![]() ![]() A monogamous one, but a manwhore nonetheless. ![]() Much to my parents’ dismay, Maverick is a certified manwhore. “And looking at your face makes me lose my appetite.” “Screw you, fuckboy.” I try to close the door on him, but it’s useless, since he’s a damn giant and standing in the middle of the doorway. Don’t say things like that if you don’t want me to hurl.” ![]() “Goddammit! That was my favorite freaking mug. “Ow! What the hell, Mav!” I cover my burning eye with my palm and drop my mug in the sink. I jab myself in the eye with my mascara wand, and coffee sloshes down the front of my white tank. “HEY, LAV!” MY brother’s fist slams against the bathroom door, and half a second later it flies open, scaring the living shit out of me as it bashes into the wall. ![]()
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And I still find that quite surreal, actually, that six months before we first went into lockdown here in the U.K. SIMON: I gather this premise was on your mind long before the pandemic made us all feel a little bit like Meredith.ĪLEXANDER: Yeah. SIMON: Claire Alexander joins us now from Scotland. My name is Meredith Maggs, and I haven't left my home for 1,214 days. But let's ask Claire Alexander to read the entire of her novel.ĬLAIRE ALEXANDER: (Reading) Wednesday, Nov. She has an online friend named Celeste and in-person visits from Tom, who's with a group in Glasgow called Holding Hands. ![]() Sadie, her friend, visits with her children. Meredith is not alone although she is the character at the center of Claire Alexander's novel, "Meredith, Alone." She's got a job writing website copy remotely. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Newbery Award winner Lloyd Alexander called it a fine work, literate, witty, filled with the excitement of genuine storytelling. With the publication of his first childrens book in 1987, the award-winning Redwall, Jacques fresh talent has received exceptional praise from reviewers in the United States and England. ![]() About the Author I sometimes think it ironic for an ex-seaman, longshoreman, truck driver, policeman, bus driver, etc., to find success writing childrens novels, says Brian Jacques (pronounced Jakes). A gift like no other for fans of the series, old or new. Book Synopsis Ever read a Redwall novel and wonder exactly what Abbots Special Abbey Trifle is? Or how to make Shrimp N Hotroot Soup, that delicacy of otters everywhere? Or Moles Favourite Turnip and Tater Deeper N Ever Pie? 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For Wittig, all gender, "male" and "female" is part of a single construct which patriarchal oppression created- not vice versa (she equates sexual difference theory a la Irigaray with blaming the victim). ![]() I'm still reading this with Serano's new book in the back of my mind, and especially with Wittig's essays in the front of my mind, since Butler deals with her "materialist feminism" quite a bit. ![]() ![]() ![]() But Hannibal’s demons visit him and torment him. ![]() With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France. Hannibal’s uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle’s beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki. He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him. Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. AT LAST THE EVOLUTION OF HIS EVIL IS REVEALED. HE IS ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTING CHARACTERS IN ALL OF LITERATURE. Some light shelf wear and a few scuffs to dust jacket. ![]() Hardcover with Dust Jacket in excellent condition. Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING DELACORTE PRESS ![]() ![]() ![]() Then, one fateful morning, Mia’s world is turned on its head and life as she knows it changes. Either way, she has something to gain and something to lose. Mia has a choice, she can follow her love of music, go to Julliard and accomplish her cellist dreams, or she can stay with her family and the love of her life and follow her heart. Furthermore, she is a gifted musician and is about to be accepted into the prestigious Julliard. ![]() Mia is eighteen and has the kind of family any of us would pray to be born to and the kind of boyfriend that can only exist in the fictitious world. 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