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Story behind publication of Suite Francaise as moving as the novel itself Irène Némirovsky was a successful novelist living in France at the beginning of World War II. She was also a Jew. In 1942, she was sent to Auschwitz, where she later died. Now, sixty-four years later, and in April—Holocaust Remembrance Month—the novel she left behind is finally being published in the U.S. Suite Française is Irène Némirovsky's masterful novel of life under Nazi occupation in France. Already a bestseller in England and France, it is, in the words of The Independent, “no gloomy elegy but a scintillating panorama of a people in crisis—witty, satirical, romantic, . . . and gorgeously lyrical by turns.” The manuscript for Suite Française was preserved by Némirovsky's young daughters, who took it with them when they went into hiding after the arrest of their parents. Thinking it was their mother's journal, they could not bring themselves to read it. Only decades later, as they prepared to place it with an organization dedicated to documenting memories of the war, did they discover what they truly held. The audio edition of Suite Française is narrated by Dan Oreskes (“Part One: Storm in June”) and Barbara Rosenblat (“Part Two: Dolce”). Mr. Oreskes is a featured voice on PBS’s Nature. He is also heard weekly narrating the successful crime series Cold Case Files on AandE. He recently narrated the audio edition of the Prix Goncourt winner The House of Scorta. Ms. Rosenblat has won numerous awards and recognition for her work as an audiobook narrator. She was named a “Voice of the 20th Century” by AudioFile magazine.
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Irène Némirovsky was born in Kiev in 1903 into a wealthy banking family and emigrated to France during the Russian Revolution. After attending the Sorbonne, she began to write and swiftly achieved success with her first novel, David Golder, which was followed by The Ball, The Flies of Autumn, Dogs and Wolves and The Courilof Affair. She died in 1942.
From the Hardcover edition.
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France and the French during the German Occupation-a portrait, not a snapshot.......2007-10-10
Irene Nemirovsky-a superb author. Her historical novel is well written, well conceived, and ceretainly presents a true and real picture of France and the French people during the German Occupation. The world lost a wonderful woman of letters when she was murdered at Auschwitz.
Not Up to the Hype.......2007-10-06
I really wanted to like this book. I read it after reading Vasily Grossman's LIFE AND FATE, a masterpiece of WW2 literature if there ever was one. And maybe it was the juxtaposition of that book with this that caused my disappointment. Where Grossman's book at 800 pages is taut and serious throughout, Nemirovsky's seems trivial by comparision. Had it been published soon after it was written, it would have been considered an interesting popular novel containing interesting observations of occupied France but ultimately lightweight in its' often pedestrian storyline and execution. It often reads like a mass paperback romance set within the larger context of the war, and too often devolves into hackneyed popular novel tropes - the cowardess and duplicities of the moneyed classes set against the native nobility of the poor, love amidst the ruins of war etc.
Interesting light reading, but a "classic?" Sorry.
Enjoyable and Interesting.......2007-10-05
A really enjoyable read and extremely interesting. It was such a good book! Highly recommend. The ending leaves you trailing though...
A magnificent, tragic fragment........2007-09-29
Irene Nemirovsky's "Suite Francaise" will stand with "The Diary of Anne Frank" as one of the most poignant literary monuments of World War II and the insanity of the Holocaust. But whereas Anne Frank was a young girl whose hopes and dreams ended forever at Belsen, Irene Nemirovsky was a novelist of enormous talent who would have been recognized as one of the greatest European writers of the 20th century had her life not been extinguished at Auschwitz. Considering all she suffered during the war, and how she was murdered in the very middle of it, it is amazing that Nemrovsky completed as much of it as she did, and that what she completed is of such a high order. "Suite Francaise" consists of the first two parts of a projected five-part novel depicting the fall of France to the Nazis, the panicked flight of Parisians and the return to something vaguely resembling normalcy under German military rule. The first section, "Storm in June," gives readers a panoramic view of several groups of fleeing Parisians, representing every class of society and every conceivable moral and mental attitude; the second, "Dolce," depicts life in a French village under the Germans, bringing back some of the characters from the first book and making it plain that Nemirovsky planned to reintroduce more of them in the following three books. Superbly translated by Sandra Smith, "Suite Francaise" is a swift and graceful read, depicting the characters and action with breathtaking clarity and excitement. Many of the characters are presented only in a few sentences, yet all live and breathe with total realism. What is really astonishing about "Suite Francaise," however, is Nemirovsky's authorial impartiality and clear-eyed sympathy for all her characters. There are no saints and no monsters in Nemirovsky's universe, just people--some more likable than others, but even the most despicable among them are given sharp moments of deep and moving humanity. Even the Germans are human--they have their faults, but also their virtues. To be able to write such panoramic fiction in the midst of war, with such a detached and pragmatic yet sympathetic eye, is truly amazing, even more so from an author who rightly feared she would be arrested and deported to the death camps at any moment. A Russian-Jewish emigree to France who moved in the highest literary and societal circles, Nemirovsky was an exceptionally keen observer of the French class system and how it warps individuals, in that sense (and in others) the equal of Balzac, Flaubert and Proust. The argument in Chapter 16 of "Dolce" between the snobbish, sickly-sentimental Vicomtesse de Montmort and the brutish peasant Benoit Sabarie stands out: both are sympathetic, as people and as representatives of their social classes, and both are utterly despicable. Nemirovsky sums up their fight neatly: "What separates or unites people is not their language, their laws, their customs, their principles, but the way they hold a salad fork." This argument has repercussions that promise to ripple across the rest of the story, except that Nemirovsky, alas, never had a chance to show us how. Appendices to the book include Nemirovsky's copious notes on how she planned to continue the story; correspondence to, from, and about her; and the preface to the French addition, included as an afterword here, which tells the poignant story of Nemirovsky's life and death, and of how Nemirovsky's daughter discovered the manuscript of "Suite Francaise" more than sixty years after her mother's death. "Suite Francaise" is a magnificent fragment and an eternal testimonial to the genius of its author. We can only mourn that the book, like her life, will remain unfinished.
A taste of things to come.......2007-09-26
It's a known fact that this work has gotten much attention due to the circumstances that surrounded Irene Nemirovsky's life. Left in a suitcase as she attempted flight, the author found her demise at the hands of the Nazis before this manuscript could be published.
Who knows what she might have added or excluded or expanded? And I could not help but think this as I read along.
There are two novellas under one umbrella here--depicting day in the life scenes of how things were in these troublesome times. I certainly found this to be gratifying reading, but it did not take me out of myself in that complete way I enjoy when I read truly remarkable fiction.
Will recommend, but for a story that brought me to that special place of compelling fiction, I recommend the lesser-known, SIM0N LAZARUS, a book more should know about.
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A delightful Victorian adventure novel about the only woman Sherlock Holmes has ever admired: Irene Adler. In this delightful encore to Good Night, Mr. Holmes, diva-turned-detective Irene Adler engages in a battle of wits with Sherlock Holmes -- and a vicious killer who seeks to hide a traitorous past....
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Anothr fun corseted romp!.......2006-12-27
This third in the Irene Adler series is a lot of fun. There is a mixture of espionage, trickery, skullduggery and, yes, the hint of love for Penelope. What I really enjoy about this series is the way Ms. Douglas mixes in Sherlock Holmes trivia into her plots. She makes use of one of Sherlock's villains in this book (Colonel Moran), and we also see Irene solving puzzles along with Sherlock Holmes, although Holmes doesn't know that "that woman" is in England and that she's been baiting the hook used to catch him in order that his superior investigative skills can be used to uncover a political plot. This series is a lot of fun, and I look forward to more.
An evocative mixture of fantasy and reality.......2005-10-11
I've read 5 of the 8 books in this series as of 2005, and I love every word and can hardly wait to read more.
Carole Nelson Douglas uses language lightly and carefully to evoke the slightly archaic setting.
She translates the prose style of Arthur Conan Doyle's day into the modern era with as much elegance as found in the BBC productions of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett. I hear Jeremy Brett in every word of Holmes dialogue in these novels.
As the fans of a television show will detail events going on offstage during an episode, Douglas shows us details of Holmes' investigations that would not have seemed pertinent to Conan Doyle as he wrote -- but he might well have been thinking of them. She twangs every Holmsian heartstring with her deft expansion of the Doyle tales.
There is one difference though. Douglas shows us a 21st Century woman in Irene Adler, a woman truly with A Soul of Steel (as this novel will be retitled in its December 2005 release,) a woman Doyle could never have written. Adler's biography makes her attitude plausible, and we can easily believe she bested Sherlock Holmes more than once.
Even if you've never read any Sherlock Holmes -- read these books.
Historic mystery with a Holmesian flair.......2005-06-04
Irene At Large is the third in a series of mystery novels based on the career of Irene Adler Norton, a character from one of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. In Doyle's A Scandal In Bohemia Irene Adler outsmarts Holmes and wins his lasting admiration. Carol Nelson Douglas has taken this story as the basis for a series of delightful mystery novels that include Holmes and his companion Watson in mysteries that run parallel to the Holmes stories.
She has also created a framework for this continued series based on a current day historian Fiona Witherspoon who has supposedly discovered the diaries of Irene's companion Penelope "Nell" Huxleigh and unpublished memoirs of Dr. Watson that she blends into the novels of the series.
In this outing the plot takes place around the events of Doyle's story The Naval Treaty. Irene and Nell run into an old acquaintance of Nell's, Quentin Stanhope, dressed in Eastern garb, feverish, and quite unkempt. When they take him home, an attempt is made on his life. As they try to uncover his attacker, they find the answer may lie in events at the British battle of Maiwand in Afghanistan nine years earlier that link Stanhope to Dr. Watson and a mysterious spy known as Tiger.
This is an excellent story that should appeal to readers familiar with the tales of Sherlock Holmes, but who seek a more feminine and feminist point of view on the period and the characters.
A good legacy.......2001-04-03
I have read other supposed Sherlock Holmes take offs, This one succeeds by not recreating Sherlock Holmes but one of the characters from the original series. I enjoyed the female viewpoint and the tidbits of Sherlockian lore she weaves through the adventure. This was the first of the series that I have read, I have just bought the previous two and will spend a couple of great nights reading them. Hope Ms. Douglas bring out more in the series.
Nell finally finds someone.......2000-11-25
Since I began reading this series, I had occasionally wondered if Penelope "Nell" Huxleigh, sensible parson's daughter and friend to the great Irene Adler, would ever find a special "someone" of her own. Irene, after all, has been happily married to Godfrey since the end of "Good Night, Mr. Holmes" (no spoiler there, as this is revealed in the Holmes version of the tale). I was pleasantly surprised with the nature of the match the author chose to make-- fitting with Nell's background, yet appropriate to her present and future. Quentin is simultaneously able to hold Nell up as an icon of respectability, yet admire her for her present adventures (much as she denies them). And in doing this, he encourages her to see herself more as we, the readers, have come to see her-- competent, practical, and intelligent.
The period references to the "Great Game"-- the ongoing struggle for domination between England and Russia, the two major world powers of the day-- were also detailed and well-written, and added a satisfying texture to Watson's past, as well as adding suspense to the plot. (Those who liked this aspect of the story might also like Margaret Ball's "Flameweaver" and "Changeweaver" novels, though these are historical fantasy rather than mystery.)
Oh, and the mystery itself was pretty good too. :)
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Inspiring.......2006-08-17
Reporter Caroline James is harboring feelings of guilt, resentment and hatred. She feels somewhat responsible for the death of her fiance, photographer Michael Sloan. She strongly feels his brother David is partly to blame. For the past two years she has wrestled with trying to put all her emotions at bay and had managed to stop crying herself to sleep every night.
Suddenly David Sloan appears in town. He has taken a turn in career paths and is now executive director of Uplink, an organization that arranges summer internships for high school students that are gifted but come from more problematic surroundings. When David shows up at Caroline's office for an unexpected visit she believes it to be the last she will ever see of David. But even with her busy work schedule he manages to involve himself in her life. As she becomes reacquainted with this very kind soul, she finds herself developing stronger feelings for him. But it is her fiances brother. It just didn't seem right for her to feel that way. Meanwhile, David struggles through the same emotions. It was after all his brother and she was his fiance. But he doesn't know how much longer he can refrain from pulling her into his arms and kissing her.
Trouble hits home when Caroline decides to mentor student Jared Poole for the summer. He may have cut his gang ties but they haven't released their hold on him. When Caroline's life becomes endangered her eyes open to the tenderness this man has to offer. But can she let the past go before it is too late? You'll have to read the book to find out!
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Before the Lark
Irene Bennett Brown
Manufacturer: Thorndike Press
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A Spur Award Winner
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Though twelve-year-old Jocey Royal no longer goes to school, she reads. And out of her books come dreams. These dreams are her life, because she has a hare lip and is convinced that no one will ever be her friend. Living with her washerwoman grandmother since her mother died and her father drifted away, Jocey talks Gram into moving to the Kansas farm her father abandoned.
Included in Juvenile 10.
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A diamond in the rough.......2004-07-24
I was very, very, woefully sorry to find out that the original edition of Before the Lark was out of print and the only edition of the book is in large print. Furthermore, it was sad to know that the sales rank was so low. This really is a great book.
I got this book from a school book sale and didn't read it until five years after I purchased it.
The story is about a girl named Jocey Royal who lives during the late 1800's, who has the horrible curse of a cleftlip, or harelip. For that, she is an outcast and is driven to go to a patch of Kansas farmland where she finds out more about har grandmother and her never there father. She also lerans that anyone can have a friend, and that some curses can be cured.
I really wish that more people would read this. Irene Bennett Brown wrote about a topic that rarely anyone thought about- the defects of a harelip. Many American children don't what a harelip is because the defect is fixed before the leave the hospital when they're born. But many poor courntries can't treat children with harelips, so they are shunned, just like Jocey.
I LOVED reading this book. Irene Bennett Brown created an unknown masterpiece and needs to be applauded. PLEASE, for your sake, read this book.
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Probably unacceptable as a H. S. book report, yet good enuff.......2003-06-14
Written at a High School level, this is a quite literate and well developed treatment of The Hulk, Spiderman, and The Black Cat in novel form. It has all the action and story value of the comics. For newcomers, there's enough exposition to introduce the characters, done briefly enough not to annoy old-timers well acquainted with the Marvel Universe.
There's reasonable complexity here. Neither the heroes nor the bad guys are completely working together since each has his or her own agenda. Added to that is the S.A.F.E. agent working under cover representing government but not necessarily in the best interests of the heroes. And so there are easily enough complications to keep a mature reader interested.
This isn't a bad book at all for those who want to get better acquainted with the not altogether jolly green giant before they see the movie. Just bear in mind that the Hulk's creators made him a reasonable 7 footer as opposed to the 12 foot creature in the movie. Note also that the character has developed in several ways over the years and so you might find his characterization in this book somewhat different than the movie characterization.
Worth reading, even if you're way past High School age.
excelent.......2000-04-02
This book is great. It is a great beginin for a great trilogy. Though this book takes place in present time, some events go as far back as when doom tried to steal surfer's power. If you thought that the hulk we bad news, then try to imagiane fourteen hulks on the ramapge and one of them being Flash Thompson spidy's close friend and being controld by a mad man. I recomnd this series as a must buy.
much better than it should've been!.......1999-02-02
I've never liked Fingeroth or Fein as writers, so I almost didn't buy this book, but I was pleasantly surprised. And I love SAFE, who have been in a lot of the Marvel novels. The idea of Hulk clones is kind of goofy, but they made it work here.
Comic book writers can be good novel writers.......1998-11-08
In the tradition of those comic book writers who can make a successful jump to novel writing (They include Peter David and David Michelinie) Danny Fingeroth and Eric Fein made such a move in this, the first book of the "Doom's Day" trilogy. The story is very balanced out. With half the action centering on Peter Parker and the other half on Dr. Bruce Banner. Flash Thomson and the Black Cat played important roles in the story and we get to see the new head of a goverment agency make his debut here in the form of Col. Sean Morgan and his team at SAFE. Danny and Eric woked as both writers and editors of Spider-Man for a good many years at Marvel and here they get a change to work with him one more time. It was a delightful story.
A Great Book to Start off a Great Trilogy!.......1997-07-24
This is a great start of a series. A whole bunch of Hulks running around and Flash Thompson is one of them! Ofcourse the real Hulk is there as well.Doctor Doom was in this one alot more than book 2. Go read it.
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- Soul food for debetics
- A healthier eating lifestyle
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The New Soul Food Cookbook for People With Diabetes
Fabiola Demps Gaines
Manufacturer: American Diabetes Association
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The first and only African-American cookbook for people with diabetes
Although there are many cookbooks for people with diabetes, there is only one for people interested in African-American cooking. The New Soul Food Cookbook for People with Diabetes enters a new edition with great-tasting and offers you flavorful recipes such as barbecue pulled pork, fried okra, orange sweet potatoes, shrimp jambalaya and more. All of the Cajun, Creole, and down-home favorites are here for you--and now in healthier versions than ever before! Each recipe adheres to the new nutrition guidelines of the American Diabetes Association and is guaranteed to be low in saturated fat.
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Soul food for debetics.......2007-03-12
I have never recieved the book it was order 02/07/07..Thank You,my phone number is 904-962-3466.
Lisa Ellis
A healthier eating lifestyle.......2006-11-13
The recipes in this book are a help to me in trying to maintain a healthier eating lifestyle even though I am not a diabetic. The tips and stories were interesting and very informative.
Delicious Recipes!!.......2006-08-08
I have tried several recipes from this book and was pleasantly surprised that the dishes were delicious.
Down Home Food With Less Fat/Sugar.......2006-01-31
"Authors Gaines and Weaver show the reader how much of the hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes plaguing the African-American population can be avoided by making easy changes to traditional soul food recipes without losing too much of the flavor. The basics of healthy food preparation and menu planning are incorporated with suggestions for cooking with traditional herbs and spices, along with advice for reducing fat, calories and sodium. Portion sizes are given to aid in blood sugar control and weight loss, as well as complete nutritional information and official ADA exchanges.
Now you can experience palate-pleasing soul food recipes such as Barbecue Pulled Pork, Hoppin' John, Hoe Cake, Soul Slaw, Collards with Smoked Turkey, Chicken and Dumplings, Key Lime Pie, Rice Pudding, Sweet Potato Pound Cake and more in The New Soul Food Cookbook." (review from the National Federation of the Blind website, Marilyn Helton reviewer)
An Excellent Resource.......2003-03-09
I love to cook and eat. It's wonderful that I can now prepare healthy and traditional fare for my family without worry over fat and salt. Thanks ladies!
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What's the most important part of any birthday celebration? The cake, of course! And who better to create Oliver Shumacher's birthday confection than his best friend, Beverly. She even has the perfect recipe: The Caramel Candy Castle Cake. Just gazing upon it sends Beverly on a magical journey through the land of cake. Surely the multitalented bear can pull it off . . . or can she?
Loaded with color, humor, and the irrepressible determination that is Beverly's trademark, this could well be Beverly Billingsly's sweetest adventure yet!
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What do you do when when everything goes wrong? Let's eat cake!.......2005-10-21
Beverly Bilingsly wants to make a wonderful, special caramel castle cake for her friend's birthday, but in her excitement forgot to grease the cake pans. The cake is stuck and Beverly is crushed. Has she ruined her friend's birthday? What's a bear to do? Well, maybe with a little imagination and inspiration, along with some help from mom, things will turn out right after all. A great book to remind folks that sometimes when things don't turn out as expected that just means that you have a new opportunity to try something else.
The Kids LOVE the cake.......2005-09-13
We did this book in my 4-year-old's pre-school class and followed it up with a decorate-your-own-cupcake project. The kids loved it. The project reinforced the book and allowed them the tactile stimulation as well as the didactic. Now my sone reads the book to me and begs me to make cupcakes!
Book Description
Tempting, original and versatile, the 15 new cake decoration projects here are a slice of the very best in sugarcraft from three of the profession's top designers. Each of the stunning designs can be adapted for a whole variety of celebrations, from birthdays to weddings to anniversaries, and comes complete with step-by-step photography making it simple for even the novice sugarcrafter to create the perfect cake.
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Worth going back to again and again.......2007-07-21
After checking many books on the subject from the library I knew this was the one I wanted in my home collection. The ideas go from easy to complex but the instructions are so good even a beginner can see themselves creating the most amazing creations. It give great step by step instructions and also alternatives. It's a wonderful base to build your skills.
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