![]() ![]() She wrote in her journal, “I never liked Lucy as a name. She was named Lucy after her grandmother and Maud after Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Alice Maud Mary. ![]() ![]() Like Anne, Montgomery was particular about the spelling of names. She often felt unwanted, and sought comfort in reading books, writing, and her imagination. The elderly couple was strict and formal with Montgomery and didn’t understand her sensitive personality. Her father, Hugh John Montgomery, left her with her maternal grandparents, the Macneills, on a farm in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. When Lucy Maud Montgomery was a baby, her mother died of tuberculosis. Her life was full of loneliness, suffering, and disappointment. But while her most popular creation, Anne (with an 'e') Shirley, finds love and happiness, Montgomery herself wasn’t so lucky. The Canadian writer published 20 novels, many of which are still read around the world. Montgomery, the author of Anne of Green Gables, was born 140 years ago on November 30. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Clare Alexander, Aitken Alexander Assoc. The result is an affecting if somewhat scattershot tale of love, loss, estrangement, and heritage. As their stories diverge, the author devotes long sections to each protagonist, slowing the frenetic pace to focus more on character development, which yields a stronger second half. Fu spends the first half of the novel ping-ponging between mother and son, shuttling them through 20 years of tragic struggle. Meanwhile, Meilin reconnects with her brother-in-law, who tries to woo her into marriage. In 1960, Renshu leaves Taiwan and his mother behind for graduate school at Northwestern University, entering this new chapter as “Henry.” He builds a life in America, starting both a career and family. After the war, as Communism takes hold of China in the late 1940s, the mother and son escape to Taiwan, where Meilin works as a maid and Renshu focuses on his education. 3 months ago Beautiful Historical Piece 4.5 rounded up 4.5 rounded up Thankful for my desire to leave no started book unread, this story has become one of my favorite historical fiction reads.Initially traveling with relatives to avoid Japanese bombings, Meilin and Renshu get separated from the group. 18 of 15 Reviews Sort by: Featured NKBD Georgia Reviews Votes Reader Type: On-Trend Reader Spanning eight decades, Fu’s poignant debut opens in 1938, as recently widowed Meilin and her three-year-old son, Renshu, flee their home in the Hunan Province of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. ![]() ![]() I hesitate to give it five stars because of two main reasons. ![]() Not to mention the ending! This book had some amazing plot line to it and I just couldn’t look away! This book was also slightly longer than the previous installments, which I loved, but I still managed to read it in two days. OMG! Just wow! This book was sooo good! I was on the edge of my seat the entire time! There were so many thing that happened from cover to cover that just left me astonished. Be prepared for an action-packing, thrilling, and heart breaking installment into the Touch of Darkness series! On top of all this, Demeter is wreaking havoc via a snow storm in the middle of summer to protest Persephone and Hades’ union. There is also an upcoming Terrorist Organization that is killing and beating gods and they are out to put an end to the gods. For the first time, Persephone will have to come face to face with all of the Olympians so Zeus can determine whether or not she and Hades can marry. After it has been released that Persephone and Hades are engaged, they are struggling to plan a wedding, keep their lives private, and deal with the Olympians. Picking up exactly where we left off, Persephone has created her own News Organization, The Advocate, and has enlisted Helen, Leuce, and Sybil to work for her. ![]() An exciting, action-packed thrill of a book – just wow! ![]() ![]() ![]() Sentry is responsible for the Carnage in this run. I’m going down the rabbit hole, following the arc from Civil War through to Siege. Yes, I’m going to jump head-first into the event-populated minefield of continuity which is recent Marvel history, and I will be using New Avengers as a checklist to that. ![]() However, I feel like maybe – just maybe – I should try to ride this “cross-continuity” thing out just once and see if the story somehow justifies the damage it causes to the cohesion of individual runs. Well, actually, I don’t think I’m a hypocrite – I think it’s perfectly reasonably that a reader should be able to pick up Ed Brubaker’s Captain America without having to worry about Mark Millar’s massive Civil War crossover which they either don’t know enough to care about or know enough not to care about. I figure I sound a bit hypocritical complaining about the impact of big events on Marvel’s storytelling continuity without reading said big events. Get an overview of what I’m trying to take a look at here.Īlright. ![]() ![]() With The Avengers planned for a cinematic release in 2012, I thought I’d bring myself up to speed by taking a look at Marvel’s tangled web of continuity. This is the first in a series of comic book reviews that will look at the direction of Marvel’s “Avengers” franchise over the past five or so years, as they’ve been attempting to position the property at the heart of their fictional universe. ![]() |