So there's still a subconscious gender divide: pink is for "girly" activities like fancy dance parties, and blue is for "boyish" activities like sports. To make matters worse, the next colour (blue) is implied as being for sports uniforms. which, for every single girl on the pages, means a dress. The very first colour (pink) has children of both genders dressing up in their fancy clothes. when you have a book that's supposed to be about demolishing gender stereotypes, it's not great to see them reinforced within the first few pages! While there is diversity in ethnicity (many children of colour are represented) and abilities (there's a boy in a wheelchair), it's very much a Western representation of children. I was looking forward to a book that smashes those gender conventions and lets kids know they can wear (and like) whatever colour they please.īut. Pink for girls and blue for boys is a fairly recent idea before that, it was the other way around. The text is simple and straight to the point, and the illustrations are very, very cute.
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This book is part of a trilogy and is not standalone. My husband will either destroy me or I’ll destroy him. We started with games and carnal pleasure.Īdrian and I shouldn’t have been together. Rina has truly done her best work and I’m excited to see how the story ends. Each character has his or her purpose and I love how the picture unfolds as the story progresses. This story is intricate and mind blowing and It’s fantastic to see how the pieces all fit together as the story plays out. Rina Kent, Tempted by Deception 11 likes Like You asked when I’d be done. I’ll worship each of your scars until you’re able to face them, Lenochka. On top of all the carnal hotness, I’m also in awe of how Rina’s mind works and fits the overall plot puzzle together. Tempted by Deception Quotes Showing 1-9 of 9 Scars mean you are alive and strong enough to survive. We finally get a closer look at their relationship from the very beginning and the web of deception that begins to weave. 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Future Home of the Living God is a dystopian novel and work of speculative fiction by Louise Erdrich first published on November 14, 2017, by HarperCollins. Agent: Jill Marsal, Marsal Lyon Literary. Fans of Rosemary’s Baby will relish this. That Deck may have a hidden agenda adds to the tension. The true story of a disappearance of a young boy on his first day at kindergarten in 1944 is the inspiration for this book which is set in the late 1960s in a strange small town in Minnesota called Lilydale where the inhabitants seem pretty creepy to the young pregnant journalist Joan who is relocating there with her boyfriend Deck. Lourey ratchets up the suspense as Joan becomes aware of a sinister conspiracy that poses a threat to her and her unborn child. She makes little headway with the locals she interviews, who seem to be united in preventing her from discovering what really happened to Paulie. 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I treated my mythologies very seriously, and the slightest deviation from the versions I knew sent me into a spin. If I had started reading this book as a teenager, I suspect I would have hated it. I kept turning the pages, enthralled pondering which god was which, and which myths would come into play. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Neil Gaiman’s epic American road trip, full of Norse gods and tricksters. Told by an eyewitness and sure to anger those Mel White once knew best, Stranger at the Gate is a warning about where the politics of hate may lead America…an important book by a brave man whose words can make us both richer in spirit and much wiser too. It is a chilling exposé that goes right into the secret meetings and hidden agendas of the religious right. his Christian faith in his book Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America. But his salvation-to be openly gay and Christian-is more than a unique coming-out story. Theologian Mel White3 agrees that the Greek word arsenokoitai. “An engrossing journey to unite sexuality with faith” ( Dallas Morning News), Stranger at the Gate details Mel White’s twenty-five years of being counseled, exorcised, electric-shocked, prayed for, and nearly driven to suicide because his church said homosexuality was wrong. What these men didn’t know was that Mel White-evangelical minister, committed Christian, family man-was gay. He was a ghostwriter for Jerry Falwell, worked with Jim Bakker, flew in Pat Robertson’s private jet, walked sandy beaches with Billy Graham. Until Christmas Eve 1991, Mel White was regarded by the leaders of the religious right as one of their most talented and productive supporters. Stranger at the Gate by Mel White: 9780452273818 : Books 'Compelling eloquent and compassionate We learn as much about growing up in the Christian right as we do about gay life in Mel White’s. “Compelling…eloquent and compassionate…We learn as much about growing up in the Christian right as we do about gay life in Mel White’s heartfelt and revealing memoir.” - San Francisco Examiner In this new America, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Education Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead.īut there are also opportunities-and Jane is studying to become an Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. It's a chance for a better life for Negro girls like Jane. After all, not even being the daughter of a wealthy white Southern woman could save her from society’s expectations.īut that’s not a life Jane wants. Almost finished with her education at Miss Preston's School of Combat in Baltimore, Jane is set on returning to her Kentucky home and doesn’t pay much mind to the politics of the eastern cities, with their talk of returning America to the glory of its days before the dead rose.īut when families around Baltimore County begin to go missing, Jane is caught in the middle of a conspiracy, one that finds her in a desperate fight for her life against some powerful enemies.Īnd the restless dead, it would seem, are the least of her problems. Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania-derailing the War Between the States and changing the nation forever. New York Times bestseller 6 starred reviews!Īt once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive, Dread Nation is Justina Ireland's stunning vision of an America both foreign and familiar-a country on the brink, at the explosive crossroads where race, humanity, and survival meet. 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