So what’s Behind the Attic Wall?
Continuing my reviews of books with the word ?Attic? in the title is ?Behind the Attic Wall,? a YA novel that could not be more different from ?Flowers in the Attic,? but at the same time left such an impression on me that for years I considered it one of my favorites, even after I?d…
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The 6 Top Best Most Anticipated Books of 2018
?Tis the season for the ?Top.? ?Best,? and ?Most Anticipated? books of 2018. (Personally, I?d like there to be a ?Least Anticipated,” as those are the ones that I bet will have the most gems, but I don?t think anyone wrote that.) I?ve gathered a list from several sources – these are the books that…
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Flowers in the Attic: Sex and the pre-teen girl
Like many young girls who grew up the 1980s, I stumbled upon “Flowers in the Attic” because I was attracted to its cut-out paperback cover. (Anyone remember those? You?d open it to reveal a bigger – usually creepier – picture underneath.) In “Flowers in the Attic,” the image of a beautiful blonde girl looking tentatively…
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A cat person?s nine lives
THIS JUST IN: “You Know You Want This” just went to S&S’s imprint, Scout Press, for more than one million dollars, plus an additional novel in the deal. I?m guessing Kristen Roupenian thought she?d scored when her short story, ?Cat Person,? was recently published in The New Yorker. But her own story has just begun;…
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Writers’ groups are really made for writers
?Marketing is a long and arduous process that I wish I would have known more about in the beginning?? opens today?s Publisher?s Weekly article about the professional benefits of joining a writers? group. The quote came from Deeann Callis Graham, whose book, ?Head On,? addresses the issue of areata, an autoimmune disease that causes baldness…
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