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The Book Club Chronicles, Part Four - Macbeth

2015-06-08 Fiction
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Release : 2015-06-08
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Book Club Chronicles, Part Four - Macbeth by : Joan H. Parks

Download or read book The Book Club Chronicles, Part Four - Macbeth written by Joan H. Parks. This book was released on 2015-06-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ladies having completed their study of Romeo and Juliet move on to Macbeth. It is February in Chicago, a dreary month that seems to last forever. The skies are grey, the streets cold and dangerous, a setting that mirrors Macbeth. The three witches who make their target Macbeth, the ghosts who torment Macbeth and his consort Lady Macbeth resonate with what is happening in their own lives. Katherine is haunted by the certainty that her cancer will recur, and is terrified that she will die alone. Franny is tormented by the ghosts from her past that she thought she had escaped by marrying Sam. Annie, reconciled with Bill is worried about the fate of the artists, writers, and doctors in a culture that exploits those who do the actual work. Claire is disturbed by the play and the pain it is causing her and her friends. All are intensely aware of how little time is left to them and how precious that remaining time is. Changes, welcome or not, come to all the ladies. The Book Club and their friendships provide sustenance and comfort in this unsettled time of their lives.

The Book Club Chronicles—Part Six—The Tempest

2018-03-28 Fiction
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Release : 2018-03-28
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 964/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Book Club Chronicles—Part Six—The Tempest written by Joan H. Parks. This book was released on 2018-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The storms of autumn arrive, and the storms of their lives continue. The ladies decide to study Shakespeares The Tempest, wrongly thinking that a comedy will be easier than another of the big tragedies. Finding a suitable filmed version is difficult; reading the text is even more difficult. They struggle, seeing in this late play parts that mirror their own experiences. Claire and Henry struggle in their late-life marriage with the debris and assumptions from their earlier marriages. Annie fights against the physical constraints that come with her aging as Bill wrestles with what he will do after retirement. Katherine is haunted by her past and her brush with cancer and has trouble accepting that Mark is in her life for the duration. Frannie now has grandchildren and a measure of happiness because she has faced the demons of her upbringing. The new members of the book club, Sally and Clarissa, have their own issues as their long-standing friendship shatters. Clarissa is rejuvenated by one new passion and one old passion. All this occurs and is illuminated by their reading of the glorious music and the strange plots of The Tempest.

The Book Club Chronicles

2023-08-08 Fiction
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Release : 2023-08-08
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 008/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Book Club Chronicles written by Joan H. Parks. This book was released on 2023-08-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the ladies study A Midsummer Night’s Dream, they discover yet again the complexities of Shakespeare’s play. They discover that under the glorious poetry, A Midsummer Night’s Dream has a complicated structure. The plot, what there is of it is about lovers: lovers being parted by tyrannical fathers, lovers being won in combat, lovers being wooed, lovers moaning about unrequited love, fairy lovers squabbling and disturbing all life around them. Then there are the famous mechanicals who are a counterpoint to the over-the-top love stories. Penelope a very old lady has been invited into the book club. She inadvertently stirs up an old hurt and her own past comes back to haunt and entertain her. Clarissa, known as the kid, for she is merely in her mid-fifties, is conflicted about Steve who has returned to her. What is his place in her heretofore simple life? Hovering over them are Shakespeare’s imaginary characters who challenges their intellects, as well as their emotions. They, as always, wrestle with their own love stories, late life marriages, as they struggle to make sense of this beloved play.

Sigrid

2024-05-17 Fiction
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Release : 2024-05-17
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 853/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Sigrid written by Joan H. Parks. This book was released on 2024-05-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sigrid, a Healer, after enduring rapes and beatings in her captivity cannot bear to be touched, until an Egyptian soldier wins her trust. This volume again meditates on the nature of heroism, how myths are made, and how this small tribe survives and attracts the talented in the midst of the tumult of their time.

Penelope and the Lawyers

2024-07-10 Fiction
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Release : 2024-07-10
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 511/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Penelope and the Lawyers written by Joan H. Parks. This book was released on 2024-07-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penelope asks for help from the lawyer she once knew. He is retired, but his nephew takes care of her. She pays a call to the old gentleman in his aerie above Lake Shore Drive. Thus, this tale of a love deferred commences in all its humor, realism, sweet moments of recounting the drama of their long lives and finally, acceptance of their fates.

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