H.G. Wells wrote the roman à clef Ann Veronica based on his relationship with Reeves. Wells later wrote that while the character of Ann Veronica was based on Amber, the character he believed came closest to her was Amanda in his novel The Research Magnificent.
Reeves published 4 novels and 4 non-fiction works, dealing with a variety of subjects, but all sharing a common socialist & feminist critique of capitalist society.@Wikipedia
📚Finally got my copy of one of Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s books to help me understand better authoritarianism, Fascism, and threats to democracy around the world.
🇺🇸 I care about American democracy and am looking forward to reading this book.
📚Finally got my copy of one of Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s book’s to help me understand better authoritarianism, Fascism, and threats to democracy around the world.
🇺🇸 I care about American democracy and am looking forward to reading this book.
“Nul doute : l'erreur est la règle : la vérité est l'accident de l'erreur.”
Georges Duhamel was born #OTD in 1884. In 1935, he was elected as a member of the Académie française. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-seven times. via @Wikipedia
“[L]ife offers no guarantees,” Sofía Segovia says, but “sometimes it does offer gifts”. Something given almost arbitrarily. Something unlooked for, unearned, unmerited, undeserved. A compassion handed out with caprice. Little things. Small victories. An incandescent flickering. Trust and hope and kindness and mutuality...
Five stars: Dying for Devil's Food by Jenn McKinlay and Susan Boyce (narrator) (2019) is a return to the earlier tone of the books before all the organized crime and romance melodrama. Mel reluctantly goes to the 15 year high school reunion, knowing full well she will probably be bullied again, but she and Angie were hired to provide cupcakes.