![]() ![]() ![]() One of the country’s only female police chiefs teaches her daughter the meaning of courage, how to respond to danger but more importantly how not to let fear stop her from experiencing all that life has to offer. A popular entertainer and former child star urges her daughter to walk in her own truth, to not break glass ceilings if she yearns to nurture a family as a stay-at-home mother or to abandon a career if that’s her calling. Susan Love to Whoopi Goldberg-to reflect on the best advice and counsel they have given their daughters either by example, throughout their lives, or in character-building, teachable moments between parent and child.Ī college president teaches her daughter, by example, the importance of being a leader who connects with everyone-from the ground up, literally-in an organization. Synopsis: In What I Told My Daughter, entertainment executive Nina Tassler has brought together a powerful, diverse group of women-from Madeleine Albright to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Dr. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I won't lie I was nervous to read book 2 in this series out of fear that I would be let down, but let me tell you, I'm glad that I did as I was drawn right back into this magical world from page one!īeasts of Ruin picks up where the first book ended where we are following both Koffi and Ekon after Koffi has decided to sacrifice herself to save the lives of her loved ones. Soon, both may have to reckon with changing hearts-and maybe, changing destinies. But the longer they’re kept apart, the more each of their loyalties are tested. Koffi and Ekon-separated by land, sea, and gods-will have to risk everything to reunite again. But as he gets closer to the realm of death each day, so too does he draw nearer to a terrible truth-one that could cost everything. As she reluctantly learns to survive amidst unexpected friends and foes, she will also have to choose between the life-and love-she once had, or the one she could have, if she truly embraces her dangerous gifts.Ĭast out from the only home he’s ever known, Ekon is forced to strike new and unconventional alliances to find and rescue Koffi before it’s too late. Now a servant to the cunning god of death, she must use her newfound power to further his continental conquest, or risk the safety of her home and loved ones. Koffi has saved her city and the boy she loves, but at a terrible price. In this much anticipated follow up to New York Times bestselling Beasts of Prey, Koffi’s powers grow stronger and Ekon’s secrets turn darker as they face the god of death. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Although both character and author are less well known than those already mentioned, this character has recently been discovered by discerning readers and championed because of Chopin’s concerns regarding the freedom of women which foreshadowed later feminist literary themes and movements of female emancipation.Īmerican writer Kate Chopin was born Katherine O’Flaherty in 1850 into a prominent St Louis family. To this illustrious list one must add Edna Pontellier, the heroine of Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening. It is interesting to note how many strong independent women feature in novels of the Nineteenth Century: Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë), Bathsheba Everdene ( Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy), Catherine Sloper, ( Washington Square, Henry James), Isabel Archer ( Portrait of a Lady, Henry James) and Jo March ( Little Women) to name a few. ‘ The Awakening is a metaphor for accessing not only the unfamiliar part of one’s consciousness but the buried truth of our society…’ David Stuart Davies looks at Kate Chopin’s influential novel, first published in 1899. ![]() |