![]() ![]() The film adaptation is as good as the novel, one of the classic favorites. The story continues where Allie recognizes Noah occasionally. ![]() ![]() Noah’s writing career finally gets recognized when his first book becomes a best-seller, and he moves to New York City to immerse himself fully into his work once again without any distractions. One of the aides, the novel’s narrator, finds out that he had once been madly in love with this girl and tries to jog his memory by showing him her photos. With fragments of memories of her past due to her dementia, he writes romantic notes on notepads while asking the aides for an old photo album to help her remember and recall her memories, hoping one day she can fully remember Noah again. ![]() Allie was shocked when she realized that Noah had been writing letters to her regularly and soon found out her mom was the one hiding the letters from her as she didn’t want it to interfere with her relationship with Lon, her fiance. It all starts when a man narrates his story in a nursing home, reuniting with his childhood lover, Allie, after a 7-year separation due to the world war. Their love takes them through many trials and heartbreaks but has to stand up to an evil person to be truly appreciated. The notebook is a story about two young lovers who have been star-crossed since childhood. * As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. ![]()
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![]() but this is only MY opinion - your tolerance level may be far better than mine. I couldn't connect with the characters, I cringed during LL's chapters and even just tried listening to Alexander Neal’s chapters (stars are his) but I was more frustrated and annoyed than deliciously lost in this fake dual POV relationship story. or her male voice so sadly there were consequences. I do try new (to me) narrators so will always give them a try but sadly this was a thumbs down because I didn’t personally like Lacy Laurel’s voice. ![]() deciding life’s too damn short to waste it on a listen I really didn’t like. But maybe they all read the storyline and opted out as I did by chapter 12. And it’s the fault of all the good and great narrators out there who’ve totally spoiled me over the years because now I’ve become a wee bit picky. I absolutely loved the Driven series by K Bromberg and this tempted me because it was from KB Worlds. ![]() ![]() A girl needs to leave India and is sent to England to a big, lonely house where there are many mysteries. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.Īn illustrated children's book version of the classic by the same name. ![]() There is an ink inscription in the top right corner of the front page.ĭon't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Small tear to plastic cover on the bottom front corner and a rectangle that looks to have been cut out on the bottom of the spine, but this does not impact the dust cover or hardcover underneath. Some slight/minimal wear to corners and edges. ![]() ![]() Cover: Hardcover with dust cover and plastic cover ![]() ![]() The culmination of the plot in war and murder suggests that Golding's overarching hypothesis about humanity is pessimistic, that is, there are anarchic and brutal instincts in human nature. The characters discover fire, craft tools, and form political and social systems in a process that recalls theories of the development of early man, a topic of much interest among many peoples including the mid-century Western public. Golding's allusions to human evolution also reflect his scientific training. The story of their attempts at civilization and devolution into savagery and violence puts the relationship between human nature and society under a literary microscope. ![]() The novel's plot, in which a group of English boys stranded on a deserted island struggle to develop their own society, is a social and political thought-experiment using fiction. Golding drew extensively on his scientific background for his first narrative work. ![]() At the time of the novel's composition, Golding, who had published an anthology of poetry nearly two decades earlier, had been working for a number of years as a teacher and training as a scientist. ![]() Sir William Golding composed Lord of the Flies shortly after the end of WWII. ![]() ![]() ![]() His son, Luther, now a semi-invalid widower, had displayed spendthrift qualities in his youth. Josiah Crackenthorpe, purveyor of tea biscuits, built Rutherford Hall in 1884. Lucy Eyelesbarrow, a young professional housekeeper and an acquaintance of Miss Marple, is sent undercover to Rutherford Hall. Comparison of the facts of the murder with the train timetable and the local geography lead to the grounds of Rutherford Hall as the only possible location: it is shielded from the surrounding community, the railway abuts the grounds, and so on. ![]() The first task is to ascertain where the body could have been hidden. Only Miss Marple believes her story as there is no evidence of wrongdoing. ![]() Mrs McGillicuddy describes the woman as wearing a fur coat and with blonde hair. When arriving at Miss Marple's cottage, she tells all to her. ![]() She reports it to a ticket collector who does not believe her. Then, a blind in one of the compartments flies up and she sees a man with his back to her strangling a woman. On the way, her train passes another train running parallel to her. Elspeth McGillicuddy has come from a shopping expedition to visit her old friend Jane Marple for Christmas. ![]() |