My Face In The Light

Author : Martha Schabas
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735277649

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A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 TORONTO BOOK AWARD “My mother is an artist and I am a liar. Or, if I scratch the surface, my mother is a sick woman and I am an actress . . .” Justine feels uneasy in her marriage, her theatre career and her relationship with her estranged mother, a famous painter. An intuitive and uncanny mimic, distinguished by a pronounced scar across her forehead (the result of a childhood accident), Justine has made acting the centre of her life since she was a teenager, but lately her outwardly charmed life in Toronto has begun to ring false. After a disastrous audition in London, England, a chance encounter with a stranger leads to an unorthodox business proposition that would allow Justine to abandon the world she knows indefinitely. As the complications and contradictions of leaving a life behind swell to the point of crisis, Justine must confront the collateral damage of a traumatic, long-repressed past. In psychologically astute prose full of provocative insights, My Face in the Light is a piercing, poignant novel about truth in art and identity. It’s the story of a young woman owning up to the lies she’s fallen in love with, and figuring out if she can still recognize herself when she finally lets them go.

Author : Martha Schabas
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781039002524

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My Face in the Light by Martha Schabas Pdf

A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 TORONTO BOOK AWARD “My mother is an artist and I am a liar. Or, if I scratch the surface, my mother is a sick woman and I am an actress . . .” Justine feels uneasy in her marriage, her theatre career and her relationship with her estranged mother, a famous painter. An intuitive and uncanny mimic, distinguished by a pronounced scar across her forehead (the result of a childhood accident), Justine has made acting the centre of her life since she was a teenager, but lately her outwardly charmed life in Toronto has begun to ring false. After a disastrous audition in London, England, a chance encounter with a stranger leads to an unorthodox business proposition that would allow Justine to abandon the world she knows indefinitely. As the complications and contradictions of leaving a life behind swell to the point of crisis, Justine must confront the collateral damage of a traumatic, long-repressed past. In psychologically astute prose full of provocative insights, My Face in the Light is a piercing, poignant novel about truth in art and identity. It’s the story of a young woman owning up to the lies she’s fallen in love with, and figuring out if she can still recognize herself when she finally lets them go.

Author : Joseph B. Walker,Juanita Walker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Cinematographers
ISBN : UCSD:31822001088046

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The Light on Her Face by Joseph B. Walker,Juanita Walker Pdf

Author : John Moss
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781929345250

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The Girl in a Coma by John Moss Pdf

Allison Briscoe is your average fifteen-year-old-until someone tries to kill her. Shot in the head, her doctors and family think she is in a coma, but in fact, though she cannot move, she can think, she can hear, and she can dream. Each night, Allison lives vicariously through her pioneer ancestors, experiencing their adventures through their eyes. First, she enters the world of Rebecca Haun, a fifteen-year-old rebel who lived in Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. To prove a friend innocent of murder, Rebecca betrays her Mennonite beliefs and joins the Women's Brigade with George Washington's rag-tag army at Valley Forge. And each day, Allison struggles to find a way to show her family that she is awake - a goal that becomes increasingly desperate when she realizes that whoever shot her has come back to finish the job.

Author : Anoushka Matus,Max Küng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Caricature
ISBN : 3905509504

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The Light on Your Face Warms My Heart by Anoushka Matus,Max Küng Pdf

Author : Jenifer Ringer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780698151505

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Dancing Through It by Jenifer Ringer Pdf

“A glimpse into the fragile psyche of a dancer.” —The Washington Post Jenifer Ringer, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, was thrust into the headlines after her weight was commented on by a New York Times critic, and her response ignited a public dialogue about dance and weight. Ballet aficionados and aspiring performers of all ages will want to join Ringer behind the scenes as she shares her journey from student to star and candidly discusses both her struggle with an eating disorder and the media storm that erupted after the Times review. An unusually upbeat account of life on the stage, Dancing Through It is also a coming-of-age story and an inspiring memoir of faith and of triumph over the body issues that torment all too many women and men.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Parapsychology
ISBN : MINN:31951P01018787V

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Light by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lori Plegge
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781304717870

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When Tomorrow Starts Without Me by Lori Plegge Pdf

Most people who have lost a child write books about how to cope with the child's death. Author Lori Plegge has taken a different perspective on losing a child. Instead of writing about how to cope with the death of a child, she has decided to write a story about her son's life. When Tomorrow Starts Without Me is a true story about the life and death of a young man named Anthony. No matter how hard Lori tried to raise Anthony right, he made some bad choices in his life and those bad choices led to his death. When reading this book you will experience every emotion possible, you become a part of the story. When Tomorrow Starts Without me is not just a sad story about the death of a 19 year old boy but it also tells you funny childhood stories along with some near death experiences Anthony had. Even though the loss of a child is a very tragic thing, Lori has managed to take that tragedy and turn it into something positive to help others.

Author : Daniel H. Wilson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471126932

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Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson Pdf

The robots are back . . . and this time they are stronger.

Author : Chris A. Rutkowski
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999-09-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781459724990

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Abductions and Aliens by Chris A. Rutkowski Pdf

We can't escape them; aliens are everywhere. They sell us soft drinks and star in their own sitcoms. But to the many people who believe they have been abducted aboard strange crafts, aliens are a very serious reality. Stories of these encounters, taken from investigators' files, have been vividly depicted in television specials and motion pictures. Despite their predominance as a cultural phenomenon, experts offer drastically conflicting opinions: aliens are harmless creatures whose aim is to better understand humans; aliens are angel-like entities here to enhance our spiritual awareness; aliens are conspiring with the government in a plot to enslave humans; and aliens are genetically breeding with humans to create a new race of hybrids. But, what is really going on? Are aliens abducting thousands of unsuspecting people each year? Are they then inserted with tracking devices and monitored? Based on his own investigative files and almost twenty-five years of research, science writer Chris Rutkowski asks hard questions, looking critically, yet compassionately, at the stories of abductees. He is an astronomer, educator and published commentator within the area of study known as "ufology." Rutowski presents case histories of many abductees, showing both their diversity and similarities, and examines how our understanding is shaped by media, by science, and by society itself.

Author : Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Fables, Persian
ISBN : OXFORD:590085751

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The Anwár-i-Suhailí, Or, Lights of Canopus, Commonly Known as Kalílah and Damnah by Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī Pdf

Author : Henry Mills Alden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1002 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCD:31175023709929

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Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden Pdf

Harper's informs a diverse body of readers of cultural, business, political, literary and scientific affairs.

Author : Georges Perec
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780226054391

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Portrait of a Man Known as Il Condottiere by Georges Perec Pdf

The posthumously published first novel from the acclaimed French author of Life: A User’s Manual offers “glimpses of Perec’s future greatness” (The New Yorker). Puckish and playful, Georges Perec infused avant-garde and experimental fiction with a wit and wonder that belied the serious concerns and concepts that underpinned it. A prominent member of the OuLiPo, and an abiding influence on fiction writers today, Perec used formal constraints to dazzling effect in such works as A Void—a murder mystery that contains nary an “e”—and Life: A User’s Manual, in which an apartment building, systematically canvassed, unfolds secrets and, ultimately offers a reflection on creation, destruction, and the devotion to art. Before embarking on these experiments, however, Perec tried his hand at a relatively straightforward novel, Portrait of a Man. His first book, it was rejected by publishers when he submitted it in 1960, after which he filed it away. Decades after Perec’s death, David Bellos discovered the manuscript, and through his translation we have a chance to enjoy it in English for the first time. What fans will find here is a thriller that combines themes that would remain prominent in Perec’s later work, such as art forgery, authenticity, and murder, as well as craftsman Gaspard Winckler, who whose namesakes play major roles in Life: A User’s Manual and W, or The Memory of Childhood. Engaging and entertaining on its own merits, and gaining additional interest when set in the context of Perec’s career, Portrait of a Man is sure to charm the many fans of this postmodern master. “Fascinating.” —The Guardian

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Humanities
ISBN : UOM:39015009222525

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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Saundra Mitchell
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547853154

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Mistwalker by Saundra Mitchell Pdf

Sixteen-year-old Willa's coastal Maine fishing village is haunted by the spectre of the Grey Man in the lighthouse. When her family falls apart, can she turn to the Grey Man for help?