Author: Megan Daymond
Publisher: FRACTURE Publishing
ISBN: 0648237702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
When your date turns into a snuff film, surviving is only the beginning … 'Excellent thriller! Very disturbing and suspenseful! … Highly recommend!' 5 stars, NetGalley reviewer. A gripping Australian crime thriller filled with mystery, suspense, and a touch of romance ... When Andy and Mel’s double date turns into a snuff film, Andy fights back, killing one of her attackers, leading to an unwanted aftermath of attention and threats. Detective Daniel Connor links the attack to the recent discovery of six female bodies found buried in bushland on Sydney’s Northern Beaches – three double homicides now thought to be part of an organised snuff-film ring. When video of the attack is leaked online, the threats against the women escalate. Determined to find answers, Andy is caught in the middle of a deadly investigation. Connor vows to protect Andy and Mel, but as more suspects are uncovered, the more he fears for their lives. Book 1, Andy Knight Series THIS BOOK CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE OR PART OF SERIES Australian English Spelling Books in the Andy Knight Series: Just Play Along Bones of Deception Hidden Lies OPTIONAL EXTRA READS – The books in the Valerie Dawson Novella Series are designed to be read alongside the full-length novels in the Andy Knight Series (but if preferred, they can be read on their own). It is optional to read these two series together. But if you do choose to read both series, the following reading order is recommended: FIRST READ either ‘Just Play Along’ OR ‘Valerie: Trapped’. Then, to avoid spoilers, the following reading order is recommended: 1. Just Play Along (Book 1, Andy Knight Series) 2. Valerie: Trapped (Part 1, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 3. Valerie: Isolated (Part 2, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 4. Bones of Deception (Book 2, Andy Knight Series) 5. Valerie: Bound (Part 3, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 6. Valerie: Desperate (Part 4, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 7. Hidden Lies (Book 3, Andy Knight Series) The reading order of the combined two series is flexible and most books can be read in your preferred order with only minor spoilers, but it is highly recommended to read Bones of Deception (Book 2, Andy Knight Series) before reading Valerie: Desperate (Part 4, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) as it contains major spoilers and should be read in the correct order.
Just Play Along
Author: Megan Daymond
Publisher: FRACTURE Publishing
ISBN: 0648237702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
When your date turns into a snuff film, surviving is only the beginning … 'Excellent thriller! Very disturbing and suspenseful! … Highly recommend!' 5 stars, NetGalley reviewer. A gripping Australian crime thriller filled with mystery, suspense, and a touch of romance ... When Andy and Mel’s double date turns into a snuff film, Andy fights back, killing one of her attackers, leading to an unwanted aftermath of attention and threats. Detective Daniel Connor links the attack to the recent discovery of six female bodies found buried in bushland on Sydney’s Northern Beaches – three double homicides now thought to be part of an organised snuff-film ring. When video of the attack is leaked online, the threats against the women escalate. Determined to find answers, Andy is caught in the middle of a deadly investigation. Connor vows to protect Andy and Mel, but as more suspects are uncovered, the more he fears for their lives. Book 1, Andy Knight Series THIS BOOK CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE OR PART OF SERIES Australian English Spelling Books in the Andy Knight Series: Just Play Along Bones of Deception Hidden Lies OPTIONAL EXTRA READS – The books in the Valerie Dawson Novella Series are designed to be read alongside the full-length novels in the Andy Knight Series (but if preferred, they can be read on their own). It is optional to read these two series together. But if you do choose to read both series, the following reading order is recommended: FIRST READ either ‘Just Play Along’ OR ‘Valerie: Trapped’. Then, to avoid spoilers, the following reading order is recommended: 1. Just Play Along (Book 1, Andy Knight Series) 2. Valerie: Trapped (Part 1, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 3. Valerie: Isolated (Part 2, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 4. Bones of Deception (Book 2, Andy Knight Series) 5. Valerie: Bound (Part 3, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 6. Valerie: Desperate (Part 4, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 7. Hidden Lies (Book 3, Andy Knight Series) The reading order of the combined two series is flexible and most books can be read in your preferred order with only minor spoilers, but it is highly recommended to read Bones of Deception (Book 2, Andy Knight Series) before reading Valerie: Desperate (Part 4, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) as it contains major spoilers and should be read in the correct order.
Publisher: FRACTURE Publishing
ISBN: 0648237702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
When your date turns into a snuff film, surviving is only the beginning … 'Excellent thriller! Very disturbing and suspenseful! … Highly recommend!' 5 stars, NetGalley reviewer. A gripping Australian crime thriller filled with mystery, suspense, and a touch of romance ... When Andy and Mel’s double date turns into a snuff film, Andy fights back, killing one of her attackers, leading to an unwanted aftermath of attention and threats. Detective Daniel Connor links the attack to the recent discovery of six female bodies found buried in bushland on Sydney’s Northern Beaches – three double homicides now thought to be part of an organised snuff-film ring. When video of the attack is leaked online, the threats against the women escalate. Determined to find answers, Andy is caught in the middle of a deadly investigation. Connor vows to protect Andy and Mel, but as more suspects are uncovered, the more he fears for their lives. Book 1, Andy Knight Series THIS BOOK CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE OR PART OF SERIES Australian English Spelling Books in the Andy Knight Series: Just Play Along Bones of Deception Hidden Lies OPTIONAL EXTRA READS – The books in the Valerie Dawson Novella Series are designed to be read alongside the full-length novels in the Andy Knight Series (but if preferred, they can be read on their own). It is optional to read these two series together. But if you do choose to read both series, the following reading order is recommended: FIRST READ either ‘Just Play Along’ OR ‘Valerie: Trapped’. Then, to avoid spoilers, the following reading order is recommended: 1. Just Play Along (Book 1, Andy Knight Series) 2. Valerie: Trapped (Part 1, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 3. Valerie: Isolated (Part 2, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 4. Bones of Deception (Book 2, Andy Knight Series) 5. Valerie: Bound (Part 3, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 6. Valerie: Desperate (Part 4, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 7. Hidden Lies (Book 3, Andy Knight Series) The reading order of the combined two series is flexible and most books can be read in your preferred order with only minor spoilers, but it is highly recommended to read Bones of Deception (Book 2, Andy Knight Series) before reading Valerie: Desperate (Part 4, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) as it contains major spoilers and should be read in the correct order.
Bones of Deception
Author: Megan Daymond
Publisher: FRACTURE Publishing
ISBN: 0648237737
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A gripping Australian crime thriller filled with mystery, suspense, and a touch of romance ... Six months after surviving a brutal attack, Andy finally believes she is moving on with her life, focusing on work and a new relationship with Detective Daniel Connor. Things appear to be going smoothly until an unexpected encounter and a morbid delivery arrives — a gift box, containing a single bone and a note: More will die, unless you die first … Detective Connor and his team suspect the incident is connected to Andy’s previous attack, but they soon discover Andy is not the only target on the killer’s radar. The killer somehow knows intimate details about Detective Connor and his team, and as more bones are delivered and more women disappear, it becomes clear that no one is safe. Book 2, Andy Knight Series THIS BOOK CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE OR PART OF SERIES Australian English Spelling Books in the Andy Knight Series: Just Play Along Bones of Deception OPTIONAL EXTRA READS – The books in the Valerie Dawson Novella Series are designed to be read alongside the full-length novels in the Andy Knight Series (but if preferred, they can be read on their own). It is optional to read these two series together. But if you do choose to read both series, then the following reading order is recommended: FIRST READ either ‘Just Play Along’ OR ‘Valerie: Trapped’. Then to avoid spoilers, the following reading order is recommended: 1. Just Play Along (Book 1, Andy Knight Series) 2. Valerie: Trapped (Part 1, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 3. Valerie: Isolated (Part 2, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 4. Bones of Deception (Book 2, Andy Knight Series) 5. Valerie: Bound (Part 3, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 6. Valerie: Desperate (Part 4, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 7. Hidden Lies (Book 3, Andy Knight Series) The reading order of the combined two series is flexible and most books can be read in your preferred order with only minor spoilers, but it is highly recommended to read Bones of Deception (Book 2, Andy Knight Series) before reading Valerie: Desperate (Part 4, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) as it contains major spoilers and should be read in the correct order.
Publisher: FRACTURE Publishing
ISBN: 0648237737
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A gripping Australian crime thriller filled with mystery, suspense, and a touch of romance ... Six months after surviving a brutal attack, Andy finally believes she is moving on with her life, focusing on work and a new relationship with Detective Daniel Connor. Things appear to be going smoothly until an unexpected encounter and a morbid delivery arrives — a gift box, containing a single bone and a note: More will die, unless you die first … Detective Connor and his team suspect the incident is connected to Andy’s previous attack, but they soon discover Andy is not the only target on the killer’s radar. The killer somehow knows intimate details about Detective Connor and his team, and as more bones are delivered and more women disappear, it becomes clear that no one is safe. Book 2, Andy Knight Series THIS BOOK CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE OR PART OF SERIES Australian English Spelling Books in the Andy Knight Series: Just Play Along Bones of Deception OPTIONAL EXTRA READS – The books in the Valerie Dawson Novella Series are designed to be read alongside the full-length novels in the Andy Knight Series (but if preferred, they can be read on their own). It is optional to read these two series together. But if you do choose to read both series, then the following reading order is recommended: FIRST READ either ‘Just Play Along’ OR ‘Valerie: Trapped’. Then to avoid spoilers, the following reading order is recommended: 1. Just Play Along (Book 1, Andy Knight Series) 2. Valerie: Trapped (Part 1, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 3. Valerie: Isolated (Part 2, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 4. Bones of Deception (Book 2, Andy Knight Series) 5. Valerie: Bound (Part 3, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 6. Valerie: Desperate (Part 4, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) 7. Hidden Lies (Book 3, Andy Knight Series) The reading order of the combined two series is flexible and most books can be read in your preferred order with only minor spoilers, but it is highly recommended to read Bones of Deception (Book 2, Andy Knight Series) before reading Valerie: Desperate (Part 4, Valerie Dawson Novella Series) as it contains major spoilers and should be read in the correct order.
From Lonely to Single
Author: Laura Bauman
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504372212
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
You've loved a man more than yourself and he's hurt you, deceived you, left you with the fruit of your love in your arms? This book is meant to give you hope, courage and power. This book is meant to make you understand that remaining on your own with your child is your strong point, not your weak point. Read this book. You'll learn that you're not the only one.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504372212
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
You've loved a man more than yourself and he's hurt you, deceived you, left you with the fruit of your love in your arms? This book is meant to give you hope, courage and power. This book is meant to make you understand that remaining on your own with your child is your strong point, not your weak point. Read this book. You'll learn that you're not the only one.
Isolation: An Infectious Diseases Medical Thriller
Author: SJ Gardiner
Publisher: Isolation Press
ISBN: 1923064010
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A bacterium resisting all treatment. A specialist battling to save patients. When a sadistic killer returns, will her last hope flatline? Perth, Western Australia. Dr Julia Sinclair craves an escape from grief. Yet even a relentless drive to defeat infectious diseases can’t help the heartsore redhead forget that it’s been a year since her sister’s mysterious disappearance. And when her best friend shockingly vanishes on the anniversary of that dreadful day, she’s tormented by a stream of gruesome thoughts. Distracted by a lethal outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant illness, Julia scrambles to maintain her focus and prevent more deaths. But as the strain spreads like wildfire and she digs further into its origin, she fears the loss of her loved ones is linked to a greater danger circling. Can she follow the trail of bodies without ending up in her own morgue? Isolation is the gritty first book in the Dr Sinclair Investigations medical thriller series. If you like determined heroines, dark humor, and a spattering of gore, then you’ll adore SJ Gardiner’s scalpel-sharp wit.
Publisher: Isolation Press
ISBN: 1923064010
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A bacterium resisting all treatment. A specialist battling to save patients. When a sadistic killer returns, will her last hope flatline? Perth, Western Australia. Dr Julia Sinclair craves an escape from grief. Yet even a relentless drive to defeat infectious diseases can’t help the heartsore redhead forget that it’s been a year since her sister’s mysterious disappearance. And when her best friend shockingly vanishes on the anniversary of that dreadful day, she’s tormented by a stream of gruesome thoughts. Distracted by a lethal outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant illness, Julia scrambles to maintain her focus and prevent more deaths. But as the strain spreads like wildfire and she digs further into its origin, she fears the loss of her loved ones is linked to a greater danger circling. Can she follow the trail of bodies without ending up in her own morgue? Isolation is the gritty first book in the Dr Sinclair Investigations medical thriller series. If you like determined heroines, dark humor, and a spattering of gore, then you’ll adore SJ Gardiner’s scalpel-sharp wit.
The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume II
Author: T. S. Eliot
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571329411
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
The Poems of T. S. Eliot is the authoritative edition of one of our greatest poets, scrupulously edited by Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue. It provides, for the first time, a fully scrutinized text of Eliot's poems, carefully restoring accidental omissions and removing textual errors that have crept in over the full century in which Eliot has been so frequently printed and reprinted. The edition also presents many poems from Eliot's youth which were published only decades later, as well as others that saw only private circulation in his lifetime, of which dozens are collected for the first time. To accompany Eliot's poems, Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue have provided a commentary that illuminates the creative activity that came to constitute each poem, calling upon drafts, correspondence and other original materials to provide a vivid account of the poet's working processes, his reading, his influences and his revisions. The first volume respects Eliot's decisions by opening with his Collected Poems 1909-1962 in the form in which he issued it, shortly before his death fifty years ago. There follow in this first volume the uncollected poems from his youth that he had chosen to publish, along with such other poems as could be considered suitable for publication. The second volume opens with the two books of poems of other kinds that he issued, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and his translation of Perse's Anabase, moving then to verses privately circulated as informal or improper or clubmanlike. Each of these sections is accompanied by its respective commentary, and then, pertaining to the entire edition, there is a comprehensive textual history recording variants both manuscript and published. The Poems of T. S. Eliot is a work of enlightening scholarship that will delight and inform all those who read Eliot for pleasure, as well as all those who read with pleasure and for study. Here are a new accuracy and an unparalleled insight into the marvels and landmarks from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and The Waste Land through to Four Quartets
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571329411
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
The Poems of T. S. Eliot is the authoritative edition of one of our greatest poets, scrupulously edited by Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue. It provides, for the first time, a fully scrutinized text of Eliot's poems, carefully restoring accidental omissions and removing textual errors that have crept in over the full century in which Eliot has been so frequently printed and reprinted. The edition also presents many poems from Eliot's youth which were published only decades later, as well as others that saw only private circulation in his lifetime, of which dozens are collected for the first time. To accompany Eliot's poems, Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue have provided a commentary that illuminates the creative activity that came to constitute each poem, calling upon drafts, correspondence and other original materials to provide a vivid account of the poet's working processes, his reading, his influences and his revisions. The first volume respects Eliot's decisions by opening with his Collected Poems 1909-1962 in the form in which he issued it, shortly before his death fifty years ago. There follow in this first volume the uncollected poems from his youth that he had chosen to publish, along with such other poems as could be considered suitable for publication. The second volume opens with the two books of poems of other kinds that he issued, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and his translation of Perse's Anabase, moving then to verses privately circulated as informal or improper or clubmanlike. Each of these sections is accompanied by its respective commentary, and then, pertaining to the entire edition, there is a comprehensive textual history recording variants both manuscript and published. The Poems of T. S. Eliot is a work of enlightening scholarship that will delight and inform all those who read Eliot for pleasure, as well as all those who read with pleasure and for study. Here are a new accuracy and an unparalleled insight into the marvels and landmarks from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and The Waste Land through to Four Quartets
The Lonely City
Author: Olivia Laing
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1250039592
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism #1 Book of the Year from Brain Pickings Named a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publishers Weekly, and Lit Hub A dazzling work of biography, memoir, and cultural criticism on the subject of loneliness, told through the lives of iconic artists, by the acclaimed author of The Trip to Echo Spring. When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by the most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving from Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks to Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules, from Henry Darger’s hoarding to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism, Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, illuminating not only the causes of loneliness but also how it might be resisted and redeemed. Humane, provocative, and moving, The Lonely City is a celebration of a strange and lovely state, adrift from the larger continent of human experience, but intrinsic to the very act of being alive.
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1250039592
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism #1 Book of the Year from Brain Pickings Named a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publishers Weekly, and Lit Hub A dazzling work of biography, memoir, and cultural criticism on the subject of loneliness, told through the lives of iconic artists, by the acclaimed author of The Trip to Echo Spring. When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by the most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving from Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks to Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules, from Henry Darger’s hoarding to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism, Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, illuminating not only the causes of loneliness but also how it might be resisted and redeemed. Humane, provocative, and moving, The Lonely City is a celebration of a strange and lovely state, adrift from the larger continent of human experience, but intrinsic to the very act of being alive.
From Lonely to Single
Author: Gabriela Bârsan
Publisher: ePublishers & Editura Coresi
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
When the reader opens the book, the first impression may be: Oh, my God, that’s a lot of reading here! But as soon as he/she enters the universe of the main character, Valerie, he/she forgets about the number of pages and becomes solidary with her. The vast majority of people have simple, monotonous lives, they are born, go to school, then to work, get married, have children, die. Without too many incidents. It's not Valerie's case. This woman's life story is amazing, making you ask yourself, WHY? Why do some people have a life full of unpleasant surprises, of misfortune we could say, all the way? Is it only given to chosen people to live hard lives? Their life is similar to the characters’ in the fairy tales that go through many difficult moments, extreme moments sometimes, to finally get their well-deserved reward, and the conclusion good overcomes evil is justified. Really? In the book, the KARMA idea is repeatedly mentioned: what goes around, comes around. And yet there is a mystery... Why are we born in our families? Does the unborn child choose his parents and the way of life according to the mission his soul has in the world? The more we choose a harder way, the brighter our soul will be at a time when the final countdown is taking place? Really? Let's hope so! It sounds optimistic. This book seems to be especially addressed to women, but that’s not right! Anyone can learn something from Valerie's story. As a conclusion, I could say that the message of the book is: a winner is a dreamer who never gives up no matter how bitter brew gets in life’s cup!
Publisher: ePublishers & Editura Coresi
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
When the reader opens the book, the first impression may be: Oh, my God, that’s a lot of reading here! But as soon as he/she enters the universe of the main character, Valerie, he/she forgets about the number of pages and becomes solidary with her. The vast majority of people have simple, monotonous lives, they are born, go to school, then to work, get married, have children, die. Without too many incidents. It's not Valerie's case. This woman's life story is amazing, making you ask yourself, WHY? Why do some people have a life full of unpleasant surprises, of misfortune we could say, all the way? Is it only given to chosen people to live hard lives? Their life is similar to the characters’ in the fairy tales that go through many difficult moments, extreme moments sometimes, to finally get their well-deserved reward, and the conclusion good overcomes evil is justified. Really? In the book, the KARMA idea is repeatedly mentioned: what goes around, comes around. And yet there is a mystery... Why are we born in our families? Does the unborn child choose his parents and the way of life according to the mission his soul has in the world? The more we choose a harder way, the brighter our soul will be at a time when the final countdown is taking place? Really? Let's hope so! It sounds optimistic. This book seems to be especially addressed to women, but that’s not right! Anyone can learn something from Valerie's story. As a conclusion, I could say that the message of the book is: a winner is a dreamer who never gives up no matter how bitter brew gets in life’s cup!
Reflecting on The Well of Loneliness
Author: Rebecca O'Rourke
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000653137
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
‘Noble, accomplished, wealthy, self-sacrificing, and honourable, Stephen Gordon is the perfect hero,’ says Rebecca O’Rourke. But Stephen is a woman, and a lesbian. Here is an indication of the tantalizing complexity of The Well of Loneliness. Banned for obscenity when first published in 1928, The Well is now a bestseller, translated into numerous languages, but it must rank as one of the best known and least understood novels of the twentieth century. It combines the life and times of Stephen Gordon, the novel’s female protagonist, with a plea, directed to God and society, for tolerance towards homosexuality. Stephen Gordon has embodied what it means to be a lesbian for generations of women readers. But, as the perfect hero, she makes for an awkward heroine. Originally published in 1989, herself a novelist, critic, and lesbian, Rebecca O’Rourke examines what makes the figure of Stephen Gordon both infuriating and inspiring to lesbian and non-lesbian readers alike. She details the novel’s fascinating publishing history through an analysis of the motives and preoccupations of previous critics and biographers, many of whom mistakenly saw in The Well of Loneliness a fictional account of Radclyffe Hall’s own life. The novel’s status as the ‘bible of lesbianism’ has been a mixed blessing, often confirming the worst stereotypes of lesbianism, while at the same time ensuring its visibility. Rebecca O’Rourke includes a fascinating survey of reader’s reactions to the book which was still, at the time, so many years after its first publication, the first ‘lesbian’ novel many women picked up.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000653137
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
‘Noble, accomplished, wealthy, self-sacrificing, and honourable, Stephen Gordon is the perfect hero,’ says Rebecca O’Rourke. But Stephen is a woman, and a lesbian. Here is an indication of the tantalizing complexity of The Well of Loneliness. Banned for obscenity when first published in 1928, The Well is now a bestseller, translated into numerous languages, but it must rank as one of the best known and least understood novels of the twentieth century. It combines the life and times of Stephen Gordon, the novel’s female protagonist, with a plea, directed to God and society, for tolerance towards homosexuality. Stephen Gordon has embodied what it means to be a lesbian for generations of women readers. But, as the perfect hero, she makes for an awkward heroine. Originally published in 1989, herself a novelist, critic, and lesbian, Rebecca O’Rourke examines what makes the figure of Stephen Gordon both infuriating and inspiring to lesbian and non-lesbian readers alike. She details the novel’s fascinating publishing history through an analysis of the motives and preoccupations of previous critics and biographers, many of whom mistakenly saw in The Well of Loneliness a fictional account of Radclyffe Hall’s own life. The novel’s status as the ‘bible of lesbianism’ has been a mixed blessing, often confirming the worst stereotypes of lesbianism, while at the same time ensuring its visibility. Rebecca O’Rourke includes a fascinating survey of reader’s reactions to the book which was still, at the time, so many years after its first publication, the first ‘lesbian’ novel many women picked up.
Speaking in Tongues
Author: Andrew Bovell
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822219033
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
THE STORY: In the first act of this psychological thriller two couples in unstable marriages inadvertently exchange partners in a night of adulterous encounters. The situations in the separate hotel rooms are so similar that at times both couples s
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822219033
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
THE STORY: In the first act of this psychological thriller two couples in unstable marriages inadvertently exchange partners in a night of adulterous encounters. The situations in the separate hotel rooms are so similar that at times both couples s
Waking Up in the Diaper Asylum: Valerie’s Extreme Diaper Punishment (Full-Length ABDL Novel)
Author: Nanny Chloe
Publisher: Nanny Chloe
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
When Valerie opened her bleary eyes after a night of heavy drinking, she did not expect to find herself in a mental hospital… She did not expect to find all her limbs restrained to the bed… And she definitely did not expect to find herself wearing a big, puffy, adult diaper! Of course, that was merely the start of Valerie’s endlessly humiliating, infantile treatment, now that she’d found herself legally committed to St. Joseph’s psychiatric ward. But despite her nightmarish circumstances, Valerie soon experiences a glimmer of hope when she’s greeted by a kindly hospital care worker who goes by the name Mrs. Godmother. Valerie is greatly comforted by the maternal woman, even despite the woman coaxing an immensely embarrassed Valerie into using her diaper… However, things take a turn for the worse when Mrs. Godmother seemingly disappears, and Valerie is discovered in her diaper by the hospital’s doctor on duty. Suddenly, Valerie’s story about being told to use her diaper by a mysterious, kindly old woman is met with unexpected skepticism, and Valerie soon realizes she’s being treated like she’s totally crazy. Before she knows it, Valerie is being diagnosed with big, scary words she doesn’t understand, and transferred to something called the ‘maximum-security psychiatric ward’ to treat her so-called ‘severe infantile regression disorder’. As Valerie finds herself descending further and further into the clutches of the diaper asylum’s dominating doctors and nurses—forced to use diapers 24/7, sleep strapped to a crib, and eat nothing but baby food—she becomes more and more desperate to find Mrs. Godmother and prove her sanity. And that shouldn’t be too hard, because Valerie knows she’s not actually a totally crazy, helplessly regressing, diaper-dependent adult-baby… Right? Right?? This full-length erotic ABDL novel will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. For mature readers only!
Publisher: Nanny Chloe
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
When Valerie opened her bleary eyes after a night of heavy drinking, she did not expect to find herself in a mental hospital… She did not expect to find all her limbs restrained to the bed… And she definitely did not expect to find herself wearing a big, puffy, adult diaper! Of course, that was merely the start of Valerie’s endlessly humiliating, infantile treatment, now that she’d found herself legally committed to St. Joseph’s psychiatric ward. But despite her nightmarish circumstances, Valerie soon experiences a glimmer of hope when she’s greeted by a kindly hospital care worker who goes by the name Mrs. Godmother. Valerie is greatly comforted by the maternal woman, even despite the woman coaxing an immensely embarrassed Valerie into using her diaper… However, things take a turn for the worse when Mrs. Godmother seemingly disappears, and Valerie is discovered in her diaper by the hospital’s doctor on duty. Suddenly, Valerie’s story about being told to use her diaper by a mysterious, kindly old woman is met with unexpected skepticism, and Valerie soon realizes she’s being treated like she’s totally crazy. Before she knows it, Valerie is being diagnosed with big, scary words she doesn’t understand, and transferred to something called the ‘maximum-security psychiatric ward’ to treat her so-called ‘severe infantile regression disorder’. As Valerie finds herself descending further and further into the clutches of the diaper asylum’s dominating doctors and nurses—forced to use diapers 24/7, sleep strapped to a crib, and eat nothing but baby food—she becomes more and more desperate to find Mrs. Godmother and prove her sanity. And that shouldn’t be too hard, because Valerie knows she’s not actually a totally crazy, helplessly regressing, diaper-dependent adult-baby… Right? Right?? This full-length erotic ABDL novel will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. For mature readers only!