Download or read book May and Amy written by Josceline Dimbleby and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chance encounter at a summer party sent writer Josceline Dimbleby on a quest to uncover a mystery in her family’s past. After talking with Andrew Lloyd Webber about a beautiful, dark portrait in his art collection, she decided to find out more about the subject of the painting: her great-aunt Amy Gaskell. Dimbleby had always known her great-aunt’s face from this haunted portrait by the well-known Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir Edward Burne-Jones, but beyond that and a family rumor that Amy had died young “of a broken heart,” Dimbleby knew little of her female forebears. At the start of her search, Josceline came across a cache of unpublished letters from Burne-Jones to her great-grandmother May Gaskell, Amy’s mother. These letters turned out to be part of a passionate correspondence—adoring, intimate, sometimes up to five letters a day—which continued throughout the last six years of the painter’s life. As she read, more and more questions arose: Why did Burne-Jones feel he had to protect May from an overwhelming sadness? What was the deep secret she had confided to him? And what was the tragic truth behind Amy’s wayward, wandering life, her strange marriage, and her unexplained early death? In piecing together the eventful life of her grandmother, Dimbleby takes us through a turbulent period in history that includes the Boer War, the Great War, and the Second World War and visits the most far-flung corners of the British Empire. The Souls—William Morris, Rudyard Kipling, and William Gladstone—all play a part in this sweeping, often funny, and sometimes tragic story. Above all, it is her infectious enthusiasm for a subject so close to home that makes May and Amy such a compelling and richly entertaining read.
Download or read book Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Amy s Children written by Olga Masters and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandoned by her feckless husband during the Depression, Amy decides to leave her country town, and her three infant children, and try her luck in the big smoke. Life in wartime Sydney is far from easy, but for Amy there are the hard-won satisfactions of an office job and a house of her own. Until her eldest, Kathleen, appears needing a home while she attends high school. And Amy falls in love with a married man... Enlivened with note-perfect observations of the everyday, wrenching in its portrayal of a young woman struggling to succeed yet often wilfully ignorant of her own children, Olga Masters' second and last novel is a triumph. At its centre is Amy, one of the great characters in Australian literature. This edition comes with an introduction by the novelist Eva Hornung. Olga Masters was born in Pambula, New South Wales, in 1919. She married at twenty-one and had seven children, working part-time as a journalist, leaving her little opportunity to develop her interest in creative writing until she was in her fifties. In the 1970s Masters wrote a radio play and a stage play, and between 1977 and 1981 she won prizes for her short stories. Her debut, the short-story collection The Home Girls, won a National Book Council Award in 1983. She wrote two novels and three collections of stories, the third of which was published posthumously. Masters died in 1986. 'A beautiful little book, written with great gentleness and warmth.' Courier Mail 'Olga Masters writes with freshness and brimming exuberance, and yet control over her material is absolute...Amy's Children is a polished, moving story, one that touches the very roots of being and feeling without the barest hint of cliche.' Age Amy's Children offers a delightfully wicked view of female values and culture.' Bulletin 'Masters' best work...[It] captures in photorealist detail the peeling facades of the inner city during the years when the Depression was supplanted by war...What makes this quiet novel so remarkable? Partly it is the language, as regular and minutely exact as Amy's aunt's hand-sewn buttonholes. But the real magic lies in the way such words are deployed...The sense of loss that pervades this final work is palpable.' Geordie Williamson
Download or read book Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 927 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women in two parts, each resoundingly popular and receiving critical acclaim. The novel follows the lives of the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, from childhood into maturity. The journey is not an easy one, and each is humbled and ultimately uplifted by her encounters with love, society and death. The work is based loosely on Alcott's experiences growing up with three sisters.
Download or read book Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-01-02 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little woman has been translated in numerous languages. Alcott addresses three major subjects: domesticity, work, and true love, all of them interdependent and each necessary to the achievement of its heroine's individual identity. Many claim, within Little Women can be found the first vision of the "All-American girl". Gröls-Classics - English Edition
Download or read book Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth century New England.
Download or read book Amy s True Prize written by Charlotte Emerson and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the characters from Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women", this journal tells the story of Amy's desire to win first prize in an art show--but at a price that might be too high.
Download or read book Amy s Love written by William A. Clifford and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amys Love is the second in the series, about a girl created to connect psycho-kinetically and telepathically, to her father, to enable him to experience through her, the sufferings of women. It also shows how you may not want what you think you want. What ever can go wrong, will go wrong. Be very careful of what you wish for.
Download or read book Amy Our Little Bit of Heaven written by Denise Longhurst and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amy Longhurst was stillborn on 12th June 2010 at 39 weeks gestation. Losing Amy was heart-breaking and confusing, prompting many questions. Amy: Our Little Bit of Heaven is her parents' emotional experience, from the happy beginnings of the pregnancy through to the grief, confusion and eventual peace that followed Amy's sudden death. A moving collection of memories, diary extracts, poems and letters that ensures Amy will remain alive in people's hearts for many years to come.
Download or read book Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Amy s Answers written by Louise Gill and published by Louise Gill. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amy is young twenty five year old living in the west of Ireland who finds herself at the helm of a new column called Amy's Answers in the local newspaper of a town she recently moved to called Ballynoggin. The story which takes place during the pandemic sees Amy get into some mishaps while working on the column and also follows the heartwarming rekindling of family relationships. A touching coming of age read and yet suitable for all ages.
Download or read book Meg Jo Beth Amy The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters written by Anne Boyd Rioux and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On its 150th anniversary, discover the story of the beloved classic that has captured the imaginations of generations. Soon after publication on September 30, 1868, Little Women became an enormous bestseller and one of America’s favorite novels. Its popularity quickly spread throughout the world, and the book has become an international classic. When Anne Boyd Rioux read the novel in her twenties, she had a powerful reaction to the story. Through teaching the book, she has seen the same effect on many others. In Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Rioux recounts how Louisa May Alcott came to write Little Women, drawing inspiration for it from her own life. Rioux also examines why this tale of family and community ties, set while the Civil War tore America apart, has resonated through later wars, the Depression, and times of changing opportunities for women. Alcott’s novel has moved generations of women, many of them writers: Simone de Beauvoir, J. K. Rowling, bell hooks, Cynthia Ozick, Jane Smiley, Margo Jefferson, and Ursula K. Le Guin were inspired by Little Women, particularly its portrait of the iconoclastic young writer, Jo. Many have felt, as Anna Quindlen has declared, “Little Women changed my life.” Today, Rioux sees the novel’s beating heart in Alcott’s portrayal of family resilience and her honest look at the struggles of girls growing into women. In gauging its current status, Rioux shows why Little Women remains a book with such power that people carry its characters and spirit throughout their lives.
Download or read book Little Women Or Meg Jo Beth and Amy written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Triumphant Love The contextual creative and strategic missionary work of Amy Beatrice Carmichael in south India written by J. (Hans) Kommers and published by AOSIS. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a treasure trove for scholars in the field of science of religion who focus on comparative religion, spirituality and the reception of Christianity in India and Ireland. The strength of the book is its comprehensive scope, critical and narratological methodology, and the depth of the data analysis. The exposition of the contextual, creative and strategic missionary work of Amy Beatrice Carmichael in south India is innovative and highly informative. The book contains a high level of original research in that it goes beyond the existing research on the Carmichael biographies. The knowledge of the field is comprehensive and the number and quality of sources impressive. The biographic genre and methodology complement the extensive research in the book. This combination constitutes a genuine historical foundation for the scholarship. The main purpose of the book is to open the field of science to and pique the interest of professional theologians with an interest in missiology and in the valuable contribution of Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur. The book includes a comprehensive overview of the existing scholarly work on the topic and then makes a further innovative contribution to and, in the end, provides the most comprehensive picture of the work of Amy Carmichael to date. It will become the definitive reference book on the history of Christian missionary work in south India. It is original research and no part of the book was plagiarised from any other publication or has been published elsewhere before.
Download or read book Amy s View written by David Hare and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After sold-out performances at the National Theatre prompted a transfer to the West End, Judi Dench came to Broadway to star in this heady and original drama of love and death. In 1979 Esme Allen is a well-known British actress caught in a changing West End climate that is trying for performers. A visit from her young daughter with a new boyfriend sets in motion a series of events which only find their shape sixteen years later. -- Publisher's website.
Download or read book Amy s Real Life written by Jennie McNeal and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jennifried McNeal semi-retired, she looked forward to spending more time with her grown children and their families. Instead, it appeared as if she would see them less. In Amy’s Real Life, she shares the story of her daughter, Amy; Amy’s husband, Dillon; and the couple’s two middle-school-aged sons as they faced the joys and challenges of a three year, overseas assignment in Japan. Culled from the journal McNeal kept before and during the move and throughout their international stay, she narrates the sometimes funny and sometimes emotional adventures as they learned about the culture, language, and even transportation. This story includes many of the family’s life experiences in the United States as well as of the Japanese people who treated them with generosity and kindness. Offering insights into one family’s life adapting to a new country during a worldwide pandemic, Amy’s Real Life tells how God’s hand guided them throughout.
