With her newest release, The Iron Rose, ready to hit the shelves in March, readers are in for another of Marsha's trademark adventures on the high seas! It was soon followed by her first ' rip-roaring pirate adventure', The Wind and the Sea, which won additional praise and the ' Swashbuckler of the Year' award from Romantic Times Magazine. The release of her first novel, China Rose, immediately garnered critical praise. When she couldn't get her fill of action packed tales of yore, Marsha decided to create stories of her own and debuted in the historical romance scene in the early 80's. Not that Marsha's heroines are shrinking violets either - each is always her hero's ultimate match! Valiant Scottish warriors, medieval knights and outlaws, mysterious highwaymen, steely-eyed gunslingers, and swashbuckling pirates who stand sure-footedly in their ship's rigging, cutlass in one hand and spyglass in the other - these are in Marsha's opinion, the ultimate thrill. Historical romance author Marsha Canham readily admits she's hooked on stories of adventure and derring-do and bigger-than-life heroes. E-interviewed by Martina Bexte (February, 2003)
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She lures him away from his duty defending Europe. The Italian poem, first printed in 1532, recounts the adventures of a knight named Orlando and a beautiful woman, Angelica. He loses all the markers of humanity, going around unclothed and impossibly violent-“a man so ferocious that, though naked and alone, he was ravaging the whole army” (469). This is the first full English translation of Ludovico Ariosto’s vast epic poem, Orlando Furioso, a source for Much Ado About Nothing. Orlando is considered the wisest knight (when he is in possession of his wits) as well as the mightiest in battle, so his absence palpably sets the forces of Charlemagne back in their struggle against the Moors: “And Fate, to gnaw you to the bone, has depraved at one time of both the lights you had beside you-radiant with strength and wisdom-and you, left in darkness, are blind” (324).Īfter Orlando is driven to madness by the discovery of Angelica and Medor’s relationship, his characterization changes dramatically. Orlando, also known as Roland in the French and English canons, defines the work by his presence, absence, and madness. Described in the annotated index as “Principal hero of the Carolingian legends nephew and chief support and paladin of Charlemagne in his war against the Saracens betrothed to Alda, but in love with Angelica” (614). And, as my friend says, Mary Oliver makes it look easy. Let me keep company always with those who say Let me keep my stance, always, from those Take this from "Mysteries, Yes," in her 19th book Evidence: It's a lost art for us in our noisy, cut off, indvidual, and ridiculously complicated worlds. Be with her in that natural world where everything is significant and full of grace because it goes about the profoundly mysterious business of being what it is without question. She is taking you for a walk with her in the woods, along the shore, out back at dusk. I have just read Evidence, and I have an answer. More recently a friend said of Mary Oliver "you love her or you hate her." "She the lady who write about bears and otters and her dog?" my asked. Years ago I asked a student in an undergraduate poetry class if she liked Mary Oliver's work. The story is well-written, and many exciting, unexpected things happen in this book, like Fudge getting his very own pet Myna Bird, who he names Uncle Feather. Though the Fudge books involve some arguments and sibling rivalry, there is nothing too upsetting in this series, and kids will love Peter and Fudge's adventures. Fudge is older than he was in the first book (he starts kindergarten in Superfudge), but he's still just as funny, and Peter still finds him annoying. This is the third book in the Fudge Series, and though it's not as brilliant as the first book, it's a very funny, delightful story that's all about what happens when Peter and his family move to New Jersey for a year. I don’t know if there is a third book planned, but I think this series would greatly benefit from one. I mean obviously stuff happened, but it didn’t seem like there was any real progress made (kind of like when a politician is asked a debate question, they’re talking but they’re not actually saying anything).ĭifficult to say without a third book, but this felt like a stopgap entry that could ultimately be skipped. It’s hard to sum-up what happened in this book because it didn’t feel like anything actually happened. Outside of all the bad storytelling, there’s not a lot to say here, other than it’s boring. But no, relationship development goes as far as, “you like the color red? So do I! We must be soulmates.” I was hoping that Kiera Cass had moved beyond the “instant romance” trope of YA. There are no lasting effects or consequences for anything. Hollis went through a traumatic, character defining experience at the end of the first book, but when we get to this one, it’s like it never happened. See my review of The Betrothed, I totally called it. Something in my chest aches, and I don’t want to leave her side. Giving my angel one last look, I let go of her hand and walk out into the hallway. “You can stay, but you’ll have to go to the other side of the curtain for a bit. She must see in the plea in my eyes, and she nods. I let out a breath looking down at her and then back to the nurse. The fire was done and taken care off, but it still wasn't protocol. This is the craziest thing I’ve ever done, and I don’t have any sort of explanation for it. I want to lie and say yes, but then she’ll probably start asking me questions, and I have no idea what to say. “Family?” she asks, raising an eyebrow in question. One of the nurses looks at me and sees I’m a firefighter. I go all the way back until the nurses take over and pull her into an emergency area. When the back doors open, they wheel her off, and I stay with her. Probably just some minor smoke inhalation,” the EMT says, but I don't even glance over at him. I still can’t seem to not worry about her. She hasn’t woken up by the time we get to the hospital, but they assure me she’s okay. I watch each breath she takes, unable to look away from her. I hold her hand all the way to the hospital as the EMT checks her over. Solomon says, in lines that echo across this. Discussing athletes with disabilities, for example, Mr. This event was recorded live on Thursday 3 March 2016 at Wellcome Collection. Far From the Tree is partly an argument for the merit to be found in extreme diversity. The Wellcome Book Prize is awarded annually to books that engage with health and medicine.įacilitator: James Runcie, writer, director, literary curator and Wellcome Book prize 2014 judge Solomons startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition-that difference is what unites us. His new collection of political essays, Far and Away, is out this August, while The Noonday Demon: An atlas of depression was reissued with a new epilogue in January.ĭrawing on interviews with over three hundred families, covering subjects including deafness, dwarfism, Down’s syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, disability, prodigies, children born of rape, children convicted of crime, and transgender people, in Far From the Tree Solomon documents ordinary people making courageous choices. Andrew Solomon is a professor of psychology at Columbia University, president of PEN American Center, and a regular contributor to The New. Andrew Solomon, Wellcome Book Prize 2014 winner, introduces his wise and compassionate book Far From the Tree: A dozen kinds of love.Ī decade in the writing, it tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children, but also find profound meaning in doing so. I found stories I experienced, lessons I learned and forgot, poems, prayers, prescriptions, beliefs about what matters, some great photographs, and a whole bunch of bumper stickers. Recently, I worked up the courage to sit down with those diaries. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. I’ve been in this life for 50 years, been trying to work out its riddle for 42, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last 35. “McConaughey’s book invites us to grapple with the lessons of his life as he did - and to see that the point was never to win, but to understand.” (Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck ) Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Guardian Discover the life-changing memoir that has inspired millions of readers through the Academy Award®-winning actor’s unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. |