And therefore it is the soul (female) who is “up there waiting for the miracle” of re-unification with the Source of all.

I think you simply invented your great love for Rachel to justify your failures with other women,” Sergey said. Nancy and her partner, Linda, are hoping to use her twin Paul's sperm so that their IVF baby will have both their DNA. Is this just a little too close for comfort in the familial relations stakes?Anna's books are always expertly written, highly emotional, and thought-provoking. Her latest has lived up to all of the above and more. The jetlag and the vodka put him to sleep, and by the time he woke up the bus was approaching its last stop: Central Park South and Sixth Avenue. It was dark now, and snowing lightly, but none of that mattered to Vadik. He had made it. The skyscrapers hovered above his head, as if suspended in a yellow fog. The Park looked deserted, so he decided to head down Sixth Avenue. He walked along the wet sidewalk, crossing whenever the light turned green, turning right or left whenever he felt like it, stepping through puddles of slush. Soon he had no idea which direction he was going in. He didn’t care. He was taking everything in—the buildings, the storefronts, the limos and yellow cabs, the people. There were so many people. Alive, energetic, determined, all in a rush to get somewhere. Women. Beautiful women. Some looked at him. Some even smiled. He felt very tall. He felt gigantic. He felt as if his head were on the same level as those breathtaking Times Square billboards. Everything seemed within reach. Hell, he felt as if he could just snap the enormous steaming Cup Noodles off the side of that building. He felt as if he were consuming the city, eating it up. It was his city. He had finally found it. He" and "Him" (never mind the case) are aspects of god; like the hindu atman and brahma. And I like to read Leonard as confused as to whether he is atman or brahma; and therefore either or both Leonard and god could be offering the "crumbs". Rightly or wrongly, in the work of Leonard Cohen I like to interpret "he" or "him" as Leonard or his "g~d".

I urge you to read this book. Have a box of tissues nearby, but devour it and then pass it on. It's a book that deserves to be read. There is no subway here. The ferry is far away. I’ll take you to the express bus. It goes straight into midtown.” But always between those two extremes of existence is the soul, winging it alone, "longing" for her g~dly Lover, aided by her confused temporal lover, Leonard. The rest of the morning and the entire afternoon were spent in the roomy kitchen, which had a distant view of a playground and a cemetery. “They told us that this house overlooked the park,” Sergey explained. “It was summer. We couldn’t see the graves behind all those leafy trees.”teenager Catherine is brought up on a rural Irish pig farm. She knows that there are bigger, better things out there in the world, but she has no idea how she will ever be able to escape the simplicity and tedium of farm life. However, she is sure in the knowledge that her parents and brothers love her. They are salt of the earth people – they work the land, regardless of the hardships it brings, and they attend church. This is their life and they don’t waver from it. Until Catherine falls in love with a boy who is from a well-respected, well-to-do family. In her naivete, she believes this is her key to freedom that will allow her to escape her future on the pig farm. But when she falls pregnant, she discovers how very wrong she is. Like a hug from a best friend after a heartbreaking ordeal. It is everything I expected and so much more. Anna was nominated for an Irish Film & Television Academy award for her one off bi-lingual drama ‘School Run,’ and is currently in development with Hot Drop Films / Treasure Entertainment and funded by Screen Ireland for the film adaptation of ‘Rabbit Hayes.’ She is also in development for a crime series ‘Serious Crimes,’ with Blinder Productions (Virgin Media) in IRE. A historical crime drama with Noho Film & TV (UK) and ‘Richter,’ an RTE/NZ TV co-production crime drama with Blinder Productions. Too late: she has already fallen on a dangerous place in the rain, she has given up, she is exhausted. His advise: Of course you won't complain or talk about it, other people won't understand. Do what I keep doing, don't loosen your grip, keep on waiting like I do: I up there, you lying in the rain! Caroline and her husband Dave have been trying for a baby for years. But after numerous failed IVF’s and various other surgeries, they’ve agreed that enough is enough. Having their own baby just isn’t on the cards, and that book is closed for them. But Caroline is thinking about opening a new book … even if she needs to do it without Dave.

Cohen became wildly popular among educated cosmopolitan Russians shortly after I left. He wasn’t just popular—he was revered. Still is!

There’s a mystery at the heart of the book that slowly reveals itself and reaches a very emotional conclusion and I stayed up far too late to finish it. I’m not sure how much I loved the ending in the present day storyline - it was all a bit swift and there was a lot going on - Ronnie’s story needed a book of its own 💔.