![]() ![]() Very, very touching, sad, sweet and hopeful. Published: Novemby Grand Central Publishing. Stephen Meredith Thursday following comments he made regarding the Imagination Library program her sister American icon Dolly. Meredith, Alone is an emotional story of one woman who is no longer able to leave her home following a traumatic experience. The endearing characters offer a sensitive portrayal of what it means to live with mental health issues… with heart to spare.” 1:14 Country singer and actress Stella Parton derided Kentucky Sen. "Alexander creates a winning heroine in Meredith and likable characters in her kind friends. An optimistic, feel-good novel."- Kirkus Reviews "Executed with care, humor, and grace, this novel pokes at the bubble of solitude to show each of us that suffering has a sense of community and with that, the prospect of optimism."- Library Journal. ![]() "A timely and poignant book about trauma, loneliness, and stepping outside of our comfort zones - literally."- Buzzfeed ![]() ![]() " Meredith, Alone is a touching contemporary fiction following one woman's journey back into the world." - Popsugar “A novel that examines our most private spaces and what it means to be alone versus lonely, this charming, thought-provoking debut novel will be a big hit.”- Good Morning America "A gorgeous, charming novel.Sweet, moving, funny and hopeful, with a courageous heroine who sweeps you up in her story."- Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne "I laughed, I cried, and I bowed down to the brilliant author of this brilliant book."- Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() So in light of the Lakers' new positive momentum on the heels of raising their 17th Championship Banner, please enjoy this quick, "Bonus" LLP episode! Well, it sure seems like they're at least on their way to being ready, if we're going off their last week. Twitter - & Subscribe to us on: Apple, Spotify, Anchor, Google Play, etc. Patreon: /TheLakersLegacyPodcastįollow Us On All Our Socials: YouTube - Lakers Legacy (Subscribe & watch our "live stream" of the show!) Please also Rate & Review us 5-stars on iTunes. ![]() Intro/Outro Music Provided By: Hello Harry - "Forever" (Search His Page Up on SoundCloud for More #Litty Beats) Quick 1st Round Thoughts On The Jazz or Suns Ultimate Concerns We Have Our Eye On Heading Into the Playoffs Silver Lining Aspects To the Lakers Current PositionĪssessing How The Lakers & LeBron & AD Have Looked To Close the Season This Season's Similarities to the 2001 Lakers Season? 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Seven of his novels, Bearstone, Downriver, The Big Wander, Beardance, Far North, The Maze, and Jason's Gold, were named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association. ![]() ![]() ![]() WILL HOBBS is the author of seventeen novels for upper elementary, middle school and young adult readers, as well as two picture book stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() That can be attributed to its authenticity. But nonetheless, it’s regarded as one of, if not the best work of art that she created. ![]() It wasn’t even her first time incorporating quilting into her art. And even if I didn’t inherently understand what it was about, it would still resonate with me in some shape or form because of the way it looked alone.īy the time Faith Ringgold made Tar Beach, she’d been a pretty successful working artist for a while. I can imagine being a kid and walking up to this and thinking it looked a lot like something I’d have in my room. Making art in this way only helps with Ringgold’s desire to have her art seem accessible to a younger audience. Story quilts ultimately became one of Ringgold’s signature styles. It combines paint on canvas with quilted fabric material. Tar Beach is what is known as a story quilt. Ringgold took a lot of inspiration from her own life to create this character and story, in hopes that it would resonate stronger with the audience. So, if the painting gives you a sense of familiarity and warmth, that’s by design. ![]() Tar Beach is the first quilted painting in this series which follows Cassie Louise Lightfoot, a young girl growing up in Harlem. Faith Ringgold’s Tar Beach incorporates traditional painting technique with her signature quilting. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. ![]() A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. The years-long New York Times bestseller and major motion picture from Spielberg’s Dreamworks is “irresistible…seductive…with a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page” ( O, The Oprah Magazine).Īfter four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gouges was associated with the moderate Girondins and opposed the execution of Louis XVI. In 1791, in response to the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, Gouges published her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, in which she challenged the practice of male authority and advocated for equal rights for women. Gouges welcomed the outbreak of the French Revolution but soon became disenchanted when equal rights were not extended to women. Her plays and pamphlets spanned a wide variety of issues including divorce and marriage, children's rights, unemployment and social security. A passionate advocate of human rights, she was one of France's earliest public opponents of slavery. ![]() She is best known for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen and other writings on women's rights and abolitionism.īorn in southwestern France, Gouges began her prolific career as a playwright in Paris in the 1780s. Olympe de Gouges ( French: ( listen) born Marie Gouze – 3 November 1793) was a French playwright and political activist. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper-a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kyiv, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son-but Hitler’s invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. The bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. ![]() |