This a wonderful story of a lady's maid who follows her ill mistress to her preferred climate in Egypt, how they reinvent themselves, and how their relationship changes. There was a part of the book that made me so anxious I could barely read it,(I think I could use a good dose of bibliotherapy),...
I picked up this book on a whim and it managed to mesmerize me. It was so exceptionally well written that I found the prose to have an almost hypnotic quality. It was misfiled in horror, but this is not a horror story. It's more of a complex erotic drama that deals with flawed human beings and th...
It's never a good sign when the person who suggests a book to you, says that it takes more than half the book until you get into the story. For me, I never got into "Weird SIster". Maybe it was because the whole plot, antagonist, and point of the story is given away in the first few pages. May...
On the news, they talked about the ash cloud dispersing and blowing away. But the volcano kept erupting, spewing clouds of smoke and ice into the atmosphere: it had been erupting continuously for days, and the cloud continued to spread and thicken. There was talk of a second volcano beginning to ...
I HAVE FEW POSSESSIONS—ONE TRAVELING trunk, and Abdullah; much of my life was furnished by my Lady and must remain with my Lady. The baby is asleep in his basket, unaware of the turmoil around him. The government steamer docked at Luxor this morning and will leave again this afternoon, taking me ...