The harsh conditions and backward treatments of the asylum are painful to read indeed, they are the stuff of nightmares. Clara is committed to Willard Asylum after she defies her father by taking an Italian immigrant as her lover. There is certainly a shock factor to What She Left Behind. Through the reading of Clara’s diary, Izzy embarks on a mission to discover the girl’s fate. She is shocked to discover the contents of the large steamer trunk belonging to Clara Cartwright, an 18-year-old girl committed to the asylum in 1930. Convinced that her mother is insane, Izzy is particularly sensitive when her latest set of foster parents ask her to help them catalog the personal effects of the former patients of a shuttered mental institution. Izzy Stone has been in and out of foster homes since her mother fatally shot her father and was sent to prison. What She Left Behind chronicles the lives of two young women living approximately 60 years apart.
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It is one of the best readings I’ve heard on audible - and I have over 400 books. Her voice is beautiful, but also versatile, managing at different points to be moving, humorous or sly as the plot demands. There’s not a false note, not a nuance missed. You can read many, better and more thorough reviews of the story itself - including by Neil Gaiman, But I must comment on Eleanor Bron’s reading, which is outstanding. It’s a strange, wonderful, poetic work - the language is quite beautiful, the characterisations real and engaging, the plot as gripping as a thriller at times (though I’ve always wanted to know more about what actually happened to Nat at the end). So please forgive this bit of self-indulgent autobiography- the book has been very important to me all my adult life. So when I saw that it has reappeared out of the past - like Mayor Chanticleer from the debatable lands - both as a book and on audible - it is a bit like an old dream coming to life. I never met anyone else who’d even heard of it, and it was really difficult to get hold of once my old copy had fallen apart. Only recently have I discovered that it’s pre-Tolkien, pre-Lewis, pre the whole ‘fantasy’ thing, and very British The book has haunted me ever since. First read this back in the seventies as a student, knowing nothing about the author - if anything, I thought it was probably contemporary, possibly American. Each character felt complete and whole and the editing is razor sharp not letting anything superfluous add to the word count. All of the stories are told about women in STEM, all the women have unique interests, characteristics and descriptions. Longer than short stories, not complete books, and yet all perfectly complete. But I was flying and at the airport early and wanted something to read that wasn’t attached to a screen. Every time I’ve tried to sink into a nice big book and get lost I’ve had to set it down and it feels like weeks later before I can pick it up again. My mind has been constantly bombarded by family drama, work drama, and society drama. I haven’t been able to ‘get’ into any big books lately. The house still gets wet, implying that the laws of nature indeed still limit man and his works. However, even though man believes himself to be powerful through such mechanical innovations, the “smart” house is still not shielded from the pouring rain (167). By doing so, he suggests that mankind thinks it is so intellectually inclined to the point where it can design a machine that can function without the constant supervision of humans. Bradbury heavily stresses how highly-technological the structure is by ridding the setting of all human presence in the chapter. Specifically, the automated house is suggestive of this conflict- the home is a technologically advanced structure and can certainly be considered a modern accomplishment for man. This particular chapter in Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles blatantly highlights the struggle of mankind against the all-powerful nature. We are with him as he intensively shapes each episode. We slow down to "Fred-time." We see Rogers' adherence to the highest standards, and his painstaking efforts to "get it right." We recognize Fred Rogers will not let the urgency of work impede his focus. As to that great work, King carefully and brilliantly takes us on Fred's long road to success. We need to see what he shows us to fully appreciate the immense success of Mr. He paints a beautiful picture of the early life and influences of Fred Rogers growing up in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Maxwell King's The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers delivers on both the life and the work. Fred Rogers was a good neighbor, but Maxwell King helps us see the draw of Fred Rogers was so much more than "being nice." Wow, am I glad I picked up this book. One time when I was about four years old, my parents were out shopping at Sears. They each thought the other had me by the hand when in fact I was exploring my own aisle (translation: I was lost!) Two salesladies found me and sat me on the counter, asking me my name so they could page my parents. I remember their consternation when I would only answer "Little Red Riding Hood." They couldn't shake my real name out of me no how, no way. I knew the value of persistence even then. My parents said they nearly fell over, when over the loud speaker they heard, "Would the parents of Little Red Riding Hood please come claim their child?" They knew exactly "who" was lost. These days I mostly wake up as myself, though I do seem to hang out with a lot of characters during the day. I have always been enamored with story and character. My mother tells me I could be the most annoying little kid, waking up each day as a new character. Every morning she would have to ask me "who" I was for that day, because unless properly addressed I refused to answer anyone. Book 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.Hermione Granger & Harry Potter Friendship.Severitus | Severus Snape is Harry Potter's Parent.Original Tremere Character(s) (Vampire: The Masquerade).Original Toreador Character(s) (Vampire: The Masquerade).Rowling, Vampire: The Masquerade, Faerie Folklore Language: English Words: 43,785 Chapters: 31/? Collections: 1 Comments: 78 Kudos: 404 Bookmarks: 96 Hits: 11435 At least, that's how everyone see him - everyone, but Harry Potter. Severus Snape is a genius, yes, but also a scared, insecure, abused, neglected, misunderstood, poor, bitter, snarky, jealous, broken man. Harry Potter is a coddled, spoiled Heir Potter-Black in a setting where he vanquished Lord Voldemort as a 15 months old baby, Lily and James Potter have never died, and Albus Dumbledore is not as important as he thinks he is. that means sloooooowwwwww buuuurrrrnnnn.Harry Potter is Heir to Black and Potter.Alternative universe - Voldemort was killed by a 15 months old Harry Potter. Severus Snape/Original Male Character(s).Harry Potter/Original Female Character(s).LydiaClairvoyanne Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. “I got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it.”ĭonnie snickered, the tension seeming to ease from his boney shoulders. You are too kind, my lords and ladies.” He straightened and spun around to the cowering young man, donning his best Groucho impression. A light round of applause broke out in celebration of his victory, and Joe bowed with all the grace and grandeur of a Shakespearian actor. Mumbling a few unintelligible words under her breath, Bea stalked back into the kitchen. I’m too soft on him.” He heard a few chuckles from around the room and knew everyone was waiting to see whether Bea would give in or Joe would end up flat on his face. And you! You really think those puppy eyes are gonna work on me after all these years?” “If he thinks that’s helping, he’s got another think coming. Apparently, his most charming wasn’t charming enough. He wants to be a doctor, so he can help people.” Joe gave her what he hoped was his most charming smile. You know how excited he is about learning medicine. a book to revisit often, and with delight. Cut into pieces and poked full of holes? Time to become a burbling fountain! Torn into scraps? Grow into a garden! Day after day, the square reinvents itself, from simple and perfect to complex and perfect. In brilliant, innovative collage artwork, Michael Hall illustrates how a happy square transforms itself after facing one challenge after another. Young readers will learn days of the week and colors of the rainbow, as well as emotional resilience. Perfect Square is the perfect choice for teaching kids to think outside the box! This imaginative picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling. Not to be deterred, the square rearranges itself into a fountain (the holes look like bubbling water it is really cool). But then, on Monday, it is cut up and holes are poked into it. “A book that begs for reams of colored paper, rooms full of imaginative hands, and a whole lot of clapping and giggling.”–Washington PostMichael Hall, the New York Times bestselling author of My Heart Is Like a Zoo and Red: A Crayon’s Story, inspires creativity and resilience in this strikingly illustrated picture book starring a brightly colored square. The Perfect Square starts out with a square, perfect with four equal sides and four perfect corners. The change took place throughout Western civilization in less than a century. We want to train him we want to reeducate his "spirit." We no longer want to cause the criminal pain The condemned culprit's body is concealed rather than being placed on exhibition. The monotonous tumbling of locks and the shadow of the cell block have replaced the grand ceremonial of flesh and blood. All that came to a sudden end in the second half of the 18th century. Care was taken that no one should be unaware of it. From the stake to the scaffold, from the pillory to the gibbet, physical suffering was produced with elaborate theatricality as an example Bodies were branded, amputated, wrenched apart. This was translated by Leonard Mayhew.Ĭorporal punishment used to be carried out in a businesslike fashion. Michel Foucault, on the Role of Prisons By ROGER-POL DROITįollowing are excerpts from an interview with Michel Foucault, French philosopher, psychiatrist and historian, and author of "The Order of Things" and "Madness and Civilization." It first appeared in the Paris newspaper Le Monde, preceded by a commentary by the interviewer Roger-Pol Droit. |