Confessions Of A Falling Woman
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Confessions Of A Falling Woman
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Author : Debra Dean
language : en
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date : 2008-01-29
Confessions Of A Falling Woman written by Debra Dean and has been published by Harper Perennial this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-29 with Fiction categories.
A surprised Southern matriarch is confronted by her family at an intervention. . . . A life-altering break-in triggers insomniac introspection in a desperate actor. . . . Streetwise New York City neighbors let down their guard for a naïve puppeteer and must suffer the consequences. . . . In this stunning collection of short stories—five of which are being published for the very first time—bestselling, award-winning author Debra Dean displays the depth and magnitude of her extraordinary literary talent. Replete with the seamless storytelling and captivating lyrical voice that made her debut novel, The Madonnas of Leningrad, a national bestseller, Dean's Confessions of a Falling Woman is a haunting, satisfying, and unforgettable reading experience.
Confessions Of A Falling Woman
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Author : Debra Dean
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2008
Confessions Of A Falling Woman written by Debra Dean and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Fiction categories.
This collection of short stories by Debra Dean, author of the critically acclaimed novel 'The Madonnas of Leningrad', explores turning points in lives on the brink of change. Each of the characters she brings to vivid life in these pages is either facing up to, or coming to terms with, a significant moment in their lives.
Confessions Of A Falling Woman
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Author : Debra Dean
language : en
Publisher:
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A Collection Of Short Stories From The Acclaimed Author Of The Madonnas Of Leningrad This Collection Explores Turning Points In Lives On The Brink Of Change. Each Of The Characters She Brings To Vivid Life In These Pages Is Either Facing Up To, Or Coming To Terms With, A Significant Moment In Their Lives From The Prodigal Daughter Returning Home For An Intervention With Her Domineering Alcoholic Mother, To A Woman Unexpectedly Rediscovering Love With Her Ex-Husband. In Writing That Is By Turns Sharply Observed And Delicately Nuanced, Dean Brings Into Focus Shifting Spectrum Of Human Emotions. Yet There Is Nothing Sensational About These Stories Rather They Centre On The Quiet Moments When Reflection Gives Way To Moments Of Truth. Praise For The Madonnas Of Leningrad: An Unforgettable Story Of Love, Survival And The Power Of Imagination In The Most Tragic Circumstances. Elegant And Poetic, The Rare Kind Of Book That You Want To Keep But You Have To Share. Isabel Allende
The Confessions Of A Well Meaning Woman
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Author : Stephen Mckenna
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
The Confessions Of A Well Meaning Woman written by Stephen Mckenna and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... LADY ANN SPENWORTH IS A PRISONER IN HER OWN HOUSE ADY ANN to a friend of proved discretion): 1--4 You must forgive me for making you wait like this. The servants have positive instructions to say that I am not at home to any one until I have been specifically asked. Why one should be at the mercy of anybody who chooses to burst in.... When all is said and done, the Englishman's home is still his castle. Partly I have been busy, partly I have been very much worried, partly I have been driven to it in self-defence. I only wish I had been more unyielding before. I told you of the mad clergyman from Morecambe who swept like a whirl-wind into this room, demanding to see my husband and, so far as I can make out, trying to browbeat my boy into marrying his daughter.... It began from that day, and I find it hard to forgive Arthur for not enlightening me. With Will it was altogether different; no man that I should care to meet would try to get out of a difficulty at the expense of a woman. The code forbids that.... But, if Arthur--who knew as soon as there was anything to know--had told me, I should have acted at once; we should not be in our present state of absolute uncertainty, simply waiting with folded hands for the next blow to fall.... Men have a strange idea that certain things are exclusively their province; their wives, even the mothers of their children must remain outside the door until it is too late to repair the damage. I was not told the facts until two days ago.... When my boy was offered that position at Morecambe, I went with him to see that he had a place fit to live in. The Phentons seemed our best hope, they were highly recommended, and I will say ungrudgingly that they played their cards well. An elderly clergyman, who. had...
Confessions Of An Angry Girl
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Author : Louise Rozett
language : en
Publisher: Harlequin
Release Date : 2012-08-28
Confessions Of An Angry Girl written by Louise Rozett and has been published by Harlequin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-28 with Fiction categories.
After the death of her father, Rose Zarelli struggles to contol her feelings and manage her life as a freshman in high school.
The Confessions Of A Well Meaning Woman
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Author : Stephen McKenna
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
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The Priest The Woman And The Confessional
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Author : Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy
language : en
Publisher: Chick Publications
Release Date : 1979-11
The Priest The Woman And The Confessional written by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy and has been published by Chick Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-11 with Religion categories.
Former priest reveals a tragic danger of the confessional. What happens when women are commanded, under penalty of eternal damnation, to confess to a man their deepest sexual thoughts and sins? Former priest, Charles Chiniquy, continually dealt with this problem. He personally heard the confessions of over 200 priests. All but 21 admitted falling prey to Satan's devices in this area. This book reverently and tastefully exposes why confession of sins to a man cannot be of God. You'll see how this practice destroys both the priest and the person doing the confessing.
The Madonnas Of Leningrad
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Author : Debra Dean
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
The Madonnas Of Leningrad written by Debra Dean and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Fiction categories.
“An extraordinary debut, a deeply lovely novel that evokes with uncommon deftness the terrible, heartbreaking beauty that is life in wartime. Like the glorious ghosts of the paintings in the Hermitage that lie at the heart of the story, Dean’s exquisite prose shimmers with a haunting glow, illuminating us to the notion that art itself is perhaps our most necessary nourishment. A superbly graceful novel.” — Chang-Rae Lee, New York Times Bestselling author of Aloft and Native Speaker Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. An elderly Russian woman now living in America, she cannot hold on to fresh memories—the details of her grown children's lives, the approaching wedding of her grandchild—yet her distant past is miraculously preserved in her mind's eye. Vivid images of her youth in war-torn Leningrad arise unbidden, carrying her back to the terrible fall of 1941, when she was a tour guide at the Hermitage Museum and the German army's approach signaled the beginning of what would be a long, torturous siege on the city. As the people braved starvation, bitter cold, and a relentless German onslaught, Marina joined other staff members in removing the museum's priceless masterpieces for safekeeping, leaving the frames hanging empty on the walls to symbolize the artworks' eventual return. As the Luftwaffe's bombs pounded the proud, stricken city, Marina built a personal Hermitage in her mind—a refuge that would stay buried deep within her, until she needed it once more. . . .
Falling Women And Other Stories
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Author : Ellen Herbert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Falling Women And Other Stories written by Ellen Herbert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Fiction categories.
Award-winning short stories about families in turmoil and children in peril, from a homeless mother forced to put her son in foster care to a suburban mother afraid of passing her water phobia to her son. Braxton, North Carolina is the where in these stories, an imaginary coastal town adjacent to Camp Corregidor, a stopover for recruits on their way to Vietnam and later to Iraq. Braxton is the home front, where citizens battle alcoholism, marital breakups, and scandal. In Braxton, when a sister or father does wrong, the whole family shares the blame. Even Braxton's babysitters are dangerous, snooping, stealing secrets - and husbands. But love abounds. Sisters driven apart by scandal reunite when their father remarries. The babysitter who ran off with the mayor is welcomed back into her family when she returns to Braxton pregnant. A woman on the verge of being committed to an asylum for alcoholism is pulled back from the brink by a devoted friend. "The World As I Know It" won a PEN Syndicate Fiction Prize; "The Yellow Sneakers" won a Dexter Review Short Story Prize; "Jazzland" won the Lip Service Prose Prize; and an earlier version of "Falling Women" won a Virginia Fiction Fellowship for Ms. Herbert.
Constructing Reformatory Identity
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Author : Kaisa Vehkalahti
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2009
Constructing Reformatory Identity written by Kaisa Vehkalahti and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Education categories.
By focusing on one particular re-education institution, this book offers a multifaceted analysis of practices of diagnosis and curing what was defined as «delinquency», «criminality» or «disorderly behaviour» at the turn of the twentieth century. The study provides an important corrective to the existing accounts of re-education by proposing an approach in which institutional practices are analysed both from above and from below. The book draws attention to the process of reforming identities - the construction of reformatory identities - as the core of residential re-education. Special emphasis is placed on the interplay of notions of gender and social background. The book is based on extensive archival research drawing from a wide range of new and neglected sources. The primary material includes a unique collection of documents produced by the girls of the Vuorela State Reform School in Finland. Narrative analysis of correspondence, and careful scrutiny of the official sources created for re-educational purposes, form a basis for the investigation of the interaction between pupils' own self-expression and the aims of re-education in the construction of reformed identities. The practices developed in Finland are carefully contextualised in the European history of re-education.