Beschreibung Mitten in der New Yorker Upper West Side lebt in einem Mehrfamilienhaus eine kunterbunte Patchwork-Familie. Im obersten Stockwerk thront die eigenwillige und etwas schrullige Eigentümerin Anna, außerdem leben auch ihre Töchter Bea, die ein Catering betreibt und einfach alles daran set...
I was a little disappointed in this book, in no small part because it was not what I expected it to be. Instead of a memoir about the author's reading experiences (which is what I thought I was getting), this book is an extended essay about reading as a solitary pursuit.To be sure, the author mentio...
The problem with this book is not so much The Yellow Wallpaper part, but the Other Stories part. The Yellow Wallpaper is an effective short story, about a woman who starts going crazy, because she has been locked up in a room as part of a rest cure for what would then have been called neurosis. It...
Just ask yourself this: when was the last time you read a book where EVERY character was multifaceted, EVERY character was fully developed, and EVERY character had a fully realized character arc? Even a third-person narrator?Yes, it is long and daunting, but absolutely rewarding and absolutely worth...
Ten year old Elisa has been enjoying visiting her charming and eccentric grandmother since she was a baby. She even fancies herself a modern day Red Riding Hood as she skips along the canals of Venice bringing food to her Nonna Eia. Up until very recently Elisa had never stopped to consider why he...
This review is not exactly a ‘review’ in that sense, rather my analysis from my MA dissertation on The Yellow Wallpaper (only). I loved it; it made me sad and depressed, still I loved it. CPG was an extraordinary writer. I hope to read more of her works soon. I've mentioned the page numbers of the l...
Perkins was a bold, outspoken, extremely intelligent early feminist. We really do stand on the shoulders of these courageous women. This is a collection of short stories, excerpts from her novel, and excerpts from some of her nonfiction feminist social commentary. I didn't care much for The Yellow...
I picked this up because it's a favorite of one of my favorite professors and shortly afterwards, I found out I would need it for school. Some people find Middlemarch slow becacuse they don't feel that it has much of a storyline, but I disagree.It is true that Middlemarch isn't a fast read, nor is ...
Renata has, it seems, lost everything in her life. Her twin sister. Her dad. Her niece. Even her mom is distant, and her boyfriend is uncertain. Then 9-11 hits and Renata’s entire city suffers. Renata unexpectedly finds a child and then another, and gradually begins to learn to deal with the past lo...
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