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Eileen

Alcoholism, Laxative Purges, and Maybe an Eventual Scandal Author: Ottessa Moshfegh Living alone with her alcoholic, demented father, Eileen is both caretaker and jailer and, in turn, she is also confined. She is imprisoned by her own outsider nature, both the nature that she affects and the one that she has been given by uncaring parents and a dead-hearted town. As a young woman, Eileen is well down the road of alcoholism herself, working by day as a secretary at a corrupt prison for boys. Eileen is defined by her bodily shame – an intense focus on her looks, her secretions [...]

2024-07-27T21:36:26-07:00July 27th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |

Marie Antoinette: The Journey

An Empathetic Look Into a Misunderstood Monarch Author: Antonia Fraser Historically, Marie Antoinette is known as a vicious, yet fashionable queen, with her two-foot-high powdered pouf and miniature recreated village in the Trianon. Famous for stating “let them eat cake” when confronted with the poverty and starvation of French peasants, she was also known for her perversions and anti-France political machinations. But was Marie Antoinette as evil and extravagant as history has painted her, or was she in truth the victim of propaganda and discrimination? Antonia Fraser takes on Marie Antoinette’s life, from infancy to her execution, in this 500+ [...]

2024-07-27T13:47:52-07:00July 27th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Golden Couple, The

Deadly Secrets Authors: Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen Marissa and Matthew Bishop have an outwardly perfect life; after all, they’re both attractive and wealthy, the seeming golden couple with nothing but good luck and luxury in their future. Underneath that polished surface, however, there are issues. It began as a drifting and ended in an unexpected betrayal. Marissa, more than anyone, knows that drastic measures are needed to save this marriage, and so she seeks out the unorthodox, blockbuster therapist, known for losing her license because of her extreme methods. This therapist, Avery Chambers, is also known for her success, and [...]

2024-07-22T16:08:37-07:00July 22nd, 2024|Tags: , , , , |
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