The immediate allure of the novel is the vibrancy of Mohamed’s prose, her ability to capture the complicated culture of Cardiff and the sound of tortured optimism. Mohamed is a big talent, and she’s only getting started.” -Dwight Garner, The New York Times
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1ĭirac knew that his father had endured a childhood no less miserable than his own. Dirac examined them from time to time and talked with distant relatives about his father's origins, apparently still trying to understand the man he believed had blighted his life. But most of Dirac's acquaintances knew nothing of this: at home, he allowed no photographs of his father to be displayed, and he kept his father's papers locked in his desk. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, Preface to Getting Married, 1908Īs Kurt Hofer had seen, the elderly Paul Dirac was fixated on his father Charles. It is in many respects conspicuously the reverse. English home life to-day is neither honorable, virtuous, wholesome, sweet, clean, nor in any creditable way distinctively English. KIM: I came from this environment in Korea where we were very poor. "Miracle Creek" creates a frame for some of those messy threads in Angie Kim's own life, including a childhood where her parents worked from 6 a.m. Bad things get hurled at you in clumps and batches - unmanageable and messy. She writes, misfortune doesn't get sprinkled out in fair proportions. SHAPIRO: This is Angie Kim's first novel, And it begins with a tragedy. Kim has three children who've each dealt with medical issues and the batteries of tests and treatments that go along with them.ĪNGIE KIM: Between all of that, I felt like these are the things that I think were in me that needed to get out because I felt the need when I was in those situations to feel like other people understood. And the story also centers on a group of mothers whose kids have autism. from South Korea when she was a child, just like the central characters in the book. And this book taps into other themes she's familiar with, too. She worked as a trial lawyer at a big firm. It's a world that author Angie Kim knows well. The new novel "Miracle Creek" is a courtroom thriller. I also enjoyed the first in Susan Elia MacNeal’s Maggie Hope series – Mr Churchill’s Secretary – which was recommended by Lauren Willig (of Pink Carnation Fame) – but haven’t read any of the rest of the series as the books were too expensive and my reading pile too high – I’d be interested to hear from anyone who’s read more of them if they continue to be worth a look. If you like your golden age crime/detection novels – Ngaio Marsh’s Inspector Alleyn series and Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion (fun fact, Albert started as a Peter Wimsey spoof but grew into much more) are definitely worth a look – although I don’t know how easy to get hold of they are in the states. I don’t think anyone’s mentioned yet The Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne series – the first is Sweet Poison – – which features an aristocratic detective, a communist, spies, murders, the Spanish Civil War etc – and is also really good. Audible (certainly in the UK anyway) also have them as audiobooks and radio plays which are also charming. I also love the Peter Wimsey books – and think that the four involving Peter and Harriet are really quite romantic too – I’ve written my thoughts about them on my blog –. I second a lot of the recommendations here – like Dandy Gilver and the Catherine Lloyd Kurland series. I’ve just finished the third Tasha Alexander Lady Emily book – which I’m really enjoying – and the first Deanna Raybourn – which I loved and am trying to resist ordering the next couple (book buying budget/massive to-read pile…). 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Gaiman Has Provided an Enchanting Contemporary Interpretation of the Viking Ethos., In reinterpreting the tales so faithfully and with such abundant joy, Gaiman assumes the role of fireside bard, inviting us to sit close on a chilly winter's night and chuckle and wonder along with him., In Norse Mythology, Gaiman brings voice to the old myths so viscerally that listening to the audiobook every night for a week, I thought my bedroom might explode into Valhalla. Once you fall into the rhythm of its glinting prose, you will happily read on and on, in thrall to Gaiman's skillful storytelling., Remarkable. A gripping, suspenseful and quite wonderful reworking of these famous tales. "A modern-day Grimm's tale." - Curled Up With a Good Book such issues as sibling rivalry, forgiveness, family legacies and unconditional love." - Bookreporter "McMahon manages to turn Vermont's verdant, picturesque scenery into the backdrop for some truly unnerving plots. A powerful story of childhood friendship and sisterhood. Each believed the other to be something truly monstrous, but only one knows the secret that will haunt the generations to come. Sylvie Slater had dreams of running off to Hollywood and becoming Alfred Hitchcock's leading lady, while her little sister, Rose, was content with their simple life. Now, Amy stands accused of committing a horrific crime, and the only hint to her motives is a hasty message that forces Piper and Margot to revisit the motel's past, and the fate of two sisters who lived there in its heyday. until the day their innocent games uncovered something dark and twisted that ruined their friendship forever. They loved exploring the abandoned rooms. Today it lies in disrepair, alive only in the memories of the three women-Amy, Piper, and Piper's kid sister, Margot-who played there as children. The Tower Motel was once a thriving attraction of rural Vermont. Description From the New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon ( The Winter People) comes an atmospheric, gripping, and suspenseful tale that probes the bond between sisters and the peril of keeping secrets. He brings his whip down hard over his horse’s back and the carriage leaps forward, parting the angry crowd like soil in a furrowed field. “I need to speak to you!” But the stranger doesn’t hear. I fight my way to the front and pound on the doors of the carriage. “Wait!” I shout, surging forward, shouldering my way through the crowd. Together, they endure deadly Vapours and criminal-infested woods in pursuit of the same goal, only to discover the miracle machine they hoped would solve their problems may in fact be their biggest problem of all.Įxcerpt from LUMIERE by Jacqueline Garlick: She follows the thief into the world of the unknown, compelled not only by her quest but by the allure of the stranger - Urlick Babbit - who harbors secrets of his own. Pursued by Smrt, Eyelet locates the Illuminator only to see it whisked away. With it, she hopes to cure herself of her debilitating seizures before Professor Smrt - her father’s arch nemesis - discovers her secret and locks her away in an asylum. After an unexplained flash shatters her world, seventeen-year-old Eyelet Elsworth sets out to find the Illuminator, her father’s prized invention. Since then, author and illustrator Lynley Dodd has sent Hairy off on 11 more adventures and written another nine about his friends. But these dogs were no match for Scarface Claw, the toughest tom in town, and their excursion was quickly cut short as they each scurried off with a yowl - and a wail, and a howl - straight back home to bed. They got together and wandered off, sniffing all the smells, past the shops and the park, snooping at each door. Hairy the Skye terrier and his gang of dog mates - Hercules Morse, Bottomley Potts, Muffin McLay, Bitzer Maloney, and Schnitzel von Krumm - had their first adventure in 1983. She and author Eve Sutton had already won the prestigious Esther Glen award in 1975 for the classic My cat likes to hide in boxes. The publication in 1983 of Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy skyrocketed Lynley Dodd to the status of picture book legend. Cover of Lynley Dodd's Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (1983). |