![]() The public's fascination with things medical and a general tendency toward candor in matters of health and the human body have helped make the autobiography of illness a successful and useful genre. Stewart Alsop wrote about cancer, Michael Halberstam about his heart attack, Norman Cousins about a rare and aggressive arthritic condition and William Nolen about cardiac by-pass surgery, to cite a few. This phenomenon has not been lost on established writers, who in recent years have produced a number of autobiographical works that have told us much about life, sickness and death. I do not mean to celebrate sickness but rather to suggest that a salutory aspect of being ill is the chance to measure our lives from a different and often instructive point of view. ![]() From them we are obliged to pause and observe more than we are accustomed to. The hospital beds, the wheel chairs, the sun porch are marvelous retardants in their way. It slows people down and invites them to take a look at themselves and their world. ![]() The author of "Vital Signs: A Young February 23, 1986 ![]()
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I didn’t know what to expect from this book, I enjoyed Star Trek as a kid, and loved the movies (even the hockey first one), but I wasn’t such a big fan as to read the books. Redshirts by John Scalzi is a fun and clever book. The novel won the RT Reviewers Choice Award for 2012, the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and the Geffen Award for Best Translated Science Fiction Novel. Redshirts by John Scalzi is a novel which parodies the Star Trek TV show in which stock characters, often wearing red shirts, dies soon after being introduced. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. 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A “dower” slave-i.e., she was the property of Martha Washington’s first husband, Daniel Parke Custis-Ona was born in Mount Vernon, the product of a favored house seamstress, Betty, and a white indentured servant, Andrew Judge. ![]() of Delaware A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City, 2008) unearthed an advertisement for the runaway slave and became determined to tell her story-and she tells it well. ![]() The story of a favored slave of the Washingtons who had the “impudence” to flee a life of benevolent servitude.Ī runaway slave who happened to be among the household of the first president of the United States, Ona Judge Staines (1773-1848) shared her break for freedom nearly 50 years after the fact in an account in the May 1845 issue of the Granite Freeman. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While she’s always put her children’s needs ahead of her own, she’s never been happier than in the role of mom. Jude Farraday lives an ideal life wife of a respected physician, mother to amazing twins, and involved in every aspect of the school and community in which they live. ![]() Night Road by Kristin Hannah: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Synopsis of Night Road by Kristin Hannah Affiliate links certainly aren’t making me rich most commissions are less than $1, but sometimes that spare change adds up, and then it helps me buy new books! You can read my full disclaimer and disclosure statement here. As an Amazon Services LLC Associates and RewardStyle affiliate, I may earn a small commission for any purchases made through affiliate links. ![]() If you don’t want any spoilers, don’t read this post! ⚠️ This post is part of my Book Chat series, where I talk about details that happened in the book! Think of it like you’re at book club, drinking endless cups of coffee (or wine), and talking with your friends about all your favorite, least-favorite, and head-scratching parts of the book. ![]() ![]() Having completed Ward’s magisterial study, however, I am grateful that I took the time because his scholarship has not only put to rest some of the wilder assertions about Fort Pillow by both sides, but has successfully delivered layers of nuance to the events of that day and its aftermath as well as provided a deeper understanding of the conflict in this western part of the theater of war. I sought, perhaps, more of an overview of the controversy that was born shortly after reports that Confederate forces under General Nathan Bedford Forrest overwhelmed the poorly defended Western Tennessee Fort Pillow in April 1864 and essentially slaughtered hundreds of surrendered Federals – especially blacks found in Union garb. ![]() ![]() ![]() I might not have chosen to read River Run Red: The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War by Andrew Ward had I suspected that it would turn out to be the exhaustive study of the incident that it proved. ![]() ![]() ![]() With candor and sympathy, debut novelist Nathan Harris creates an unforgettable cast of characters, depicting Georgia in the violent crucible of Reconstruction. In the aftermath of so much turmoil, it is Isabelle who emerges as an unlikely leader, proffering a healing vision for the land and for the newly free citizens of Old Ox. But when their secret is discovered, the resulting chaos, including a murder, unleashes convulsive repercussions on the entire community. The young men, recently returned from the war to the town of Old Ox, hold their trysts in the woods. Parallel to their story runs a forbidden romance between two Confederate soldiers. ![]() Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother, who was sold away when they were boys. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry-freed by the Emancipation Proclamation-seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, a profound debut about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever. ![]() ![]() ![]() They’re ostracized and discriminated against on a daily basis. Set in the mid-80’s, the novel’s Scarborough is home to mostly immigrants or children of immigrants. ![]() This experience with loss and grief isn’t an isolated experience in the city. The author shows the reader just how deeply Michael is hurting by using indirect prose. He doesn’t linger on Michael’s flashbacks of his brother they’re too painful for him to remember. Never so much as saying Francis’ name, or talking about grief, they move through their daily routines without excitement.Ĭhariandy uses this silence as a tool. This is a feeling that worsens when the young family loses Francis, leaving Michael and his mother struggling to find peace. In Brother, most of the characters are immigrants and they share a common experience: they’re never accepted. In their neighborhood, they’re like everyone else-facing the same struggle to succeed and fit in-but outside, they’re untrusted and unwelcomed. ![]() They’re unable to learn how to live without him. In the novel, Michael and his Trinidadian mother grapple with their grief for over ten years after Michael’s brother Francis dies. A eulogy to lost boys and corrupted innocence, David Chariandy’s latest novel, Brother, follows the residents of Scarborough who search in vain for a place to call home. ![]() |