The storyline was so baffling that I’d often find myself in disbelief, needing to share details with my family members. While the book had flaws (it was often disorienting and I had a hard time connecting with the characters), it was incredibly ambitious and a worthy conclusion to the ...
and another wonderful chapter where the household chaplain goes to his home village and deals with a pregnant niece and a family feud. Everything, whether tragic or humorous, is also sad and beautiful. I found myself thinking of the book with a sort of haptic sense of it, as ...
If I now try to understand the appeal of all this to me then, it would be that – as someone who looked for, and simultaneously sought an escape from, myself in art – I saw a reflection of my brutal circumstances in this black metal world; yet, at the same time, that world seeme...
Schools lack effective strategies for incorporating at-risk students as productive members of the broader educational community. Student misbehavior regula... G Schreur - 《Reclaiming Children & Youth》 被引量: 10发表: 2006年 Books as therapy for children of alcoholics. Books can help child welfare...
The uncertainty and fear stirred up by Pete’s poor health is reflected by family members and citizens of the town. M. E. Kerr says that when she wrote this book, she really thought that the epidemic would be short-lasting and that a cure was around the corner. Little did she know ...
This is part of the point of Alcoholics Anonymous, the telling of one’s story and listening to the stories of others to understand that they are fundamentally the same. But this doesn’t always make for originality and uniqueness, if those are one’s goals. Jamison was trained to value ...
She became a member of Alcoholics Anonymous and cared for Philip when he began to suffer from dementia. After her death in 2010, her son Dylan Hyatt discovered the manuscript of a fifth novel, written around the time of her move to Norfolk, and arranged to have it published as an e-...
My one complaint is with Amazon I ordered a couple of my books for family members, when they arrived I was disgusted it was a flimsy paperback all my photos were in black& white & not very good quality at all so returned them & complained. So would feel ver distressed if any one else...
And its urgency increases when Gemma arrives home, having been expelled from her boarding school for egregious cheating. The shadow it casts upon the family name leads Mr. Fox to take his life in front of Gemma (Swanwick illustrates the scene in case we have trouble picturing it). Gemma sig...
On a practical note, you might like to know I spent 27 years in the company of children as a classroom teacher. I also led small groups for children of alcoholics, and provided counseling for in and out-patient clients with an emphasis on Family Dynamics. ...