![]() ![]() Why else would they have attended that same play last fall, or that Yankees game in 2016? Their paths never crossing until just the right moment. (He has to… right?) Because it’s clear to Adelaide that their fate was written in the stars. But Adelaide is convinced that if she just tries and fights and loves a little harder, he’ll fall for her as deeply as she’s fallen for him. ![]() ![]() All of a sudden, Adelaide finds herself completely in love.ĭoes he respond to texts? Honor his commitments? Make advanced plans? Sometimes, rarely, and no, not at all. With wonderful friends and fierce ambitions, Adelaide has little interest in finding “The One” right now, but when she meets Rory Hughes on a dating app-a charming Englishman who’s been placed there by fate, she swears-that all changes. Blurb: Adelaide Williams is a 20-something American, living in dreamy London. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At age 15, Clara’s passion is playing the piano. Clara’s world – which we presume to be our own – is set in late 1800’s Russia (ish – maybe not Russia exactly but definitely that vibe). As such, the story takes place in two different worlds. It’s a sort-of retelling of the The Nutcracker with a bit of Pied Piper mixed in. Emily from over at When Life Reminds You of a Book suggested that I try Dixon/Wallwork’s newest story, The Enchanted Sonata, and I am so glad that she did because I thoroughly enjoyed this delightful story. While I found it interesting, I didn’t particularly find it Magical. The Aroma of Books //Rants//Raves//Reviews//įirst off, what do you do when an author gets married and changes her writing name? Should I move her older books to “Wallwork, Heather Dixon”? Or pretend like she didn’t put Wallwork at the end of her name for this one and still list it under Dixon, Heather? Sigh.Īnyway, a little while back I read Illusionarium by this same author (minus the Wallwork). Pargeter, Edith (also writing as Ellis Peters).Mertz, Barbara (also writing as Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels).Christie, Agatha (also writing as Mary Westmacott).Children’s History: Landmark, Signature Biographies, and We Were There.#BookSpin & #BookSpinBingo (Litsy Challenge). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, as his elder brother takes up medical studies in Modena and their younger brother leaves school for the stage, Europe's unfolding tragedy sends each of their lives into terrifying uncertainty. As he falls into a complicated relationship with the letter's recipient, he becomes privy to a secret history that will alter the course of his own life. ![]() ![]() Andras Levi, a Hungarian-Jewish architecture student, arrives from Budapest with a scholarship, a single suitcase, and a mysterious letter he has promised to deliver to C. Julie Orringer's astonishing first novel, eagerly awaited since the publication of her heralded best-selling short-story collection, How to Breathe Underwater ("fiercely beautiful"-The New York Times "unbelievably good"-Monica Ali), is a grand love story set against the backdrop of Budapest and Paris, an epic tale of three brothers whose lives are ravaged by war, and the chronicle of one family's struggle against the forces that threaten to annihilate it.Paris, 1937. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Please inspect your order upon reception and contact us immediately if the item is defective, damaged or if you receive the wrong item, so that we can evaluate the issue and make it right.Ĭertain types of items cannot be returned, like perishable goods (such as food, flowers, or plants), custom products (such as special orders or personalized items), and personal care goods (such as beauty products). You can always contact us for any return question at and issues Items sent back to us without first requesting a return will not be accepted. To start a return, you can contact us at If your return is accepted, we’ll send you a return shipping label, as well as instructions on how and where to send your package. You’ll also need the receipt or proof of purchase. To be eligible for a return, your item must be in the same condition that you received it, unworn or unused, with tags, and in its original packaging. ![]() We have a 30-day return policy, which means you have 30 days after receiving your item to request a return. ![]() ![]() ![]() In other words, the heroes left a stable world, but their absence for a decade of war so weakened society on the home front that their world completely collapsed. The archaeological record, as well as what passed for the historical record of the late Bronze Age, shows that following a great conflict at Troy, the great palace complexes and urban centers of Greece soon collapsed, plunging Greece into a Dark Age. Homer’s Odyssey is the only surviving poem from a cycle of poems called the Nostoi (“the Returns”), which told of the returns home of the various Greek heroes at Troy. Homer’s narrative of Odysseus’ return home to Ithaca was so famous in the ancient world that the work’s title, Odyssey, has become a noun meaning “journey,” especially a long journey. Of course, when the hero returns home, he or she is different because of the adventure, and he/she returns home anew. Joseph Campbell, the great myth scholar, described the hero’s story as departure – adventure – return. ![]() ![]() But to start such a voyage of discovery, what better starting place than Homer’s Odyssey? These will range from Baum’s The Wizard of Oz to Charles Darwin’s The Voyage of the Beagle. For 2012, I thought that I’d spend the year devoting myself to books that involve, or, in some way, invoke the idea of traveling. ![]() |