to expect from a Marvel opening. Internationally, where the film opened in 52 territories including China, “Vol. 3,” which says goodbye to this iteration of the space misfits and its driving creative voice, director James Gunn, earned $114 million in ticket sales from 4,450 locations in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. This weekend, “ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. There is nothing like the promise of a chapter closing to draw people to the movie theater, especially when tied to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. * Double Feature: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies/Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies (book #3) * Barefoot in the City of Broken Dreams (book #2) * The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know (book #1) My 2007 YA mystery, Project Pay Day, is much lighter, and has also been adapted as feature film (which I wrote), to be released in 2020. My 2016 gay teen puzzle box thriller Three Truths and a Lie was nominated for an Edgar Award (this, and my 2005 novel Grand & Humble, are real mind-benders, trust me). In 2017, I released a new, stand-alone series starring Russel’s gay disabled friend Otto Digmore, called The Otto Digmore Series. These books are “new adult” (making Russel one of very few literary characters to “jump” genres in projects created by the same author). In 2013, I continued Russel’s story as he grew up, into his twenties, in a new, stand-alone series called Russel Middlebook: The Futon Years. I tried to give these books a lot of humor and heart. I subsequently wrote three more books about Russel, calling them The Russel Middlebrook Series. It was one of the first in a new wave of break-out LGBTQ young adult fiction, and it was adapted as a feature film in 2013. My first novel, Geography Club (2003), is the story of a gay teen named Russel Middlebrook. I’ve published fourteen novels, had nine screenplays optioned, and had two of my projects turned into feature films. I am Brent Hartinger, a novelist and screenwriter. Power of Ideas in Affecting Social Change (04:18) Wisse compares Eliot's case for Jewish nationalism to Harriet Beecher Stowe's case for abolitionism in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Stowe appealed to Christian morality, but Eliot also had to make intellectual arguments for political sovereignty. Wisse connects Eliot’s translation of Spinoza to Mordecai's character. He constructs a neshama yeseira, or extra soul, for Daniel. Mordecai's ideas recall mysticism, but he speaks less about beliefs than about Jewish destiny. Daniel fulfills Mordecai's search for a messenger. It views Mordecai from prophetic, tragic and ordinary perspectives. Wisse reads a passage describing the characters' first encounter. Eliot's relationship to Deutsch mirrors that of Daniel to Mordecai. He shared his vision of restoring a Jewish homeland with Eliot, and is a model for Mordecai's character. "Daniel Deronda" Inspiration (03:01)ĭeutsch traveled to Palestine in 1869. In 1866, she met Emmanuel Deutsch, who introduced her to the Talmud and tutored her in Hebrew. In this lecture, Professor Ruth Wisse will examine what prompted George Eliot to undertake a novel promoting the restoration of Israel as a Jewish nation. Introduction: Jewish Nationalism (03:40) FREE PREVIEW This subreddit is RES Nightmode Compatible This subreddit and its mods are in no way associated with BioWare or EA. Each paragraph must be spoiler tagged separately or these tags won't work.How to use spoiler tags: >!spoiler here!< Please don't spoil any other, non-Dragon Age media released within the last year Please respect others users' wishes to not be spoiled, especially pertaining to leaked materials /r/InquisitionSliders character creation.They are subject to removal at moderator discretion. Please see what Content Restrictions apply. Read our spam and self promotion rules before posting. No offtopic/political posts not directly related to Dragon Age. Bigotry, sexism, racism, homophobia, etc. Screenshot/art share thread for Non-OC content.fanart, fanfiction, gifs, non-character focused screenshots, cosplay, etc) We only allow (Original Content) submissions that are self-made for Fanwork (e.g.All post titles must contain one of these tags or they will be removed. Mark, my writing mentor, edited JL for me. I returned from LA, and instead of moving there, I wrote my story about the rock star as a young adult novel and called it JOHNNY LIGHTNING. On a plane to LA to decide my fate- “to move to LA or not to move to LA” that is the question, my big bro, Mark, coincidentally with the same last name as mine (author of PRINCES IN EXILE, DREAMS OF THE SOLO TRAPEZE and STARCROSSED) handed me a young adult book he found at the library he thought I’d like to read during the flight.Īs I read the book, I thought, ‘I can do this!’ It was during this time I began to write an adult novel about a rock star-I had always enjoyed writing.įast forward a couple of years along with a move home where I was performing “stand-up” at comedy clubs in the area. There, I graduated from the Second City Training Center and performed improv, Shakespeare, comedies and dramas-I even sang and danced on a cruise boat-without falling in Lake Michigan! A classmate of mine from Second City and I created and performed a two woman show for a year before I braved it alone doing stand-up comedy. When I returned from London, I relocated to Chicago where I lived for five years. I attended a local university majoring in theatre and spent a summer in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts where I learned about the “Old Bard” from amazingly talented teachers. Before I took pen to paper, I was an actress. No more are women required to wear tight-fitting corsets and their hair tied back in buns. What I found fascinating about this book is that it is not only a personal history of Chanel, but also a history of fashion and the dramatic changes in women’s clothing between the 19th and 20th centuries. Much of the book takes places in early 20th century Paris, where Coco works tirelessly to make a name for herself amongst men who dominate the fashion industry. Forced to live in a convent that cares for and educates orphans, Coco is always striving to make her own place in the world and not depend on anyone. This historical fiction novel captures the struggle that this fierce women went through at a time when it was unheard of for any woman to work for a living and own her own business.Ĭoco Chanel grows up as an orphan after her mother dies and her father abandons their family. There are certain names in the fashion industry that are synonymous with high end, quality and timeless clothing. I invite you to read my review and enter to win your own copy of the book. Today I welcome France Book Tours back to my blog with an interesting historical fiction novel about the iconic figure Coco Chanel. (- from the publisher) Quesadillas & silk scrunchiesĪuthor Casey McQuiston has a signature style, that’s for sure. And maybe - probably not, but maybe - more to Shara, too. Thrown into an unlikely alliance, chasing a ghost through parties, break-ins, puzzles, and secrets revealed on monogrammed stationery, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to this small town than she thought. It’ll be worth it, if Chloe can drag Shara back before graduation to beat her fair and square. The three have nothing in common except Shara and the annoyingly cryptic notes she left behind, but together they must untangle Shara’s trail of clues and find her. There’s also Smith, Shara’s longtime quarterback sweetheart, and Rory, Shara’s bad boy neighbor with a crush. On a furious hunt for answers, Chloe discovers she’s not the only one Shara kissed. Her only rival: prom queen Shara Wheeler, the principal’s perfect progeny.īut a month before graduation, Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes. The thing that’s kept her going: winning valedictorian. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and the puritanical administration of Willowgrove Christian Academy. SynopsisĬhloe Green is so close to winning. Thank you to Wednesday Books for sending me a copy of I Kissed Shara Wheeler for an honest review. |