![]() Marlon Brando, the original Stanley, modestly said, “In ‘Streetcar Named Desire’ we had under us one of the best written plays ever produced, and we couldn’t miss.” All you have to do is tune in, and Williams’ masterwork is yours to enjoy. ![]() 3, the date of the original Broadway opening night in 1947, Audible “dropped” (as they say in the business) their stunning new production, now available for all time. And that is just what the creative and inventive actors, director, and sound editor have done. But when you have a cast headed by six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald and what is arguably the greatest American play, the show simply must go on. The festival was all set to do the production on their home stage this past summer, but the pandemic halted that. ![]() Massachusetts’ acclaimed Williamstown Theatre Festival is presenting on Audible, the audiobook and podcast division of Amazon, a brilliant production of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” directed by Robert O’Hara. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Now Goldy is enmeshed up to her sauté pans in a homicide investigation. Seconds later a Mignon employee lies dead on the pavement. As she carries lowfat fare from her van to the mall where the banquet is being held, she hears an ominous squeal of tires and a horrifying thump. On the day of the banquet Goldy finds herself confronting an angry mob of demonstrators-“Spare the Hares”-who object to Mignon Cosmetics’ animal-testing policies. ![]() When Goldy, owner of Goldilocks’ Catering, whips up a sumptuous lowfat feast for the Mignon Cosmetics’ company banquet, she discovers just how ugly the beauty biz can be! A lethally tantalizing novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Sticks & Scones ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a simple, pleasurable journey with characters that jump from the ink and become as alive as the ghosts that haunt this story. In trademark style, Allen masterfully weaves a Southern world of believable characters and keeps readers flipping pages with this dreamy one-nighter.Įven hard-core lit fans who crave gritty themes and sensitive scenes will enjoy surrendering to Allen for a surreal trip into the fictional town called Walls-of-Water, North Carolina where secrets are ready to be uncovered. ![]() New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen does it again! Fans of Garden Spells, The Sugar Queen, and The Girl Who Chased the Moonwill not be disappointed with Allen’s latest magical novel, The Peach Keeper, due to hit shelves March 22. ![]() ![]() Twain's mastery of dialect, coupled with his famous wit, has made Huckleberry Finn one of the most loved and distinctly American classics ever written.Īdventures of Huckleberry Finn - EXCELLENT Mark Twain defined classic as "a book which people praise and don't read" The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a happy exception to his own rule. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft".Īs Huck learns about love, responsibility, and morality, the trip becomes a metaphoric voyage through his own soul, culminating in the glorious moment when he decides to "go to hell" rather than return Jim to slavery. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. The two bind themselves to one another, becoming intimate friends and agreeing "there warn't no home like a raft, after all. ![]() Huckleberry Finn, rebel against school and church, casual inheritor of gold treasure, rafter of the Mississippi, and savior of Jim the runaway slave, is the archetypal American maverick.įleeing the respectable society that wants to "sivilize" him, Huck Finn shoves off with Jim on a rhapsodic raft journey down the Mississippi River. ![]() ![]() The Son was optioned before the manuscript was turned in. ![]() Hollywood has taken to Nesbø and then some. He sees himself as a person with one motivation…to avenge his father.” With Sonny out from behind bars, bad things happen to bad people, but all for a good cause. When Sonny finds out from another prisoner that his father was set up, all hell - and Sonny - break loose. ![]() Against this familiar Nesbø backdrop, Sonny Loftus - in the quiet desperation that came in the wake of his policeman father’s confession of corruption and suicide - becomes a professional scapegoat, exchanging confessions to, and receiving prison sentences for, murders he did not commit for a steady stream of heroin, to which he’s addicted. The familiar characters of Hole’s Police Murder Squad may be MIA, but the seamy underbelly of Oslo, redolent of hypocrisy and top-to-bottom corruption, is just as nasty as ever. ![]() PHOTOS: 11 Buzzy Books for a Summer Road Tripįans of Nesbø’s Harry Hole series of novels won’t be disappointed by this latest book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At first, Zoey feels as lost and alone as she did after her mami died. Instead, Zoey and her older brother, José, will stay with their Poppy at the Jersey Shore. ![]() So Zoey’s world is turned upside down when Dad announces that he’s heading to a new job in New York City without her. Her family being together is all that matters to her. As for Zoey, she’s willing to go along with whatever grand plans her dad dreams up-even if it means never staying in one place long enough to make real friends. From start-up companies to selling motorcycles, her dad is constantly chasing jobs that never seem to work out. Twelve-year-old Zoey navigates the tricky waters of friendship while looking for a way to save her grandfather’s struggling business in this heartwarming, coming-of-age debut novel perfect for fans of Kristi Wientge, Donna Gephart, and Meg Medina. ![]() ![]() ![]() The plot of a story must include the following elements: Grief not only provides plot structure to the story, it also introduces what the story’s theme might be. Without including “of grief” in the sentence, the queen could have died for any number of reasons, like assassination or suicide. In other words, the premise doesn’t become a plot until the words “of grief” adds causality. The king died, and then the queen died of grief, is a plot.” -E. “The king died and then the queen died is a story. ![]() Plot is not merely a story summary: it must include causation. Plot definition: A series of causes-and-effects which shape the story as a whole. In other words, plot is a series of causes-and-effects which shape the story as a whole. The plot of a story is the sequence of events that shape a broader narrative, with every event causing or affecting each other. Plot Definition: What is the Plot of a Story? Plot Definition: What is the Plot of a Story?. ![]() ![]() ![]() Angels Flight is the name of a quaint funicular rail line in Los Angeles, and this mystery concerns the death of a famous, headline-hungry defense lawyer, who is found shot to death on board the car one night. Season 4 is based on the first Bosch novel I read, Angels Flight. Many changes have been made from the original books – some of which are pretty old now – but the spirit of the novels flies high, in my opinion. The fourth season of Amazon Prime Video’s Bosch series was released recently, and I continue to like it a lot. ![]() Worry about making it good afterward.”īut I’ll say this - as I wrote the climactic scene, I got the old thrill. ![]() Now you recall, if you’ve been reading this blog, my dictum that “First drafts are meant to be dreck. Thus, I’ve made steady progress on the book. In fact, the discipline I’ve had to summon up to produce paying work on the translation seems to have “translated” into remembering how to work when I don’t have a bilingual project going. I had feared that the translation work would interfere with the book, but it was not so in the event. Tonight I had an obligation at work, and had to stay late.īut I’ve dropped in to tell you that I finished the first draft of my new Erling book, provisionally titled The Elder King. Part of it was working on the novel, though. I missed blogging on Friday, because I was caught up in… something. ![]() ![]() "Delamere weaves rich historical detail into a lovely, poignant romance of faith, trust, and second chances. The third book in Jennifer Delameres Loves Grace trilogy Readers of both mainstream historical romance and inspirational romance will be swept away by. "Delamere weaves rich historical detail into a lovely, poignant romance of faith, trust, and second chances." - Katharine Ashe, author of When a Scot Loves a Lady, on An Heiress at Heart As James gets to know the vibrant, charming, and passionate woman behind Lucinda's shy exterior, he comes to the distressing realization that he doesn't want her in anyone's arms but his own. An Heiress at Heart by Jennifer Delamere digital book - Fable. But her father won't agree to a dowry unless James can also find a suitable husband for the lady's elder sister-quiet, reserved Lucinda Cardington. Snared in a scandal that for once is not his doing, he is forced to do the honorable thing and offer marriage to the lady. ![]() ![]() James Simpson's rakish ways have finally caught up with him. ![]() Yet when her sister places herself in a compromising situation with London's most scandalous bachelor, the entire family's reputation comes perilously close to ruin. Softcover in Good Condition Londons most amiable rogue has finally met his match.Lucinda Cardington doesnt care that she is close to being on the shelf. Lucinda Cardington doesn't care that she is close to being "on the shelf." She has more serious pursuits in mind and is perfectly content to leave dreams of romance to silly young ladies like her sister. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alicia’s cousin recounts the impact of Alicia’s mother’s suicide when she was a child, and how Alicia’s grieving father said he wished Alicia to be dead instead. Since Alicia fails to speak, Theo reaches out to her cousin to learn more about her. Meanwhile, Theo learns that his wife is cheating on him, and he learns that her lover is also married. She suspects the brother-in-law who once assaulted her or the owner of the art gallery she had planned to leave. ![]() She gives Theo her diary, wherein she details weeks of being watched in her home by a masked man before the murder of her husband. She remains mute during therapy sessions but, over time, Theo reduces her medication, allows her to pain, and gives her time outdoors. ![]() He requests to be assigned to Alicia’s care.Īlicia is “ The Silent Patient,” as she has not spoken since the day of her husband’s murder. Six years later, at the Grove, Theo Faber is a newly hired forensic psychotherapist uniquely intrigued by Alicia’s case. ![]() Because she took a plea of “diminished responsibility ” however, she is admitted to a secure forensic unit called the Grove as opposed to being sent to prison. |