the confidences of some whose lives were truly stranger, more poignant and more terrifying than could ever be recounted in fiction. Attached to an order of nuns who had been working in the slums since the 1870s, Jennifer tells the story not only of the women she treated, but also of the...
Donald Westlake is among the best crime fictions writers, period, especially the caper novel。 As Richard Stark, he gave me two of my favorite book characters of all time: Parker and Alan Grofield, two professional thieves。 I've stayed up far too late many times reading Parker books simpl...
Sitienei, a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother, has become the world’s oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small ___ in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life ___ as a midwife(接生婆), helping women ...