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![]() ![]() Father set off to find work and never returned. ![]() A sister, Barbara has died and so has their mother. Three children are all that is left of the Turner family. This book was such a satisfying and engrossing book to read (I'm happy) but now I had reached the end of a wonderful heartfelt story about a character I really cared about (so I am also sad).Ī story of the Great Depression that’s both gritty and I sighed out loud when I reached page 222. This morning I decided to cancel my morning plan and keep reading right to the end. I read 67 pages and then went back to sleep. I felt a little restless last night so at 2.00 am I picked up Someplace to call Home. She didn't have a mirror so she couldn't see her appearance. She'd braided her hair three times until she was satisfied. She'd rubbed her shoes with bacon grease until they shone. ![]() "Hallie wore a new dress that Mrs Carlson had made for her from two feed sacks. ![]() ![]() ![]() You’ll receive a link to join a couple of days before the event takes place and a reminder an hour before. This event is hosted live on Zoom Webinar. ![]() Joln Rebecca as she reveals a deeper, more nuanced story where humanity itself is our ancient, shared inheritance. Planning, co-operation, altruism, craftsmanship, aesthetic sense, imagination, perhaps even a desire for transcendence beyond mortality. Much of what defines us was also in Neanderthals, and their DNA is still inside us. Above all, they were successful survivors for more than 300,000 years, during times of massive climatic upheaval. Rebecca, author of Kindred, reveals them to be curious, clever connoisseurs of their world, technologically inventive and ecologically adaptable. Since their discovery more than 160 years ago, Neanderthals have metamorphosed from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins.Īrchaeologist Rebecca Wragg Sykes uses her experience at the cutting-edge of Palaeolithic research to share new understanding of Neanderthals, shoving aside clichés of rag-clad brutes in an icy wasteland. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, for the short time we had it, the USFL was as enthralling as it was revolutionary, and the tale of its creation remains one of the craziest stories in sports history. The league sadly failed after its third full season, mainly due to pressures for direct competition with the NFL that were led by notable businessman and eventual “political-job-haver-for-revenge-reasons-only” Donald Trump. In the end, the USFL collapsed under its own weight. The United States Football League (1983-1985) was a bold undertaking of a separate professional football league that could not only keep football fans satisfied with a pro game in the Spring, but could attract new television deals and exciting new player talent. Soon, there was an upstart football league that came to represent an incorporation of all three of these elements. ![]() Tech industry advancements, hostile corporate takeovers, and mountains of sweet sweet cocaine were developing in the hearts, minds, and noses of the general public. In the 1980s, anything and everything was up for grabs. ![]() ![]() Winner of the James Jones Literary Society First Novel Award “Although it ends on a hopeful note, this is obviously a very dark book-and potentially a controversial one-but Wareham has created a compelling character who earns her readers’ attention.” -Booklist “A sustained and sustaining adventure . . . ![]() She finally faces truths about herself and her family that enable her to move beyond them and into a new life. Since You Ask is about the origins of sexual compulsion, and the ways in which one young woman tries to overcome it. Confusing love and sex, desire and fear, Betsy grows alienated, confused and desperate. From a Connecticut sanitarium, twenty-four-year-old Betsy Scott tells her doctor a story about the destructive secrets in an outwardly successful family. portrays a complicated character and her multifaceted mind with deep empathy” (PopMatters). Summary From the author of 52 Men: “ intense and insightful new novel . . . ![]() |