Author: Curtis Sittenfeld
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 144649781X
Size: 51.65 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 656
View: 1243
---------------------------------------------------------------- ***PRE-ORDER, RODHAM, THE RIVETTING NEW NOVEL BY CURTIS SITTENFELD *** 'My favourite book of the year' KATE ATKINSON ‘Honest, wonderful and smart as hell’ GUARDIAN All I did is marry him. You are the ones who gave him power. Quiet, bookish Alice Blackwell never dreamed of being First Lady. Much less to a President whose politics she doesn’t believe in. On perhaps the most important day of her husband’s presidency, Alice looks back on the strange and unlikely path that led her to the White House, and to a decision – both treacherous and long overdue – that could jeopardise everything. Taking inspiration from real life, American Wife is a remarkable portrait of a woman caught between her feelings for her husband, her country, and herself. 'My God, it’s good... so beautifully written and so clever’ OBSERVER
The American Wife
Author: Elaine Ford
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472116201
Size: 24.50 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
View: 5843
“Elaine Ford’s collection roams the territory between the intellect and the heart. She writes of the human condition with precision, in language that is both grave and conversational. Her characters step out of the real world onto the page, where she develops them quietly, but with compassionate fullness. This writer grips the reader with her keen knowledge of the psyche of individuals-—their motives and secrets—and also with the surprising things that happen to them.” —Laura Kasischke, judge, Michigan Literary Fiction Awards Of Elaine Ford’s novel, Missed Connections, the Washington Post wrote that it is a work “of small episodes, of precise sentences, of unusual clarity.” That same clarity proves an unsettling force in Ford’s stories, where precision of prose often belies uncertainties hidden beneath. In the title piece, an American woman in England, embroiled in a relationship doomed to fail, discovers how little she understands about her own desires and impulses. In another story, another American wife, abandoned in Greece by her archaeologist husband, struggles to solve a crime no one else believes to have been committed. Throughout her stories Ford touches on the mysteries that make up our lives. Each story in itself is a masterpiece of such detail and power as to transform the way we see the world.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472116201
Size: 24.50 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
View: 5843
“Elaine Ford’s collection roams the territory between the intellect and the heart. She writes of the human condition with precision, in language that is both grave and conversational. Her characters step out of the real world onto the page, where she develops them quietly, but with compassionate fullness. This writer grips the reader with her keen knowledge of the psyche of individuals-—their motives and secrets—and also with the surprising things that happen to them.” —Laura Kasischke, judge, Michigan Literary Fiction Awards Of Elaine Ford’s novel, Missed Connections, the Washington Post wrote that it is a work “of small episodes, of precise sentences, of unusual clarity.” That same clarity proves an unsettling force in Ford’s stories, where precision of prose often belies uncertainties hidden beneath. In the title piece, an American woman in England, embroiled in a relationship doomed to fail, discovers how little she understands about her own desires and impulses. In another story, another American wife, abandoned in Greece by her archaeologist husband, struggles to solve a crime no one else believes to have been committed. Throughout her stories Ford touches on the mysteries that make up our lives. Each story in itself is a masterpiece of such detail and power as to transform the way we see the world.
The South American S Wife
Author: Kay Thorpe
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 142687314X
Size: 79.75 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
View: 5120
Is she really the Latin lover's wife? Waking up in a Rio hospital bed, Karen has noidea how she got there. And when Luiz Andradeintroduces himself as her husband, Karen isshocked and bewildered. Though Luiz claims she betrayed him, theyrediscover their intense mutual passion andKaren is convinced she could never have beenan unfaithful wife. So what is the secret thatLuiz isn't telling her?
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 142687314X
Size: 79.75 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
View: 5120
Is she really the Latin lover's wife? Waking up in a Rio hospital bed, Karen has noidea how she got there. And when Luiz Andradeintroduces himself as her husband, Karen isshocked and bewildered. Though Luiz claims she betrayed him, theyrediscover their intense mutual passion andKaren is convinced she could never have beenan unfaithful wife. So what is the secret thatLuiz isn't telling her?
Prep And American Wife Two Bestselling Novels
Author: Curtis Sittenfeld
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0812985451
Size: 28.79 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
View: 6747
One of the most exceptional voices in literary fiction today, Curtis Sittenfeld is renowned for her rich prose, irresistible storytelling, and fascinating characters who struggle with the rules of gender, race, and privilege. Now, in this convenient eBook bundle, here are her blockbuster bestselling and critically acclaimed novels, Prep and American Wife. PREP Named One of the Top Ten Books of the Year by The New York Times Lee Fiora is an intelligent, observant fourteen-year-old when she leaves her family behind in Indiana to attend the prestigious Ault School in Massachusetts. Over the next four years, her experiences at Ault—complicated relationships with teachers, intense friendships with other girls, an all-consuming preoccupation with a classmate who is less than a boyfriend and more than a crush—coalesce into a singular portrait of the universal pains and thrills of adolescence. AMERICAN WIFE Named One of the Top Ten Books of the Year by Time, People, and Entertainment Weekly A bookish only child born in the 1940s and raised in a small Wisconsin town, Alice Lindgren has no idea that she will one day end up in the White House, married to the president. So when the charismatic son of a powerful Republican family sweeps her off her feet, she is surprised to find herself admitted into a world of privilege. As he unexpectedly becomes governor and then president, she discovers that she is married to a man she fundamentally disagrees with yet deeply loves. And upon the advent of her husband’s second term, Alice must finally face questions nearly impossible to answer. Praise for Curtis Sittenfeld “One of the most tender and accurate portraits of adolescence in recent memory.”—San Francisco Chronicle, on Prep “A tart and complex tale of social class, race, and gender politics.”—The Boston Globe, on Prep “[Sittenfeld’s] dialogue captures teenage humor brilliantly, and her characters show remarkable depth.”—Chicago Tribune, on Prep “An intelligent, bighearted novel about a controversial political dynasty.”—Entertainment Weekly, on American Wife “Smart and sophisticated . . . Sittenfeld has an astonishing gift for creating characters that take up residence in readers’ heads.”—The Washington Post, on American Wife “An intimate and daring story . . . Alice is a woman of considerable intellect, compassion and character.” —USA Today, on American Wife
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0812985451
Size: 28.79 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
View: 6747
One of the most exceptional voices in literary fiction today, Curtis Sittenfeld is renowned for her rich prose, irresistible storytelling, and fascinating characters who struggle with the rules of gender, race, and privilege. Now, in this convenient eBook bundle, here are her blockbuster bestselling and critically acclaimed novels, Prep and American Wife. PREP Named One of the Top Ten Books of the Year by The New York Times Lee Fiora is an intelligent, observant fourteen-year-old when she leaves her family behind in Indiana to attend the prestigious Ault School in Massachusetts. Over the next four years, her experiences at Ault—complicated relationships with teachers, intense friendships with other girls, an all-consuming preoccupation with a classmate who is less than a boyfriend and more than a crush—coalesce into a singular portrait of the universal pains and thrills of adolescence. AMERICAN WIFE Named One of the Top Ten Books of the Year by Time, People, and Entertainment Weekly A bookish only child born in the 1940s and raised in a small Wisconsin town, Alice Lindgren has no idea that she will one day end up in the White House, married to the president. So when the charismatic son of a powerful Republican family sweeps her off her feet, she is surprised to find herself admitted into a world of privilege. As he unexpectedly becomes governor and then president, she discovers that she is married to a man she fundamentally disagrees with yet deeply loves. And upon the advent of her husband’s second term, Alice must finally face questions nearly impossible to answer. Praise for Curtis Sittenfeld “One of the most tender and accurate portraits of adolescence in recent memory.”—San Francisco Chronicle, on Prep “A tart and complex tale of social class, race, and gender politics.”—The Boston Globe, on Prep “[Sittenfeld’s] dialogue captures teenage humor brilliantly, and her characters show remarkable depth.”—Chicago Tribune, on Prep “An intelligent, bighearted novel about a controversial political dynasty.”—Entertainment Weekly, on American Wife “Smart and sophisticated . . . Sittenfeld has an astonishing gift for creating characters that take up residence in readers’ heads.”—The Washington Post, on American Wife “An intimate and daring story . . . Alice is a woman of considerable intellect, compassion and character.” —USA Today, on American Wife
The New Wife
Author: Susan Shapiro Barash
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781932053081
Size: 68.91 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
View: 7368
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781932053081
Size: 68.91 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
View: 7368
The American Wife
Author: Pliny De Kalbe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 67.11 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Married women
Languages : en
Pages : 24
View: 7282
Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 67.11 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Married women
Languages : en
Pages : 24
View: 7282
The Great American Housewife
Author: Annegret S. Ogden
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780313247521
Size: 57.96 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
View: 5351
In this innovative historical survey, Annegret S. Ogden addresses the need for the modern housewife to adapt to the additional role of wage earner. By examining a variety of diaries, letters, domestic fiction, and household books of the past two centuries, as well as solid statistical and historical data, she seeks not only to uncover the motivations and origins of the typical American housewife, but also to discover an alternative life pattern that has characterized a virtually unrecognized minority of American women. These are the immigrant, black, and frontier women, as well as any other part-time homemakers, who long ago forged the survival tools that are needed by today's majority of working housewives. It is Ogden's contention that an understanding of the historical housewife, as well as her working counterpart, will light the way for those modern American housewives who must adapt their role as both homemaker and wage earner to the shifting complexities of contemporary American life.
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780313247521
Size: 57.96 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
View: 5351
In this innovative historical survey, Annegret S. Ogden addresses the need for the modern housewife to adapt to the additional role of wage earner. By examining a variety of diaries, letters, domestic fiction, and household books of the past two centuries, as well as solid statistical and historical data, she seeks not only to uncover the motivations and origins of the typical American housewife, but also to discover an alternative life pattern that has characterized a virtually unrecognized minority of American women. These are the immigrant, black, and frontier women, as well as any other part-time homemakers, who long ago forged the survival tools that are needed by today's majority of working housewives. It is Ogden's contention that an understanding of the historical housewife, as well as her working counterpart, will light the way for those modern American housewives who must adapt their role as both homemaker and wage earner to the shifting complexities of contemporary American life.
Cecil B Demille And American Culture
Author: Sumiko Higashi
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520914810
Size: 12.58 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 264
View: 3977
Cecil B. DeMille and American Culture demonstrates that the director, best remembered for his overblown biblical epics, was one of the most remarkable film pioneers of the Progressive Era. In this innovative work, which integrates cultural history and cultural studies, Sumiko Higashi shows how DeMille artfully inserted cinema into genteel middle-class culture by replicating in his films such spectacles as elaborate parlor games, stage melodramas, department store displays, Orientalist world's fairs, and civic pageantry. The director not only established his signature as a film author by articulating middle-class ideology across class and ethnic lines, but by the 1920's had become a trendsetter, with set and costume designs that influenced the advertising industry to create a consumer culture based on female desire. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped material from the DeMille Archives and other collections, Higashi provides imaginative readings of DeMille's early feature films, viewing them in relation to the dynamics of social change, and she documents the extent to which the emergence of popular culture was linked to the genteel tradition.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520914810
Size: 12.58 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 264
View: 3977
Cecil B. DeMille and American Culture demonstrates that the director, best remembered for his overblown biblical epics, was one of the most remarkable film pioneers of the Progressive Era. In this innovative work, which integrates cultural history and cultural studies, Sumiko Higashi shows how DeMille artfully inserted cinema into genteel middle-class culture by replicating in his films such spectacles as elaborate parlor games, stage melodramas, department store displays, Orientalist world's fairs, and civic pageantry. The director not only established his signature as a film author by articulating middle-class ideology across class and ethnic lines, but by the 1920's had become a trendsetter, with set and costume designs that influenced the advertising industry to create a consumer culture based on female desire. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped material from the DeMille Archives and other collections, Higashi provides imaginative readings of DeMille's early feature films, viewing them in relation to the dynamics of social change, and she documents the extent to which the emergence of popular culture was linked to the genteel tradition.
Taya Kyle Wife Of American Sniper Chris Kyle
Author: Jeremy King
Publisher: Jeremy King
ISBN:
Size: 48.97 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
View: 1648
Taya Kyle has been there for Chris Kyle in life and death. She continues to keep his legacy alive.
Publisher: Jeremy King
ISBN:
Size: 48.97 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
View: 1648
Taya Kyle has been there for Chris Kyle in life and death. She continues to keep his legacy alive.
The Erotic Silence Of The American Wife
Author: Dalma Heyn
Publisher: Plume Books
ISBN:
Size: 67.68 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 302
View: 2329
A debunking of the myth of female monogamy describes how thousands of American women--committed to their husbands, and children--enter into adulterous affairs that they maintain free from guilt and self-disgust
Publisher: Plume Books
ISBN:
Size: 67.68 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 302
View: 2329
A debunking of the myth of female monogamy describes how thousands of American women--committed to their husbands, and children--enter into adulterous affairs that they maintain free from guilt and self-disgust