![]() We were driving back from Mommy's school, and she was telling me about the different words like transgender and all different words and when she described transgender, I was like, that's me. Mommy's a girl, I'm a girl, Daddy's a boy, and you're a boy.' But I immediately was like, 'No, no, I'm a girl.' And that was the first time, but there was another time. There was one night when my sister was like, 'So. I just had to put that into words and explain that. It wasn't that I wanted to be a girl I WAS a girl. It wasn't like one day I woke up and felt the way the wind blew and wanted to be a girl. It's a choice to come out, but being trans is not a choice. ![]() ![]() The main thing is that it's not a choice. What do you wish people knew about being trans? Over at A Cup of Jo, Joanna Goddard interviewed three kids who are transgender about their experiences. ![]()
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![]() Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng ![]() “Ask Again, Yes is a powerful and moving novel of family, trauma, and the defining moments in people’s lives,” says Meg Wolitzer. We follow them over the next 40 years and watch as these events reverberate down the decades, shaping their love story. Their respective children, Kate and Peter, are born a few months apart and their friendship is severely tested one fateful night. Books Like Little Fires Everywhere Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keaneįrancis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope are rookie cops and neighbours in a suburban town. If you loved the book or are enjoying the series, you might want to check out these books like Little Fires Everywhere that share similar themes. Celeste Ng brings the town of Shaker Heights, Ohio, to life vividly in her sophomore novel, which explores what happens when an outsider moves in, upending the fraught, delicate balance of a community already divided by the adoption journey of one particular family. ![]() The Hulu adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere drops this month, and the bookternet is rightfully excited. ![]() ![]() ![]() By the end of the book, Alison’s relationship toward death in Fun Home seems to be two-fold: though Alison is more cognizant of (and therefore desensitized to) the realities of death in a general sense because of the family-run “fun home,” when a death occurs close to her, it is even more difficult to process than usual because she is so used to treating death casually that she represses her initial feelings of grief and only lets them out after a long time has passed (and perhaps she is even still dealing with them while writing and drawing this memoir). ![]() Alison and her siblings goof around in and even sleep over at the funeral home, causing them to have a far more casual and cavalier attitude toward death than most children. ![]() The book is, literally, a “tragicomic.” On a deeper level, it evokes the way that the memoir treats death as both tragically life-alternating and as comedic, in the sense that even terrible events can come to seem absurdly and ridiculously humorous.īruce’s premature death, and likely suicide, hangs heavily over the book’s narrative, while the phrase “Fun Home” is the Bechdel children’s not-entirely-ironic nickname for the family-run funeral home that Bruce inherits from his father. First, it captures the fact that the story of Bruce in the memoir is a tragedy told in the format of a graphic novel – a comic. The subtitle of Fun Home – “A Family Tragicomic” – captures a number of aspects of the book. ![]() ![]() Between classes, he would visit the nearby Suffolk Superior Courthouse and watch trials, studying the “ultimate contest” of comprehensive legal knowledge, meticulous interpretive skill, and quick wits. Lenny was drawn to his specialty while still a student at Boston University. He has also been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America. ![]() In 2009, Lawyers Weekly recognized him as one of the most influential lawyers in the state and a powerhouse within the criminal law community. He rose to prominence by serving as the criminal defense attorney in more than 5,000 cases, including 50 first-degree murder cases and hundreds of high-profile proceedings. One of the preeminent lawyers in Massachusetts, Lenny Cohen has been practicing criminal law for 54 years. ![]() ![]() This fascinating survey explores the personalities on both sides and provides a vivid, accessible account of the historic clash. ![]() A thousand years have passed since the Battle of Clontarf, a turning point in Irish history in which two centuries of strife between Irish kings and Vikings climaxed in a fateful conflict in the swamps of Dublin. Midwest Book Review In life, the eleventh-century Irish king Brian Boru held the Vikings at bay in death, he remains a towering presence in history and legend. ![]() Book Synopsis A deftly written history that reads as smoothly as a novel. Page-turning exploration of the life, loves, and battles of 11th-century Irish warrior king Brian Boru. About the Book A deftly written history that reads as smoothly as a novel. ![]() ![]() If Jake was so concerned about Rick's safety, why did he go back to university for 6 whole months without telling anyone of the risks, especially since his father could have killed Rick while he was gone.ħ. Why didn't he consult anyone, including his best friend about this issue? The father did not say do not consult anyone about my threatening to kill your mate or I'll kill you.Ħ. ![]() Why is he more afraid of his father than he is of his alpha, Alex, Rick's brother?ĥ. Given wolf hierarchy, this is unfathomable.Ĥ. Why as Jake more afraid of his father as 3rd than of his alpha, Rick's father, for several of those years. What was the father's problem? Why did he behave like that? Was he gay, too, since the author said he had married a person not his mate and the mother left.ģ. The story then continues with so many loose ends and holes that it boggles the mind. ![]() Jake's father has threatened to kill Patrick if Jake attempts to mate with him. Jake and Patrick are mates, except no one knows but them. ![]() ![]() ![]() City focuses on a city in France, so there is some slight variation in the series.) Here is a little taste of the book from just about right off top. It should be noted that the focus is mainly on the English village, so much of the historical influence and the details garnered are inevitably skewed thusly. Is this a case of time offering more scientific evidence or the authors' own evolving education? All I know for certain is that I really like this book! They suffer in comparison to the later volume, where the information bubbles forth and the writing flows freely. Castle were published in the late 60s and early 70s respectively. series by Gies, Life in a Medieval Village seems the most informed, as well as having been written with the most heart and love.Īll three are collaborations between Frances and Joseph Gies, who wrote numerous books together as well as on their own about the Middle Ages period.Village came out in the 90s, while the other two in this particular series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If there's a scene between Alex and Mike, count on sparks flying as fast as the dialogue. Death Dance by Linda Fairstein - New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein takes readers behind the scenes of New York City's theater world - from L. The plot is as intricate and fluid as a ballet, and she is in perfect step with her characters. Dazzling! Brava!"- Beverly Sills, legendary opera star and former chair of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, "Fairstein doesn't miss a beat in Death Dance. ![]() Linda Fairstein is truly the queen of intelligent suspense."- Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of One Shot, "Linda Fairstein's Death Dance captures all the thrills of the New York stage. Death Dance is Linda's best yet - I loved it!"- Mariska Hargitay, Golden Globe-winning star of NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, "Imagine John Grisham at his best collaborating with Patricia Cornwell at her best.add in a little extra.and then you're close to imagining how good this book is. I have not read the previous or following books but judging from criticism though. Now, her brave and street-smart prosecutor, Alex Cooper, could partner with me anytime. Death Dance is Linda Fairsteins eighth novel in the Alexandra Cooper series. Fairstein really knows what she's writing about, and that includes New York's theatrical world."- James Patterson, New York Times bestselling author of 4th of July, "Linda Fairstein wrote the book on Manhattan's real-life Special Victims Unit. "Linda Fairstein's Death Dance is her most powerful and affecting novel yet. ![]() ![]() ![]() What could be better than enemies to lovers? How about goalie versus goalie? When two face off against one another in Avon Gale and Piper Vaughn’s recent standalone edition in their Hat Trick series, it makes Goalie Interference a power play! But there’s more to life than winning, and if Emmitt and Ryu can get past their egos and competitive natures, they might just discover they work better as partners than they ever imagined possible. Beating Armstrong at practice feels good, sure, but there are other, more fun ways to shut his rival up. Ryu doesn’t want to admit the other goalie’s smart mouth turns him on. ![]() If the Venom are looking for a meek, mild-mannered pushover, they’ve got the wrong guy. Emmitt Armstrong knows that, and he’s not about to waste the opportunity after grinding his way from the bottom to the top. ![]() Not everyone gets to play in the best league in the world. So when he’s called into management’s office, he’s expecting to hear he’s the new starting goalie for the team, not that some new guy-an incredibly hot, annoyingly bratty rookie-is here to compete for his spot. Ryu Mori has had a stellar season as goalie for the Atlanta Venom. goalie in this brand-new enemies-to-lovers hockey romance from Avon Gale and Piper Vaughn… ![]() ![]() ![]() April is a teenager fighting to guide her little brother safely through a landscape of death and ruin. Kittridge, known to the world as "Last Stand in Denver," has been forced to flee his stronghold and is now on the road, dodging the infected, armed but alone and well aware that a tank of gas will get him only so far. Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, is so shattered by the spread of violence and infection that she continues to plan for her child's arrival even as society dissolves around her. In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos. Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward. In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The end of the world was only the beginning. ![]() |