The Jazz Era leaps to life.” -Publishers Weekly Bootlegging, the Tong Wars, smoky speakeasies, inept mobsters, and the Teapot Dome scandal zigzag through these pages like streaks of lightning. "Offbeat, unruly characters and vibrant atmosphere spill over the pages of this promising first novel set in San Francisco during Prohibition. Suddenly Lizzie’s privileged, upper-crust life is shadowed by danger and intrigue-as she’s trapped between her lover and her husband while they battle for control of the city. Unknown to Lizzie, Li is the overlord of the city’s vast bootlegging empire-and archenemy of her powerful husband, the San Francisco district attorney. As the young Louis Armstrong blows his horn in the infamous Blue Canary, impetuous Nob Hill Socialite Elizabeth Stafford Hamilton plunges into a reckless affair with mysterious Li Kwan Won. seductive speakeasies and sizzling scandals. The Roaring Twenties, Chinatown, San Francisco: back-street blues and bathtub gin.
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The book gives a distinctive child's perspective on the rise of Nazism in 1930s Germany and the experience of being a refugee, reflecting Kerr's positive feelings about her own experience: Kerr wanted him to know what it was really like and so wrote When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. She came to write the book when her own son was eight after seeing The Sound of Music he remarked, "Now we know what it was like when Mummy was a little girl". Kerr's family fled their home in Berlin via Switzerland to escape to Paris and then England. It is based upon the early life of the author whose Jewish father, noted drama critic, journalist and screenwriter Alfred Kerr, was wanted by the Nazis. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit is the first book in the trilogy and a well-known novel for children. "Oh, no? Look, friend, we both know he's virtually pickled after years of drinking, but he was a crackerjack investigative reporter once upon a time, and some of the old instincts might still be there." 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Upon arrival, Sara learns that, while in in route, Amy succumbed to a long terminal illness – the funeral was just letting out. When Sara loses her job due to the bookstore’s going out of business, she decides there is nothing stopping her from making the trip. Amy repeatedly invites Sara to visit Iowa. Through their correspondence, Sara learns of the varied characters that live in Broken Wheel, and Amy learns of the goings on at the bookstore. Although they met online, they begin a pre-internet practice of writing letters to each other about their respective reading lists and events going on in their lives. Two friends meet online over their mutual love of books: Amy, an elderly woman in Broken Wheel, Iowa and Sara, a young bookseller in Sweden. Which, of course, they will - won't they? One thing's for sure: it will be a summer the Penderwicks will never forget.ĭeliciously nostalgic and quaintly witty, this is a story as breezy and carefree as a summer day. Tifton is not as pleased with the Penderwicks as Jeffrey is, though, and warns the new friends to stay out of trouble. Soon they are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundels sprawling gardens, treasure-filled attic, tame rabbits, and the cook who makes the best gingerbread in Massachusetts. (Honestly, sometimes I think that my only reason to read books is to become aware of other books to read. I had not read them before, but became aware of them through The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. But the best discovery of all is Jeffrey Tifton, son of Arundel's owner, who quickly proves to be the perfect companion for their adventures. This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. Jeanne Birdsall's series The Penderwicks is a series of classic children's books. Soon they are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundel's sprawling gardens, treasure-filled attic, tame rabbits, and the cook who makes the best gingerbread in Massachusetts. This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. With more than one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times best seller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager. It is the basis for the dystopian drama web television series created by Bruce Miller. This Booker Prize-nominated novel won the prestigious Canadian Governor General’s Award in 1985 and the inaugural Arthur C. “The Handmaid’s Tale brings out the very best in Atwood-moral vision, biting humor and a poet’s imagination” (Chatelaine). It’s imaginative even audacious, and conveys a chilling sense of fear and menace” (The Globe and Mail). “The Handmaid’s Tale is in the honorable tradition of Brave New World and other warnings of dystopia. An exceptional set, rare and desirable in this condition. Embroidery to the endpapers by Kelly Hill. Jacket illustration by Noma Bar and Dutch Uncle. The Testaments is signed by Margaret Atwood. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, owner name. The Handmaid’s Tale is signed by Margaret Atwood on the half-title page. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1985-2019.įirst Canadian edition and true first of Atwood’s modern masterpiece and it’s Booker Prize Award-winning sequel, The Testaments. Will truth and justice win, or will Julie lose everything she holds dear?Īmazon l ChristianBook l Book Depository l ItunesĪBOUT THE AUTHOR Catherine Marshall (1914-1983), When a devastating tragedy follows a shocking revelation, Julie’s courage and strength are tested. As the Alderton Sentinel and Julie take on a more aggressive role to reform these conditions, seething tensions come to a head. Julie, the newspaper, and her family are thrown into a perilous standoff with the owners of the steel millsĪs they investigate the conditions of the immigrant laborers. As flash floods ominously increase, Julie’s investigative reporting uncovers secrets that could Trying toĮscape the Great Depression, Julie’s father buys theĪlderton Sentinel, a small-town newspaper in flood-prone Alderton, Pennsylvania, and moves his family Julie Wallace has always wanted to write. Links*: Goodreads l Amazon l ChristianBook l Book Depository l Itunes Welcome to this stop on the Julie by Catherine Marshall Reissue Celebration Blog Tour with JustRead Publicity Tours! The American revolution in the South (1969)Īutobiography, Poor Richard, and later writings : letters from London, 1757-1775, Paris, 1776-1785, Philadelphia, 1785-1790, Poor Richard's almanack, 1733-1758, the autobiography (1997) The Diary of Colonel Landon Carter of Sabine Hall, 1752-1778 (1965) The Great American Gentleman: William Byrd of Westover in Virginia, His Secret Diary for the years 1709-1712 (1963) Memoir: Select Thoughts and Sermons of the Late Rev. Jonathan Edwards: Writings from the Great Awakening (2013) Writings: with other Narratives of Roanoke, Jamestown, and the First English Settlements of America (2007)īecoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing (2009) But since then, they’ve been co-parenting their daughter Emerson. She left him because he turned blind in his anger and harmed her. The obstacles between their loveĪlthough Lily and Atlas’ love started right where it was left off all those years ago, and they felt just as intensely for one another, there were new obstacles which surrounded them. They talk and Lily asks him to take it slow, and he is happy with that, as long as she wants him with her. But someone has been vandalizing his restaurants and he’s eager to find who- because it doesn’t seem like an act of hate, but desperation and hunger. He’s excited at the prospect of having Lily in his life again and looks forward to everything it entails. One major highlight of this sequel is the introduction of Atlas’ point-of-view to the narrative. Both in a hurry, but Lily told Atlas that she’s ready to see what happens between them. Starting right off where It Ends with Us left off, it was when Atlas and Lily bumped into each other one and a half year after the birth of her daughter. |