![]() ![]() Gentle Goodbye is not an out and out haunting story but a tale that stays with you long after the ending and will take you into an introspective mode. The premise is ripe for angst ridden tale but it is a bittersweet one on grief, loss and the process of how we move on. They linger in the house for 20 years before fading away. The unique plot revolves around a young woman who marries into a family that practices a strange ritual to bring afterimage, a ghost like image of the deceased to say goodbye to in the many years to come. In the story, there is a chance of getting closure. You are left to your own coping mechanism, which is why Gentle Goodbye seems more like a fairy tale than a horror one. And when you close the chapter you have to realize that it starts and ends only with you. Closure can be attended, but it’s a solitary journey. Especially when you lose someone to death. ![]() Junji Ito’s Gentle Goodbye covers wide range of emotions of sadness and the process of healing. If I have to introduce his work to friends and see the range of emotions the author of macabre stories deals with, then this will be it Gentle Goodbye. Here’s another one Junji Ito manga fan review that I am plastering on your TL! This is not gory one unlike his previous ones, so easy for non horror fans too. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I hope I’m not giving too much away by saying that. Long story short this novel is Little Shop of Horrors meets The Secret Garden. Auxier took his whimsy, pulled out a long sharp stick, and stabbed it repeatedly in the heart and left it to die in the snow so as to give us a sublimely horrific little novel. A relatively new middle grade author, still young in the field, reading this book it’s hard to reconcile it with Auxier’s previous novel Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes. And though none would contest the fact that they are creepy, only Jonathan Auxier’s The Night Gardener has had the chutzpah to actually write, “A Scary Story” on its title pages as a kind of thoughtful dare. ![]() Fantasy in particular has been steeped in a kind of thoughtful darkness, from The Glass Sentence and The Thickety to The Riverman and Twelve Minutes to Midnight with varying levels of success. For whatever reason, 2014 is a dark year in children’s middle grade fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (His melancholy excursions include cruising a video arcade and a boat ramp in nearby Gainesville, places he’s visited for the past couple of decades.) Earl is a retired accountant and widower, and their common interests-books, music, “fine furniture,” picking blueberries-have bound them through the years as they remember friends of theirs who have died from AIDS and the narrator cared for his ailing parents. ![]() The 60-something unnamed narrator strives to hold onto a long, lingering friendship with Earl, who’s 20 years older, and reflects with bittersweetness on losses, past loves, and the indulgences of desire and lust. The geographical and emotional landscape of contemporary rural Florida is at the core of this majestic and wistful rumination on ageing, loneliness, and mortality from Holleran ( Dancer from the Dance). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lucy Strange is renowned for her exquisite blend of history and magical realism, with novels including the Carnegie Medal nominated and Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlisted Our Castle by the Sea she is a hugely exciting addition to the Barrington Stoke list.But is it really a monster that lives in the depths of the pond? Or a creature trapped and alone, just like Bess, desperate to escape. Bess is sure it’s all nonsense, until one night she sees something stir in the murky water. Meanwhile, rumours are spreading about a vicious creature that lurks in the millpond. The only way to survive is to escape, but the mill is like a prison with no way out. But life at the mill is hard and cruel– a far cry from the fresh start Bess hoped for. History and myth entwine in this atmospheric tale of freedom and friendship from bestselling author Lucy Strange and acclaimed illustrator Pam Smy.īess has left the London workhouse behind for a job at a rural cotton mill. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() * The author was in fact a teacher in a Jewish school in Holland during WWII, and his wife died in Sobibor, having been detained in Westerbork camp - the setting for much of the book. Primo Levi provides an introduction to this book and he notes its weaknesses of style and judgement, along with its courage and poignancy in its ambition. * To document the lack of coherence within a soul is difficult enough, but to set this against the Holocaust is especially fraught. * The narrative moves from the relative safety of simply describing atrocious events, to the fringes of thoughts even more unbearable, those where the confessor hints at his own fragmentation, his own identifcation with the will of his oppressors. The proganist, named Jacques as per the author, betrays the confusion within his soul as he bears witness to his own collusion with the Nazis. Written in the first person it reads as an imperfect confession. This book is raw and frightening in its testimony of the struggle within one man between the good and evil. ![]() ![]() ![]() ) I Can Read It All By Myself' Beginner Books 9.2 X 6.7 X 0.5 inches 61 pages. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. Publisher's price code of 195195 on DJ flap. Dust jacket is worn with a couple of short tears and is soiled but bright and in good condition. He is a white, non hispanic male registered to vote in Sarasota County, Florida. Pages have very modest thumbing to the front matter otherwise clean and in very good condition. Robert Martin Lopshire (age 75) is listed at 2521 Jamaica St Sarasota, Fl 34231 and is affiliated with the Democratic Party. End sheets and paste downs have light toning/soiling. Pictorial cover is frayed at corners and spine caps and soiled but bright and in very good- condition. ![]() This is not a First Edition, but it is a first book club edition, published in 1960 while the book was still distributed by Random House, but not yet a division of Random House. ![]() ![]() ![]() Political treachery is a constant threat, and Meyer creates thrilling suspense from sinister court intrigues and family secrets, all set against thoroughly drawn backdrops, from stark convents to opulent palaces. Meyer focuses on Catherine de' Medici's sixteenth-century youth and early marriage, closing with her coronation as queen of France. With meticulous historical detail, sensitive characterizations, and Catherine's strong narration, Meyer's memorable story of a fascinating young woman who relies on her intelligence, rather than her beauty, will hit home with many teens."- Booklist, As in Mary, Bloody Mary (1999), Meyer's latest entry in the Young Royals historical-fiction series creates a sympathetic, engrossing portrait of a noble girl who, later in life, became a feared, notorious queen. ![]() "This captivating tale of the rise of this Italian merchant family is seldom portrayed, and it plays out delightfully in this well-written novel."- School Library Journal "A sympathetic, engrossing portrait of a noble girl who, later in life, became a feared queen. ![]() ![]() ![]() Upskill and learn new technologies: The tech industry is constantly evolving, and now is the time to invest in yourself by learning new skills and technologies. 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The solution: ship Ember off to her aunt's research station in frigid Antarctica. Unfortunately, Ember's growing tendency to burst into flames at certain temperatures-not to mention her invisible wings-is making it too dangerous for her to stay in London. At least she was before her adoptive father-a powerful but accident-prone Magician-turned her into a human girl to save her life. Perfect for fans of the Nevermoor and His Dark Materials series. A stunning middle grade fantasy about a girl who used to be a dragon and her adventure to save her new home-from Even the Darkest Stars author Heather Fawcett. ![]() |