Orenstein, Myra
Battered Women and the Road to the Shelter.Garcia, Jacqueline
“Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were starting to creak ajar for women. Growing up in a poor farming family in country New South Wales but clever, energetic and determined, Dolly spent her restless life pushing at those doors....
She mentions two women: feared, untrusted, forever at arm's length. At home, the Guardian's fate is a coin in the hand of a liar. One man: afraid, untrustworthy, forever grasping. She says the Guardian must reckon with themself, asking if they know the shape of their trial. Drifter...
Her slow rot is interrupted by the arrival of Ivy Gravy (yes, that really is the name O’Donovan chose), her NCO aide from her time serving in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. She Alas! seems a bit like a dry-run for Argument. The two books have similar ingredients, but the ...
I found three cheap, battered Fontana paperbacks of Bargate’s books in a London bookshop years ago, but something about the cover of No Mama No gave me the impression that it was about child abuse and so for years I was put off reading it. I deeply regret my reluctance now. Not ...
Rohingya refugees in Kutupalong shelter beneath an umbrella during a heavy monsoon. © UNHCR/David Azia In January 2020, the High Commissioner for Refugees appointeda Special Advisor for Climate Actionto drive UNHCR’sclimate action agenda, which focuses on three main areas: ...
In the shadow of an old chateau, among old oak barrels and mighty blocks of basalt, travellers can find shelter and rest at the foot of the tower to take in a story of wonder, rooted in the past. Braulio presents The Secret in the Heart of the Mountain ...
The battered chair creaked as Angus sat back. “So, what’s your plan then? Are we going to walk up to his front door and say, ‘Hello. We’re here to kill you’?” This is a conversation, but it shows intention, environment, and personality in thirty-one words.Batteredis a power...
I didn’t engage with the characters because they lacked of depth. Not much soul-searching inThe Big Sky, just plain western stuff, unless it happens in the 200 pages I haven’t read. The descriptions of Native Americans are outdated and made me ill-at-ease, even if they are probably ...