Allison discusses-with candor and quick wit-her upbringing, her work in a variety of modes (novels, short stories, essays, poetry), and her active participation in the women's movement of the 1970s. The interviews detail Allison's working-class background in Greenville, South Carolina, as the daughter of a waitress. In this collection, spanning almost two decades, Allison the performer and Allison the careful craftsperson both emerge, creating a portrait of a complex woman. Often called a "writer-rock star" and a "cult icon," Allison is a true performer of the written word.Īt the same time, Allison also takes the craft of writing very seriously. Allison has frequently used her position, through passionate lectures and enthusiastic interviews, to give voice to issues dear to her: poverty, working-class life, domestic violence, feminism and women's relationships, the contemporary South, and gay/lesbian life. 1949) has been known-as with Larry Brown and Lee Smith-as a purveyor of the "gritty" contemporary South that, in many ways, is worlds away from prevailing "Southern Gothic" representations of the region. Since the publication of her groundbreaking novel, Bastard Out of Carolina (1992), Dorothy Allison (b.
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Thrown into the universe at the helm of a stolen ship-with the dubious assistance of a rebellious spacesuit, an android death enthusiast on his sixtieth lifetime, and a ball of fluff with an IQ in the thousands-Sarya begins to uncover an impossible truth. That is, until an encounter with a bounty hunter and a miles-long kinetic projectile leaves her life and her perspective shattered. Or whether she really is-impossibly-the lone survivor of a species destroyed a millennium ago. Again.Īnd most days, she can almost accept that she'll never know the truth-that she'll never know why humanity was deemed too dangerous to exist. Or making sure her adoptive mother doesn't casually eviscerate one of their neighbors. Like hiding her identity among the hundreds of alien species roaming the corridors of Watertower Station. Most days, she's got other things on her mind. Most days, Sarya doesn't feel like the most terrifying creature in the galaxy. Sarya is the civilized galaxy's worst nightmare: a Human. The last human in the universe is on the run from a godlike intelligence in this rip-roaring debut space opera. Published by: Del Rey Books on March 24, 2020 tender coming-of-age story, perfect for fans for Lynda Mullaly Hunt and Ali Benjamin.” (ALA Booklist) "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Summer of a Thousand Pies is a sweet and satisfying treat of a novel full of friendship, family, and, of course, pie. But are there some things even the perfect pie just can’t fix? Saving the business and protecting the first place she’s ever really felt safe will take everything she's learned and the help of all her new friends. Then she finds out that Aunt Shell’s shop is failing. Now she’s staying in her mother’s old room, exploring the countryside filled with apple orchards and pie shops, making friends, and working in Aunt Shell’s own pie shop-and soon, Cady starts to feel like she belongs. Cady isn’t used to stability, after growing up homeless in San Diego with her dad. When Cady Bennett is sent to live with the aunt she didn’t even know she had in the quaint mountain town of Julian, she isn’t sure what to expect. A heartfelt contemporary middle grade novel about a girl who must try to save her aunt’s failing pie shop, perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, Fish in a Tree-and The Great British Baking Show. This is intensified by her tempestuous relationship with the mill-owner and self-made man John Thornton, as their fierce opposition over his treatment of his employees masks a deeper attraction. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice. When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the North of England. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Patricia Ingham. As relevant now as when it was first published, Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South skilfully weaves a compelling love story into a clash between the pursuit of profit and humanitarian ideals. |