![]() ![]() I think the real issue is that these two genres fulfill a psychological need that some people may find shameful. It is common to argue that critics disrespect romance because its audience is women, but that doesn’t account for the similarly dismissive attitude toward horror, which appeals more to men. And then there are all those ads my Kindle shows me for Brother’s Billionaire Best Friend Shape-Shifter romance:ġ And yet neither genre gets any respect in the highbrow world. This wasn’t (only) literary snobbery the few times I gave romance a try, it seemed like the authors spent an inordinate amount of time describing such tedious (to me) subjects as fashion and desserts. And so, until last year, I stubbornly refused to read romance novels. ![]() Not that I’m giving my party any credit for their happy thirty-year marriage, but.Īll this is by way of saying that for most of my life I have been a romantic, but one who rejects conventional ideas about romance. Two friends stopped by after a successful first date and got married the next year. Total strangers crashed the party because they could hear it from the street and thought it sounded awesome. One February 15 when I was in grad school, I threw an EPIC Valentine’s Day party. The day after Valentine’s Day is an excellent time to celebrate romance without all the stressful expectations and consumerist hoopla. ![]() I know what you are thinking: “Valentine’s Day was yesterday! You’re late!” Shows what you know. ![]()
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![]() ![]() And if you loved it as a child, my words are meaningless. I always feel kinda bad leaving reviews on books like this, where so many people reading it are those who loved it as a child. * She died on Octoat the age of 78 of respiratory ailments.At the time of her death she was survived by her husband, Jimmy (who died a few years later at the age of 80) and four children: Marie Irish, Karen Killilea, Kristin Viltz, and Rory Killilea. ![]() ![]() Killilea received letters from all over the world, and she once estimated she answered 15,000 or more. Her books, totaling 4 million copies, have been published in 11 languages. * "Karen" won a Christopher Award and was one of the 30 Notable Books of 1953. A sequel, "With Love From Karen," was published in 1963 and it is still in print. * She wrote a novel, "Karen," which became a best seller in 1952 and has never been out of print. Later, she was a co-founder of the National United Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Her work culminated in the formation of the Cerebral Palsy Association of Westchester County. * She was an active lobbyist in Albany for the rights of cerebral palsy patients. * Married James Killilea on July 25, 1933. Attended the Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School. * Her father was a sportswriter for the New York Sun and later became co-owner of a Wall Street brokerage firm. * Marie Lyons Killilea was born Jin New York City to Tom and Marie Powers Lyons. ![]() Founder of the Cerebral Palsy Association. ![]() ![]() ![]() A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. "I urge you to read Such a Fun Age." - NPRĪ striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both.Īlix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. ![]() "The most provocative page-turner of the year." -Entertainment Weekly The Washington Post - Chicago Tribune - NPR - Vogue - Elle - Real Simple - InStyle - Good Housekeeping - Parade - Slate - Vox - Kirkus Reviews - Library Journal - BookPage ![]() ![]() ![]() Examining the consequences of sexual liberation for women, men, and children, she systematically catalogues a whole host of social ills ranging from out-of-wedlock pregnancy, to divorce, to addiction to pornography. Throughout the book, Eberstadt pieces together the societal fallout of the sexual revolution. Mary Eberstadt's new book, Adam and Eve After the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution (Ignatius Press), addresses these questions, though indirectly so. Yet with all this talk about sex, with all the teaching and writing about sex, are we really getting to the core issues of Christian sexuality? Does the sheer volume of conversation necessarily entail substance? ![]() Younger Christians now talk about sex openly and in a way that might make their grandparents blush. ![]() These books and others have encouraged candid conversation about sex. It is affirmed by visible evangelical pastors and exalted as the glue that holds our marriages together. Between Mark and Grace Driscoll's new book Real Marriage and Ed and Lisa Young's Sexperiment, married sex has assumed a central place in the public spotlight and in our daily conversations. When it comes to good PR, 2012 has been a great year for Christian sex. ![]() |