6/30/2023 0 Comments My policeman paperback![]() It’s better than that, fraught and honest.” - New York Times Book Review It’s a story as old as time, but, to my mind, it’s never been told so effectively, principally because Roberts invests us emotionally in both sides of the tug-of-war.It’s not a happy story. “Stunning.overdue in becoming a sensation.Roberts’s messy collision of desires and drives leads to thwarted dreams, heartbreak, betrayal and a prison sentence. My Policeman is a deeply heartfelt story of love's passionate endurance, and the devastation wrought by a repressive society. Forster had with a policeman, Bob Buckingham, and his wife. In this evocative portrait of midcentury England, Bethan Roberts reimagines the real life relationship the novelist E. The two lovers must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed. ![]() Tom is their policeman, and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion and meet Patrick in secret. Patrick is besotted, and opens Tom's eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world of art, travel, and beauty. A few years later near the Brighton Museum, Patrick meets Tom. He teaches her to swim, gently guiding her through the water in the shadow of the city's famous pier and Marion is smitten-determined her love alone will be enough for them both. It is in 1950's Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. “Stunning…fraught and honest.” - New York Times Book Review Now a motion picture starring Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, and David Dawson, an exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Joshua whitehead jonny appleseed![]() ![]() ![]() Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead touched me deeply in my own personal life, and also the character Jonny has helped guide me through this process. "I feel so honoured to have defended this book in the first place. It also won the Lambda Literary Award for gay fiction. Jonny Appleseed, Whitehead's debut novel, is the first book by an Indigenous author to win Canada Reads. The book was previously on the longlist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction and the Amazon Canada First Novel Award. ![]() Jacobs successfully presented her case about why the 2018 novel Jonny Appleseed - a coming-of-age story about a two-spirit person named Jonny trying to put his life back together following the death of his stepfather - best fits the Canada Reads 2021 theme as the "one book to transport us." In a gripping finale, the book she championed, novel Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead, survived the final elimination vote on March 11, 2021. ![]() And then there was one: actor and filmmaker Devery Jacobs has won Canada Reads 2021. ![]() ![]() ![]() As for Joker, the script certainly succeeds in tapping into the villain's surreal, mercurial side. Other than the general idea that Jason is too violent and headstrong for his own good, there's little insight into personality. The comic spends far too little time trying to get inside Jason's head or exploring the relationship between the Dynamic Duo. Unfortunately, neither character is really exploited to their fullest here. Unique take on Batman notwithstanding, the whole appeal of The Last Crusade is seeing the last hurrah of Jason Todd and the Joker's final rampage before the events of DKR. ![]() And nowhere does this take work better than in the scenes between Bruce and Selina Kyle, the latter of whom has already gladly left the vigilante lifestyle behind. Compared to Miller's normally psychopathic interpretation of Batman, this is a far more evenhanded and introspective take on the character. It shows us a more vulnerable Bruce, one who's forced to confront his legacy and the knowledge that his days as Batman are numbered. This is where The Last Crusade succeeds best. While this Batman is younger and healthier than the one seen in The Dark Knight Returns, he's beginning to feel the aches and pains of an aging body and fret about Jason's readiness to take up the mantle. ![]() The Last Crusade picks up some years before Bruce Wayne originally hung up his cowl and sunk into a 10-year-long, alcohol-soaked retirement. ![]() |