![]() And just when it appears things can't get any worse, Amy's sexuality begins to unfold, causing a vast and icy rift between mother and daughter that will remain unbridgeable unless Isabelle examines her own secretive and shameful past.Ī Reader's Guide is included in the paperback edition of this powerful first novel by the author who brought Olive Kitteridge to millions of readers. That they eat, sleep, and work side by side in the gossip-ridden mill town of Shirley Falls-a location fans of Strout will recognize from her critically acclaimed novel, The Burgess Boys -only increases the tension. Elizabeth Strout is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge, winner of the Pulitzer Prize Olive, Again, an Oprahs Book Club pick. In most ways, Isabelle and Amy are like any mother and her 16-year-old daughter, a fierce mix of love and loathing exchanged in their every glance. Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Strout’s bestselling and award winning debut, Amy and Isabelle -adapted for television by Oprah Winfrey- evokes a teenager's alienation from her distant mother-and a parent's rage at the discovery of her daughter's sexual secrets. Before there was Olive Kitteridge, there was Amy and Isabelle… “A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life.”-Alice Munro Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth. “A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life.”-Alice Munro Before there was Olive Kitteridge, there was Amy and Isabelle … ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Orzel, a physicist and the bestselling author of Breakfast with Einstein and How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog continues his tradition of demystifying thorny scientific concepts by using the clocks and calendars central to our everyday activities as a jumping-off point to explore the science underlying the ways we keep track of our time. Predating written language and marching on through human history, the desire for ever-better timekeeping has spurred technological innovation and sparked theories that radically reshaped our understanding of the universe and our place in it. While our gadgets may be new, however, the drive to measure and master time is anything but-and in A Brief History of Timekeeping, Chad Orzel traces the path from Stonehenge to your smartphone. ![]() Our modern lives are ruled by clocks and watches, smartphone apps and calendar programs. From the movements of the spheres to the slipperiness of relativity, the story of science unfolds through the fascinating history of humanity’s efforts to keep time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Climb up the claustrophobia-inducing spiral staircase and step back into the 1800s – the operating table centrepiece and original wooden spectator galleries really help you to envisage a realistically vivid surgical scene. An all-too-real taste of London’s gory surgical past, this museum is based around a fully intact old operating theatre that’s thought to be the oldest in Europe. ![]() This church-top museum near London Bridge is one of the city’s best for spotlighting the history of British medicine. ![]() Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret From a green-fingered city escape to Europe’s oldest operating table, these are some of London’s most fascinating and unique places to visit. There are more than 200 museums crammed into all corners of this sprawling city, ranging from big names with an international reputation to little-known spaces tucked away in quiet backstreets. ![]() |