In addition to Sedaris’s fabulous sense of humor, another reason I like him is this: “The Sea Section [his beach house] came completely furnished, and the first thig we did after getting the keys was to load up all the televisions and donate them to a thrift shop.” Yay for those ...
Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a department store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before, when she worked with the Red Cross in Nazi...
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so that they turn on without me thinking to turn them on/plug them in…I know I’ll get used to it at some point, but for now, for the past two weeks, whenever they do, it makes me feel…that some things will continue to
‘After Me Comes the Flood’ is a 50p charity shop bargain I haven’t read yet but I’m hoping to read both that as well as The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry this year. Her second novel is set in Victorian London and Essex and tells the story of a unique relationship between a widow...
If you’re wondering,“where can I sell books near me?”then this is a great option. Just take your books to your nearest Half Price Books store. If the store is interested in buying the books, then you’ll get a quote for them. ...
He folds a sentence round a fact or a thought as the girl in the shop ties a scarf round your neck and you can’t do it at home in the same way, not ever.” In a reverse of his previous judgment about Lodwick’s work, Walter Allen wrote that the book “has given me more ...
She felt compelled to offer him a present but having no money and no means to shop for him, decided to create one. She cut out several pictures of bowls from a newspaper advertisement and decorated them with the brightest colors in her paintbox: My system of painting was first to ram ...
根据上下文内容,将文中划线部分译成汉语或者英语。 Anna:There is a zoo in my neighborhood.I like to spend time there on weekends.I love to watch the monkeys climbing around.The monkeys sometimes fight.They look like my friends and me when we fight! (1)To get there,...
This light-filled coffee shop serves their own brand, Junior’s Roasted Coffee, and is decorated with nods to The Princess Bride, both the novel and film adaptation — including a gorgeous custom wallpaper created in collaboration with local artist Kate Blairstone, which also weaves in Portland...