![]() Just when she thinks about turning around, she takes in the beautiful scenery, looks down and expresses awe and gratitude for just how far she’s come. When she gets to the top of the hill, the four time Dove Award winning, three time Grammy nominated singer/songwriter pauses and breathes. ![]() ![]() Thinking back on her multi-faceted years as a force in popular music, Crystal Lewis likes to use a metaphor based on a special hiking trail near her home in Southern California. ![]()
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![]() At almost forty, and maybe a little frumpy, she makes me feel as though maybe there's hope for me yet. Actually I quite admire Helen and think she's a woman of much wisdom, a lot of practicality and just enough desire for romance in her life (but not exactly actively pursuing it, if you know what I mean) to make her story rather enviable. Then again, in his way he does save the day, so I guess he redeems himself in the end. If I had a brother like her, though, I think I would have 'run away' a little sooner. Definitely one of those why did I wait so long to read books! I absolutely adore Helen McGill and she elicited more than one chuckle and the odd guffaw out of me. Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley is just as charming and delightful as I was expecting it to be. Alternative History/Dystopian Fiction (7). ![]() ![]() It is basically the sapphic fairytale everyone deserves in their life. The Little Queen is a book I truly want everyone to read. "Each of them admired the other’s ears and eyes and smiles, and in that moment both of them knew that they had fallen in love." ![]() Along the way, she even falls in love with a girl. To figure it all out, the little queen goes on several adventures and meets a lot of different women that teach her lessons about life and about who she is. She is filled with insecurities and a bit of sadness too. A little girl was now a little queen." The story follows a little queen who lost her parents and is now trying to figure out how she can be a little queen, and if it’s something she can be. The Little Queen by Meia Geddes starts with two simple sentences that lay the basis for the entire story: "On a little world, upon a little hill, a little tear fell down a little face. I really appreciate the chance to read and review it early. ![]() Thank you, Poetose Press and NetGalley, for my eARC of The Little Queen. ![]() ![]() Barred from combat zones and faced with entrenched prejudice and bureaucratic restrictions, these women were forced to fight for the right to work on equal terms with men. On the front lines of the Second World War, a contingent of female journalists were bravely waging their own battle. Mackrell corrects this omission admirably with stories of six of the best…Mackrell has done us all a great service by assembling their own fascinating stories." - New York Times Book Review "Just as women are so often written out of war, so it seems are the female correspondents. "Thrilling from the first page to the last." -Mary Gabriel, author of Ninth Street Women The riveting, untold history of a group of heroic women reporters who revolutionized the narrative of World War II-from Martha Gellhorn, who out-scooped her husband, Ernest Hemingway, to Lee Miller, a Vogue cover model turned war correspondent. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book's controversial topics of racism, incest, and child molestation have led to numerous attempts to ban the novel from schools and libraries in the United States. In addition, there is an omniscient third-person narrative that includes inset narratives in the first person. She is the daughter of Pecola's foster parents. The novel is told from Claudia MacTeer's point of view. As a result, she develops an inferiority complex, which fuels her desire for the blue eyes she equates with "whiteness". Set in 1941, the story is about how she is consistently regarded as "ugly" due to her mannerisms and dark skin. The novel takes place in Lorain, Ohio (Morrison's hometown), and tells the story of a young African-American girl named Pecola who grew up following the Great Depression. ![]() ![]() The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison. ![]() |