[PDF] Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye eBook

Author : James McCurrach
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 46,29 MB
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 149182932X

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Andrew is a troubled youth in search of direction. He finds himself groping to find his place in the face of numerous frustrations - frustrations that include trying to overcome a domineering Father who has very specific ideas about Andrew's future. In the midst of many social upheavals, Andrew must also deal with incipient homosexuality that later overtakes his life. Despite trying to throw over his Father's yoke, there is a residue of needing to please him and hope for his approval. Andrew's Mom had always thought that he would be a late bloomer and over time that would prove to be the accurate truth. Reflections had long been an inborn part of Andrew's personality and he would eventually find it cathartic to go back and explore all of it out loud and reflect on a varied and difficult past.

Author : Florence King
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 30,66 MB
Release : 1990-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466816244

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In this collection of essays, Florence King confirms her position as one of the wittiest social critics now writing-and certainly the most uninhibited. Nothing escapes her withering gaze, from our greatest national institution ("Democrazy"), to the cult of Helpism ("Does Your Child Taste Salty?"), to the rules of historical romance writing ("Sex and the Saxon Churl"). If caring 'n' compassion are getting you down, open this book for a refreshing whiff of vitriol.

Author : Arthur Ruffino
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 19,65 MB
Release : 2018-03-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781539615613

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From the Preface: "Reflections of a Jaundiced Eye in Winter Bloom is a collection of fleeting thoughts randomly written over a lifetime. Often, they were recorded on scraps of paper for later scrutiny. Sometimes, they were incorporated in travel diaries prompted by experiences of the time; occasionally, they were nascent musings awaiting later revisits. The compilation can be read leisurely and selectively since continuity is not requisite. The work is aimed at readers who enjoy browsing through witticisms, quips, aphorisms, and axioms. It is assumed that readers may not share the author's views-or even appreciate some of the attempts at sardonic humor-but agreement is not in order. What is important is the willingness to screen another person's vision of this thing we call 'life'." The Tragedy of Adam and Eve is a one-act play. It is an imaginary domestic drama about the apocryphal first family.

Author : Elena Popova
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 19,91 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0875866409

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What do you think of those Russian brides? What do they think of YOU? International marriages bring a substantial number of newcomers to the US and contribute to the transformation of the basic institution of society the family. When men are from Mars and women are aliens, the marital dynamic can be quite dramatic. A Russian-born journalist, Ms. Popova shines a blinding light on some of the amusing and amazing oddities that are revealed when an outsider takes a blunt look at how we live.

Author : Florence King
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 45,61 MB
Release : 1991-08-15
Category : Humor
ISBN : 146681618X

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Lump It or Leave It, Florence King's latest volume of rapier-edged contemplations on American tomfoolery--er, values--takes on everything from the hazards of fame to the joys of menopause, with all of the bile and brio that has made her the nation's most beloved misanthrope. From college professors ("incapable of earning a living with either their minds or their hands") to the South ("if at first you don't secede, try, try, again") to the U.S. government ("the crude leading the crud"), few fools remain unskewered by the reigning Queen of Spleen.