![]() And it seems to be in America, it seems pretty universally reviled… Certain people feel like it's offensive to call a girl a “tomboy,” because it's saying that all these qualities that we think of as making a girl, a tomboy, being sporty and brave and independent, that those are actually boy things. ![]() And the attitude toward the word has changed. Well, I think one of the most interesting things about the word and maybe about these arguments we're having about language in general is how much the meaning of the word has changed. Highlights from the Interview with Lisa Selin Davis We learn about those who defy traditional gender boundaries - to be themselves. ![]() The book is a comprehensive deep-dive into the word, the concept, what it implies and doesn’t. ![]() In "Tomboy," journalist Lisa Selin Davis explores the evolution of tomboyism from the Victorian era to a 21st century fashion statement. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() While doing research for my presentation, however, I learned that the Whalestoe Letters weren’t originally included in first editions of the book. In Pelafina’s previous letter (September 14, 1985), she mentions receiving news of this shipwreck and offers her condolences, which links the letters and the checkmark together. Footnote 119, which fell on page 103 and extended until 106, described Johnny’s experience on the fishing boat and losing the Haitian man in the shipwreck. ![]() Of course, after I started reading and approached the footnote which directed the reader to the Whalestoe Letters, and then read the Septemletter which instructs Johnny to “place in your next letter a check mark in the lower right hand corner,” everything fell into place. I was, of course, intrigued by this seemingly random mark on a page that described mundane details about the beginning of the crew’s exploration of the hallway. While flipping through the book before starting to read, I came across the checkmark on page 97. ![]() ![]() There's Bram's punk-nightmare housekeeper, Georgie's own pushy parent, a suck-up agent, an icy studio head with a private agenda, and her ex-husband's new wife, who can't get enough of doing good deeds and saving the world-the bitch. It's a paparazzi free-for-all, and Georgie's nonsupporting cast doesn't help. Before she knows it, Georgie has a fake marriage, a fake husband, and maybe (or not) a fake sex life. and not get caught up in an ugly incident that leads to a calamitous elopement. not run into her detestable former costar, dreamboat-from-hell Bramwell Shepard. What should a down-on-her-luck actress do? Not go to Vegas. ![]() How did this happen? Georgie York, once the costar of America's favorite television sitcom, has been publicly abandoned by her famous husband, her film career has tanked, her father is driving her crazy, and her public image as a spunky heroine is taking a serious beating. ![]() ![]() ![]() Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.Ī cross-species friendship helps solve a pair of decades-old mysteries in Pelt's whimsical if far-fetched debut. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors-until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.Įver the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. ![]() ![]() Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. “Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.” - Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Hereįor fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopusĪfter Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sweet Bean Paste is a moving novel about the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship. She begins to teach him her craft, but as their friendship flourishes, social pressures become impossible to escape and Tokue’s dark secret is revealed, Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. I Love YouĪ charming tale of friendship, love and loneliness in contemporary Japan 'I'm in story heaven with this book.' Cecelia Ahern, author of P.S. ![]() |