Regardless of this, the underlying themes of love, age, and loss do sing clearly throughout. The fragmentation of the narrative represents how Myrtle shares a little of her story at a time, but unfortunately this does occasionally make the story hard to follow. The contrast is purposeful, managing to highlight discrepancies between nostalgia and reality – the danger of equating age with dogmatic wisdom, denying the youth their time to grow and make change. A sharp contrast between America’s racial inequalities and the country’s nostalgia is drawn, but also blurred as they are both part of the same timeline. These allusions create a very specific foundation for the film, one that perhaps feels at odds with the main narrative exploring Myrtle’s life in the Deep South. A different type of iconography, but iconic all the same. Some elements of the film are also reminiscent of Bonnie and Clyde, especially Arthur Penn’s depiction in the 1967 film. Merten’s use of archival footage from the 20s and 30s gives a sense of nostalgia, creating roots in a certain American identity by overtly channeling icons such as Amelia Earhart. The film stars Mary Buss as Myrtle, a 90 something year old grouch and Merhawit Tsegay as Season, a fresh-faced caregiver taking over from Myrtle’s usual nurse who is going away for a week. After publishing his manuscript in 2017, Al Mertens brings Thank You, Amelia Earhart to the screen.
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But like a light beer, it leaves you unsatisfied. This is why I can only give this novel 3 stars. Nor does he explain how a supposed plague event resulted in Kentucky turning into a tropical jungle, how the former colonies on Mars turned into what they become, or how the remnants of humanity that survived the apocalypse evolved (devolved?) into a precambrian society. Instead, the novel ends without answers to that question. While it's evident the author intended this to be a character driven story, even if he failed to develop the main characters, the book still could have been redeemed had we been given explanations for what occurred during the 800 years the crew was out of contact. As a result, we're presented with a pretty two dimensional cast of psychopaths and narcissists. None of the characters are particularly likeable, nor are they really fleshed out in any meaningful way. Oh, the story is good enough, if perhaps a bit dark. 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Under the leadership of her fearless skipper, Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II. The thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones's locker. The struggles of such multidimensional characters as Artair, Macleod’s boyhood friend, and Marsaili, the girl they both loved and Artair married, add depth. Abundant local color-much of it physically and psychologically wrenching, like the islanders’ annual culling of seabirds, a primitive rite of passage-matches Macleod’s tormented emotional landscape. Back in Macleod’s home village of Crobost, first-person flashbacks gradually unveil contradictory episodes of horror and compassion in his youth, counterpointing the third-person account of the present-day murder case. While grieving over the accidental death of his only child, Fin investigates a grisly homicide nearly identical to a previous case in Edinburgh. Television dramatist May’s brilliant first in a trilogy set on the Gaelic-speaking Isle of Lewis, northernmost of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, introduces Fin Macleod, a Lewis native and Edinburgh CID detective sergeant. “What if women have good reasons to detest men? What if anger towards men is in fact a joyful and emancipating path when it is allowed to express itself?” Harmange writes. The book says defending misandry is liberating and can create space for sorority and sisterhood. I realise this sounds like a violent sentiment, but I feel strongly we should be allowed to not love them as a whole and make exceptions for certain men.” She added: “If we are heterosexual we are encouraged to like men, but we should absolutely have the right not to like them. I can state for a fact that the majority of aggressors are men.” This comes less from personal experience than from being an activist in a feminist organisation that helps the victims of rape and sexual assault for several years. But in general I mistrust men I don’t know,” Harmange said. “I am married to a man, who is great and really supports my writing. The 96-page essay opens with a quote from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar – “The trouble was, I hated the idea of serving men in any way” – and it explores whether women have good reason to hate men. Moi les hommes, je les déteste, by Pauline Harmange. You will fall in love with Sallie Kincaid, a feisty and fearless, terrified and damaged young woman who refuses to be corralled. Sallie confronts the secrets and scandals that hide in the shadows of the Big House, navigates the factions in the family and town, and finally comes into her own as a bold, sometimes reckless bootlegger. 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The Kane Chronicles is an exceptional and remarkable novel written for those who are interested in great fiction and powerful stories. He takes the time to fully introduce the characters, the setting and create a world that contrasts beautifully with the wonder of Fog Island itself. It has the cadence of a story from oral traditions. The book could be set during any time at all, with the timeless nature of the story and the way of life. Ungerer weaves a tale of rural life by the sea and folklore together. But where had the warm quilt and hot stew come from? He entertained them and fed them well, but when they awoke the next morning, they were in a ruin rather than his castle. Once there, they explored and met the Fog Man, who created the fog from sea water and heat from the center of the earth. But one day, the two of them were trapped in the fog and a current pulled them out of the bay and towards the doomed island. Their father built them a small boat, a curragh, and warned them to only use it in the bay and never go near Fog Island because people who go there have never returned. It is the story of Finn and Cara who lived by the sea. This new book from Ungerer has some of the feel of that earlier title, with fog and darkness and danger. The Three Robbers is one of our favorites in our house and we’ve also loved the short film of the book and quote lines and sing the song from it years later. Always expect to be surprised by a picture book by Ungerer. ‘Does a falling tree in the forest make a sound when there is no one to hear?’ One of the recurring philosophical questions is: Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off. One day a tortoise will learn how to fly. It’s simply the delight of eagles to torment tortoises.īut of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection. There’s good eating on a tortoise but, considering the effort involved, there’s much better eating on practically anything else. Everyone knows why the tortoise does this. (SG)Īnd almost always the tortoise plunges to its death. It has survived while the rest of evolution flowed past it by being, on the whole, no threat to anyone and too much trouble to eat. It has about as good a turn of speed as you need to hunt down a lettuce. It is impossible to live nearer the ground without being under it. The tortoise is a ground-living creature. Popular Authors on SSMT Agatha Christie Alice Munro Ambrose Bierce Amy Hempel Ann Beattie Anton Chekhov Arthur Conan Doyle Barry Hannah Bernard Malamud Carson McCullers Clarice Lispector Donald Barthelme Edgar Allan Poe Edna O'Brien Edward P. ‘So little Hans worked away for the Miller, and the Miller said all kinds of beautiful things about friendship, which Hans took down in a note-book, and used to read over at night, for he was a very good scholar.Īs always, join the conversation in the comments section below, on SSMT Facebook or on Twitter to the Short Story Magic Tricks Monthly Newsletter to get the latest short story news, contests and fun. “Besides,” he used to say, “he is going to give me his wheelbarrow, and that is an act of pure generosity.” Little Hans was very much distressed at times, as he was afraid his flowers would think he had forgotten them, but he consoled himself by the reflection that the Miller was his best friend. ‘But somehow he was never able to look after his flowers at all, for his friend the Miller was always coming round and sending him off on long errands, or getting him to help at the mill. ‘”What a delightful time I shall have in my garden,” he said, and he went to work at once. But the cherry on the top? He thinks he’s exceptionally kind and just.Īnd that’s quite a trick on Wilde’s part. The injustice of it all!Ĭertainly, we get a villain who is nearly perfectly drawn. Creating a villain who will drive you crazy |