Author: Erika Schickel Publisher: Hachette Books ISBN: 0306925044 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 336
Book Description
This complex memoir shows what it was like growing up in the shadow of a literary father and a neglectful mother, getting thrown out of boarding school after being seduced by a teacher, and all of the later-life consequences that ensue. In 1982, Erika Schickel was expelled from her East Coast prep school for sleeping with a teacher. She was that girl—rebellious, precocious, and macking for love. Seduced, caught, and then whisked away in the night to avoid scandal, Schickel’s provocative, searing, and darkly funny memoir, The Big Hurt, explores the question, How did that girl turn out? Schickel came of age in the 1970s, the progeny of two writers: Richard Schickel, the prominent film critic for TIME magazine, and Julia Whedon, a melancholy mid-list novelist. In the wake of her parents’ ugly divorce, Erika was packed off to a bohemian boarding school in the Berkshires. The Big Hurt tells two coming-of-age stories: one of a lost girl in a predatory world, and the other of that girl grown up, who in reckoning with her past ends up recreating it with a notorious LA crime novelist, blowing up her marriage and casting herself into the second exile of her life. The Big Hurt looks at a legacy of shame handed down through a maternal bloodline and the cost of epigenetic trauma. It shines a light on the haute culture of 1970s Manhattan that made girls grow up too fast. It looks at the long shadow cast by great, monstrously self-absorbed literary lives and the ways in which women pin themselves like beautiful butterflies to the spreading board of male ego.
Author: Frank Thomas Publisher: Triumph Books ISBN: 1633194655 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 210
Book Description
Hall of Famer and Chicago icon Frank Thomas shares his passion for grilling and cooking with baseball fans everywhere for the first time. Grilling is perhaps as essential and synonymous with American culture as baseball itself, and Frank Thomas is ready to share all of his home run recipes. Whether you're looking for barbecue basics or grilling greatness, these sizzling steaks, slow-cooked smoked ribs, and mouthwatering burgers are sure to please every palate, from healthy fare to hearty indulgences. Beautiful full-color photographs and easy to follow instructions set you up for culinary success alongside legendary former White Sox player Frank Thomas.
Author: Nick Onyemem Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1291573100 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 451
Book Description
The latest thriller from Nick Onyemem has hit the stores. Buy it to read the next adventures of Dr Saul Rauf. It is present day and England has started on its road to recovery from its worst experiences of terror in decades. But amidst the resurgence of normality, a new terror approaches. And this time, it is going to be more personal to every British citizen. Unbeknownst to Saul Rauf, a retired Investigator in British Intelligence, he will be at the centre of it all. Saul has returned from a self-imposed exile to discover his friend, Eleanor Kenliss has disappeared. Has she been taken? He must find out. And to do so, he must he must return to his old world - the world which disgraced and abandoned him. But it is also a world that will soon need his skills more than ever.
Author: Burton S. Schuler Publisher: La Luz Press, Incorporated ISBN: 9780942664027 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 0
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Describes the discovery and treatment of Morton's Toe, an abnormality of the first metatarsal bone, which may cause most foot problems, and other body aches and pains.
Author: John Charles Gifford Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1663227519 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 223
Book Description
It’s 1955 in Montreal when the door to private investigator Eddie Wade’s office swings open to reveal a beautiful, wealthy woman desperate to find her no-good rat of a husband who skipped out on her, taking ten thousand dollars in cash and all her jewels with him. Even though a little voice inside is telling Eddie to back away, he takes Chanel Steele’s case without any idea his life is about to change. As the case moves forward, Eddie encounters the unexpected, spinning him in a hellish nightmare of deadly lies. Things are never as they seem. A routine missing person’s investigation suddenly turns into a case of multiple murders. Uncertainty masquerades as smugness—madness as the familiar. One by one, Eddie begins to unmask those caught in a treacherous web of insanity only to discover that someone has been playing him. But will he be able to solve the case before the killer strikes again? As the case comes to a head, Eddie uncovers a dark past, and the world is suddenly turned upside down. Eddie himself is left hanging off a cliff. In this exciting murder mystery fueled by suspicion and revenge, Eddie Wade embarks on a determined quest for justice. But does he find the justice he’s seeking, or the kind he’s doomed to endure? Either way, his life will never be the same.
Author: Carlos Trillo Publisher: Titan Comics ISBN: 1787735265 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 134
Book Description
Set in the early 20th century banana republic of La Colonia, a young woman’s ‘virginity’ becomes the center of a disturbing mystery. Love, lies, and mortal danger surround her relationship with the man hired to protect her, and they soon find themselves at the mercy of a terrifying hitman called The Iguana, who will stop at nothing to conceal the truth and prevent an insurrection.
Author: Michelle Au Publisher: Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 0446574414 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 180
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If Atul Gawande were funny--or Jerome Groopman were a working mother--they might sound something like Michelle Au, M.D., author of this hilarious and poignant memoir of a medical residency. Michelle Au started medical school armed only with a surfeit of idealism, a handful of old ER episodes for reference, and some vague notion about "helping people." This Won't Hurt a Bit is the story of how she grew up and became a real doctor. It's a no-holds-barred account of what a modern medical education feels like, from the grim to the ridiculous, from the heartwarming to the obscene. Unlike most medical memoirs, however, this one details the author's struggles to maintain a life outside of the hospital, in the small amount of free time she had to live it. And, after she and her husband have a baby early in both their medical residencies, Au explores the demands of being a parent with those of a physician, two all-consuming jobs in which the lives of others are very literally in her hands. Au's stories range from hilarious to heartbreaking and hit every note in between, proving more than anything that the creation of a new doctor (and a new parent) is far messier, far more uncertain, and far more gratifying than one could ever expect.
Author: David Goggins Publisher: David Goggins ISBN: 1544512260 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 386
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller Over 2.5 million copies sold For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare -- poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him "The Fittest (Real) Man in America." In Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Goggins calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential.
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