Smashbomb

"Best Lutheran melodrama I’ve ever seen! Fantastically restrained love triangle involving a pastor, his young bride, and his son. Throw in cauldrons full of witchcraft and a mother more sexually suspicious than Mrs. Bates, and you’ve got perfection. The costumes and the performers inhabiting them are more rigid and austere than an unbuttered slice of Danish toast. Uneasily funny, chilling, and timeless."

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Harmony Tividad recommended Tower of Silence by Roberto Musci in Music (curated)

"This is angel music from a realm beyond. It is so evocative and gentle. I listen to the songs “Lullabies...Mother Sings...Father Plays...” and “Claudia Wilhelm R and Me” repeatedly, and I feel and learn something new each time. It is rare to find something that speaks such volumes but also leaves room for you to hear your own inner world."

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Molly Shannon recommended Ponette (1996) in Movies (curated)

Ponette (1996)

1996 | Drama

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"It’s a child’s view of losing a parent. The mother passes away and she comes back as an angel. I think I just saw it in a movie theater. Somebody told me about it and I went to go see it in Pasadena. I went to a matinee. Ponette spoke to me because I lost my mom when I was little."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Campari for Breakfast in Books

Oct 6, 2020

Sue Bowl was only 17 when her mother committed suicide - a maturing experience, but she's still naive. Only months later, she goes off to stay with her Aunt Coral, leaving her father with his new girlfriend, but taking all of her questions with her. Read my revised review of this novel here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/04/28/trying-youth/

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Pure Gold Baby in Books

Oct 7, 2020

Anna's hidden disability made her mother Jess only want to protect and care for her all the more; especially since she has such a sweet nature - in fact, she is a "Pure Gold Baby". But would caring for Anna be enough for Jess? You can read my revised review of this novel here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2013/11/15/the-anthropology-of-motherhood/

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Karin Slaughter recommended The Better Sister in Books (curated)

The Better Sister

Alafair Burke | 2019 | Contemporary, Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Thriller

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"When Nicky is no longer able to care for her husband Adam and their child, her all-too-willing younger sister, Chloe, steps into the shoes of wife and mother. But when Adam is murdered, the sisters are reunited and must confront their shared past. This super twisty thriller is completely satisfying and unputdownable. It checks all of the boxes."

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