[PDF] A Window Opens eBook

Author : Elisabeth Egan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501105469

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What happens when having it all proves too much to handle? In this “fresh, funny take on the age-old struggle to have it all” (People) a wife and mother of three leaps at the chance to fulfill her professional destiny—only to learn every opportunity comes at a price. “A winning, heartfelt debut” (Good Housekeeping), A Window Opens introduces Alice Pearse, a compulsively honest, longing-to-have-it-all, sandwich generation heroine for our social-media-obsessed, lean in (or opt out) age. Like her fictional forebears Kate Reddy and Bridget Jones, Alice plays many roles (which she never refers to as “wearing many hats” and wishes you wouldn’t, either). She is a (mostly) happily married mother of three, an attentive daughter, an ambivalent dog-owner, a part-time editor, a loyal neighbor and a Zen commuter. She is not: a cook, a craftswoman, a decorator, an active PTA member, a natural caretaker, or the breadwinner. But when her husband makes a radical career change, Alice is ready to lean in—and she knows exactly how lucky she is to land a job at Scroll, a hip young start-up which promises to be the future of reading. The Holy Grail of working mothers―an intellectually satisfying job and a happy personal life―seems suddenly within reach. Despite the disapproval of her best friend, who owns the local bookstore, Alice is proud of her new “balancing act” (which is more like a three-ring circus) until her dad gets sick, her marriage flounders, her babysitter gets fed up, her kids start to grow up, and her work takes an unexpected turn. In the midst of her second coming of age, Alice realizes the question is not whether it’s possible to have it all but, what does she really want the most? “Smart and entertaining…with refreshing straight-forwardness and humor” (The Washington Post), “fans of I Don’t Know How She Does It and Where’d You Go, Bernadette will adore A Window Opens” (Booklist, starred review).

Author : Jennifer Grotz
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1555977308

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"The supreme art of Window left open is that of close attention to the world the poet passes through"--Page [4] of cover.

Author : Sabine Rewald
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 29,84 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 1588394131

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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 5-July 4, 2011.

Author : Qingping Wang
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,13 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781556593307

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A poetic and powerful cultural exchange between the world's superpowers.

Author : Vaishali Hamlai
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 15,25 MB
Release : 2021-10-10
Category :
ISBN : 9789391256364

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This is a poignant, compelling and unflinching depiction of the powerful yet delicate bond between a mother and her daughters. Through the Open Window follows the lives of three independent women-Jannat Kaur and her daughters, Mahira and Tamannah-who lead life on their own terms. The story is as much about love and longing as it is about three women, who are able to look at their mistakes honestly, even if the realization happens later. The novel goes back and forth in time and looks at how Jannat came to be where she is today-a managing partner in a leading company, with twin daughters in college. The strand of the past starts during Jannat's college days, with her getting pregnant and then rejected by her then-boyfriend. From the worries of becoming a single mother, to falling in love again with a man who accepts her daughters as his own, her life is shattered yet again and she is forced to raise the twins on her own. Tamannah and Mahira have to deal with their own share of complex and sometimes emotionally wrenching situations. For Tamannah it's the men in her life (much like her mother) and for Mahira it is the everyday fight for her sense of self and her battle to emerge out of the shadow of two fiercely assertive and headstrong female influences she's had all her life. Through the Open Window is a depiction of how love can create, destroy and recreate.

Author : Ardyth Philyaw
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 2001-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469776583

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A Window Opens is a story told through the journal of a young German immigrant, Meta, who, with her family fled Nazi Germany and arrived in New York City in early 1938. Her writings reveal her insights in seeing a new world as she sees America for the first time. The journal entries also recount the events of a country preparing for war, while watching a war already underway in Europe. It details the war efforts, both at home and away, while capturing the love and sacrifices of many relationships made during this time. The journal, uncovered by Meta's neice, enlightens the family on their lives during the war and answers many questions while revealing family secrets.

Author : Elisabeth Egan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 13,69 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501105450

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"Alice Pearse thought she would live happily ever after...then she realized she was in the wrong story...[and] realizes the question is not whether it's possible to have it all, but what does she--Alice Pearse--really want?"--

Author : P.B. Harrison
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 36,87 MB
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1504913272

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Born in a drafty house, Jessie, the firstborn of Mary and her abusive husband, Bill, was born for better things. Throughout her childhood, she tells stories that enable her to escape into her own made-up world. She cares for her siblings and manages to establish lifelong friendships. As a teenager, her parents divorce, and Jessie begins to experience days without the need to weigh every action or word. She no longer fears the night or the soft footsteps that once came to her bedside. Because of her capacity for forgiveness and compassion, Jessie refuses to be a victim. Later, she is reunited with a high school friend who becomes the man who makes her frightening memories dissolve into distant shadows that hover at the outer fringes of her mind but are rarely allowed in. As a wife and mother, Jessie again turns to storytelling not as a way to escape her fathers cruelty but to entertain and teach her children. She introduces them to characters that leave them wanting more but appreciating what they have. Jessie weaves make-believe with reality to create a tapestry of lasting memories that make bedtime a time to be savored.

Author : Melissa Chiu
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,19 MB
Release : 2023
Category : China
ISBN : 0300269889

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A lively tour through experimental Chinese photography from the early 1990s to today The past thirty years were dynamic, transformative decades in Chinese photography. Artists exposed to recent work from around the globe experimented with photography in newly conceptual and expressive ways, and their art from this period offers a portrait of a country at a moment of rapid urbanization, globalization, and cultural foment. A Window Suddenly Opens reveals the key role that photography has played in questioning and refashioning the aesthetic and social status quo of modern Chinese society for the past three decades. Alongside prescient works by Cao Fei, Lin Tianmiao, Rong Rong, Song Dong, Wang Qingsong, Zhang Huan, Zhang Peili, and many other artists, essays and interviews by scholars and curators explore the history of experimental photography in China and the artistic transformations of the digital age. The book also features texts written between 1994 and 2014 by Chinese artists, some published for the first time here in English, which offer essential insights into their ideas and experiences as they forged new creative paths. To explore further, readers can instantly access artist videos inside this book with Hirshhorn Eye, the Hirshhorn Museum's award-winning image-recognition technology. Published in association with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Exhibition Schedule: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (November 4, 2022-January 7, 2024)