![]() ![]() ![]() I'm irrevocably astonished and astounded. I have nothing negative to say about this book. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy.” “People think that intimacy is about sex. ![]() Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. ![]() Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Monique is not exactly on top of the world. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. ![]()
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![]() ![]() “I’m not discussing my feelings with her.” It sounds like he’s crossing his arms, slumping in the chair. “Please stop staring at me with that look-you’re being ridiculous.” I don’t know what she’ll say and I’m not a masochist.” “I’m not ready to confess that shit to her, Mother. I have to press a palm to my mouth to stop from giggling as Mrs. Say it again, Sterling, I silently beg, greedy for the words. Falling slack, back against the wall, my hands press against my flaming hot cheeks. ![]() He’s laughing now, and the deep timbre has me pulling back in shock. ![]() I don’t fucking know what’s happening to me.” “I think I’m in love with her,” his voice confirms, repeating the words, stunning everyone. “I’m not talking to Dad about my love life.” He’s horrified by the thought. “God, he had no idea what he was doing when we started dating. Maybe you should ask your father.” She chuckles. “Sure it’s normal, when you’re attracted to someone-” He dreams about me? He’s said it before, but it’s always when we’re joking around. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. ![]() Professor BARRY WINDEATT is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. An introduction provides information on and context for the further interpretation of the text, and the volume is completed by a chronology of Kempe's life. It is accompanied by on-page annotation of and commentary on the Book, bringing together scholarship on Kempe and setting her life in the social, political and spiritual context of her time. This volume presents the original text in accessible form for modern readers, with on-page glossing and a glossary of common words. The Book of Margery Kempe, the earliest surviving autobiography in English (dated 1436-8), is a unique account of the extraordinary life, travels and revelations of a fifteenth-century Norfolk housewife and mother, pilgrim,prophet and visionary it is one of the most compelling and significant English texts of the middle ages. Fully-annotated edition of English mystic Margery Kempe's life and divine revelations. ![]() ![]() I were crewing for Alice’s old man, you see, on The Salty Mew, the fizziest aerocraft on the south coast at the time. You’ll find a young hen full as good as your…. Said Nelly to John if you’ll pull up my smock I’ve ‘eard Alice whistling the tunes aboard the Kestrel, proud as a peacock I were, to know I been such a good influence.īy the light of a candle I happened to spy Since she was a nipper, used to perch on me knee and I’d sing her a ditty or two, didn’t I? Not that dull patriotic rubbish, mind you, proper songs like ‘Ere’s to the Grog and Lily White Thighs. Damfino why, I am more quiet than a nun what took vows of silence, ‘onest Guv, you’ll find me jaws are locked tighter than the creamy thighs of a…… Yes, quite, so you can tell us something about Miss Kittyhawk? How long have you known her? Alice asked me to come, said I’d be better at it cause I never shut me sauce-box. ![]() No offense, but I was expecting one Miss Alice Kittyhawk… erm… Mister…?Ĭap’n Fitzsimmons Noakes, at your service. We were actually hoping to interview Miss Alice Kittyhawk about her adventures, but she had pressing obligations in London and sent Captain Noakes in her stead.Ĭaptain Noakes has a peculiar way of speaking which might sound a bit odd to modern ears, and we suspect that this particular interview is NSFW. ![]() ![]() Dear readers, tonight with me is Fitzsimmons Noakes, the modest captain of the airship ‘The Centennial Kestrel’, the fastest Channel-Runner in business I am told. ![]() ![]() ![]() I suppose Dan Simmons was using artistic licence to complete the saga what is in reality four books, including the Hyperion novels. However, a number of givens taken from the Hyperion saga have been twisted to suit the plot of this story, e.g., the enigmatic Shrike is at first not what is seems the three factions of the Technocore are revealed to be something else the doomsday actions of Meina Gladstone in Hyperion, whilst great for the ending sequences of that story, are cast in a much different light. It is a love story told through space and time. It is a story about deceit, lies, and the realisation that the truth of the Technocore, PAX, and the Shrike is not what it first seems. It is a story about religious ferver, in the sense that the Catholic Church has risen to almost omnipotent status amongst what used to be the old Human Hegemony. What is this saga about? It is a story about a semi-messiah, Aenea, told from the perspective of her guardian and lover, Endymion - Raul Endymion to be exact. The 900+ pages of this omnibus edition compel the reader not to put the book down. First of all, I think this is a great read. ![]() |