She’s selfish, promiscuous, and even childish in her thoughts and conversations regarding her parents.

Don Noble is host of the Alabama Public Television literary interview show “Bookmark with Don Noble. She went on to specialise in Ophthalmology, training initially at the Royal Eye Infirmary, Plymouth. I enjoyed learning her backstory and seeing how she had the courage to not only leave her alcoholic and cheating husband, but also to start a new life with her children in another country.A book (or nowadays, my kindle) has always been an essential handbag item for a train or plane journey. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). A full-time author, mother of three, and grandmother of two, she lives in Mountain Brook, Alabama with her husband, Pat Henry. We enter a very scholarly, literary world as soon as the book is opened and some of it was over my head. My main issue, besides the mediocre writing, which made it easy to skim big portions at a time, was with Joy’s portrayal.

Content note : For being a Christian book there’s definitely more content than what you’d normally see in Christian fiction. The italicized thought of Joy mid page 320 “or take me in your arms and set me down on that bed and make love to me”. With her cousin’s encouragement, she considers traveling to England, to immerse herself in its history and literature.Written in the first person from Joy’s POV, I often found myself wondering if she was being truthfully portrayed. Nowadays, when I reflect on my interest in English, I can thank my aunt, an English teacher who clearly understood the importance of reading.

Jack is her intellectual equal and their time together makes her incredibly happy, but Jack is holding back all the time, unwilling to take their friendship any further. As magical as the writing is, though, the novel's true magic is the revelation of the man behind the stories we all know and the woman, the outsider, who captured his heart. And we get to see a million little details in their love story that show how healthy and beautiful love can be. Many of us read the beloved classic The Chronicles of Narnia as youngsters and some of us have read more of C. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password.S. Lewis were an unlikely match, separated by an ocean, an age difference, ghosts of the past, and the general complications of life, and yet love has the power to conquer all. I find it a bit presumptuous and cheeky when an author feels comfortable in giving thoughts and words to an actual person, even if it is done under the guise of a novel. In modern times, a museum curator is designing an exhibit of the recently found Pulaski treasures while she uncovers the stories of that night — true story! She came off the page as a very selfish and self-centred person, without a deep and abiding faith, living her life for her own pleasure and gain, at all costs. She speaks (and thinks) in ridiculously long winded monologues about herself (or she waffles on about absolutely nothing).