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A Childhood
Jona Oberski, Ralph Manheim and Eleanor Crow
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An Irish Times Book of the Year A small boy grows up in Amsterdam, making sand pies, playing with...
An Excess Male: A Novel
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From debut author Maggie Shen King, An Excess Male is the chilling dystopian tale of politics,...
ClareR (6106 KP) rated Mother May I in Books
Aug 2, 2021
Bree Cabbat has a storybook life. She wants for nothing, has beautiful children, and a caring, handsome husband. She has come from a life of poverty, and she knows just how lucky she is. Bree doesn’t want anyone to take this life away from her.
When a witch-like character kidnaps her son and tells her that she has to do a job for her - and that she has to follow the instructions to the letter, Bree agrees. She has no other choice. The thought of a child being kidnapped, no matter their age, is horrifying.
As the story progressed, I found myself a little unnerved to find myself empathising with the baby’s kidnapper: she has a pretty compelling reason for her actions. And Bree feels the same way. She has a similar background to the woman, and knows how hard it is to claw your way out of poverty - and how easy it is to fall even lower. The fact that the kidnapper has her baby is ever present in Bree’s mind. She doesn’t forgive her because of her life experiences. Bree just wants to do what the witch has told her to do, and to get her son back.
Bree learns that her husband has kept a pretty big secret, and it has been the cause of not just their own plight. Will their marriage survive this?
To be fair, I wasn’t much concerned with the state of Bree’s marriage for much of this book. I was more interested in the relationship between Bree and her son’s kidnapper.
This book is gripping. I’m warning you now: don’t pick this book up if you know you’re going to have to put it down soon after. You won’t want to!
Another great thriller from Joshilyn Jackson - highly recommended!
Too Late to Say Goodbye
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Jenn Corbin, a lovely, slim, brown-eyed blonde, appeared to have it all: two dear little boys, a...
Nevertheless: A Memoir
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Drawing on his characteristic charisma, intelligence, and honesty, Alec Baldwin—one of the most...
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The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court
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After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon’s power is absolute. When Marie-Louise, the...
A School of Daughters
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It’s funny how things sneak up on you… Kate Willoughby is a champion for...
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Leaving Winter for a Desert Sky
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Erin has spent the last six years abroad, teaching English in Spain, France, Japan. Now, she’s...
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays in Books
Oct 20, 2017 (Updated Oct 20, 2017)
That being said, some of the essays have some important points. This includes marriage equality between same sexes, ensuring inequality from a patriarchal standpoint can be dismantled.
And there is a small amount of intersectionality, discussing the rape of Native American and Indian women as part of a pandemic of violence against women rather than isolated incidents. And while this was written several years before and some of it no longer applies (Dominic Strauss-Kahn) it is still valid as the issues still continue.
The less said about slutwalk, the better.
I would say this is a good introduction to feminism for those who are seeking to understand parts, but I would recommend books with a little more substance than this.