Cooke is an exploration of reinvention and what it means to be a family. ABOUT THE LIGHTHOUSE WITCHES:Ī spellbinding read about witches, mother-daughter relationships, folklore, and even the human impact on nature, THE LIGHTHOUSE WITCHES by C.J. She has published two poetry collections, a creative anthology ( Writing Motherhood) and her sixth novel, The Lighthouse Witches, published Octoin the U.S. Her debut, The Guardian Angel’s Journal, was an international bestseller. She started writing at the age of 7 and pestered publishers for years with manuscripts typed on her grandparents’ old Remington typewriter and cover notes written on pages ripped from school notebooks. Cooke in conversationĬJ Cooke grew up on a council estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ~ WRITERS INTERVIEWING WRITERS~ ALWAYS WITH A BOOK| FICTION FRIDAY Leslie Lindsay & C.J.
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“Hey, what time are you leaving?” Lewis asked. Tonight I was going to celebrate the end of the school year at a gig by a school band, and I was determined to have some fun. The heavy clouds made it look way too dark for July, but not even that was going to faze me. Looking out my bedroom window, I’m faced with yet another dull English summer day. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file with the publisher.įor my fiancé, Joseph, whose support is never ending. Published by Sourcebooks Fire, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended by the author. The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious or are used fictitiously. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems-except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews-without permission in writing from its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc. Sourcebooks and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks, Inc.Īll rights reserved. Cover and internal design © 2014 by Sourcebooks, Inc.Ĭover image © Evgeny Karandaev/Shutterstock ImagesCover iCCover In a new Social Credit System, each citizen is given a score for good behavior for those who rate poorly, punishments include being banned from flying or taking high-speed trains, exclusion from certain jobs, and preventing their children from attending better schools. In some schools, children's facial expressions are monitored to make sure they are paying attention at the right times. Cameras (so advanced that they can locate a single person within a stadium crowd of 60,000) scan for faces and walking patterns to track each individual's movement. Commercial transactions, including food deliveries and online purchases, are fed into vast databases, along with everything from biometric information to social media activities to methods of birth control. Named a Notable Work of Nonfiction of 2020 by the Washington PostĪs heard on NPR's Fresh Air, We Have Been Harmonized, by award-winning correspondent Kai Strittmatter, offers a groundbreaking look, based on decades of research, at how China created the most terrifying surveillance state in history.Ĭhina's new drive for repression is being underpinned by unprecedented advances in technology: facial and voice recognition, GPS tracking, supercomputer databases, intercepted cell phone conversations, the monitoring of app use, and millions of high-resolution security cameras make it nearly impossible for a Chinese citizen to hide anything from authorities. I have so many mixed feelings about this book. LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depositoryĭisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon, and I may earn a small commission, at no cost to you, if you purchase through my links. As Grey’s deadline draws nearer, Lia Mara questions if she can be the queen her country needs.Īs two kingdoms come closer to conflict, loyalties are tested, love is threatened, and an old enemy resurfaces who could destroy them all, in this stunning conclusion to bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer’s Cursebreaker series. But after enjoying decades of peace once magic was driven out of their lands, some of her subjects are angry Lia Mara has an enchanted prince and magical scraver by her side. Meanwhile, Lia Mara struggles to rule Syhl Shallow with a gentler hand than her mother. Grey has agreed to wait two months before attacking Emberfall, and in that time, Rhen has turned away from everyone-even Harper, as she desperately tries to help him find a path to peace. Synopsis: Face your fears, fight the battle.Įmberfall is crumbling fast, torn between those who believe Rhen is the rightful prince and those who are eager to begin a new era under Grey, the true heir. The man – some kind of political subversive – is on the run, while the woman has reason to want the relationship to remain secret.ĭuring their meetings we get fragments of a third narrative, a kind of science fiction fable that the man tells the woman. Two unnamed lovers pursue a surreptitious affair. Alternating with sections of her narrative are chapters from a story entitled The Blind Assassin, told in the present tense. The daughter of a well-intentioned Canadian businessman, her fate has been sealed by her marriage to her father's business rival, Richard Griffen, an arrangement calculated to rescue the family's failing fortunes. But how do they connect? The encompassing narrative, which begins and ends the novel, is told by Iris Griffen, now in her 80s, who looks back to her early life, and in particular to her teens and young adulthood in the 1930s and 1940s. It is made up of four narratives, interleaved with each other. 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By the end of the trials, beyond the twenty who were executed and the five who perished in prison, 207 individuals had been accused, 74 had been "afflicted," 32 had officially accused their fellow neighbors, and 255 ordinary people had been inexorably drawn into that ruinous and murderous vortex, and this doesn't include the religious, judicial, and governmental leaders. Six Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate the larger crisis of the Salem witch trials. The story of the Salem Witch Trials told through the lives of six women The boy agrees, and soon, lands on the Egyptian shores, and then begins his true journey. The old man asks the boy to sell his flock of sheep and depart for Egypt as soon as possible. The King asks the boy to set on the journey for exploring and achieving his legend. Lost in the thoughts, the boy crosses the path with an old man, claiming to be the King of Salem. The gypsy tells the boy that destiny will surely present him with the treasure if he follows the path. The boy meets a gypsy from a near nearby village and discusses his dream with her. At first, he discards it as just another, but the dream appears multiple times. The shepherd, in his dream, witnesses a prophecy about a treasure near the faraway pyramids of Egypt. The Alchemist is a story about Santiago, the boy, a young shepherd from Andalusia, the Southern autonomous province of Spain. Let me break down my admiration for this book brick by brick. After all, till about three years ago, they had sold a whopping 65 million copies of this book! There are certain books which need no introduction, as almost each and every one of those who like to read novels have heard about the book. It was only yesterday that I finished The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho for the third time, and I think it is the right time to discuss what I feel about it. Known across Europe as Madame la Serpente, Margot’s intimidating mother, Queen Catherine de Médicis, is a powerful force in a country devastated by religious war. Beautiful young Princess Margot is summoned to the court of France, where nothing is what it seems and a wrong word can lead to ruin. This is a coming-of-age story that will remind audiences that, when it comes to the 16th century, the Valois are even sexier than the Tudors-and just as treacherous. Sophie Perinot, author of The Sister Queens, has a new book available for pre-order! Medicis Daughter travels forward three-hundred years from Perinot’s last novel to the intrigue-riven French court of Charles IX, spinning the tale of beautiful princess Marguerite who walks the knife’s edge between the demands of her serpentine mother, Catherine de Medicis, and those of her own conscience. 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