![]() ![]() But when Mama’s drag cabaret becomes the next victim in the wave of gentrification that’s taking over the neighborhood, Harley’s fortune takes another turn. And when Gotham’s finest drag queen, Mama, takes her in, it seems like Harley has finally found a place to grow into her most “true true” with new best friend Ivy at Gotham High. She’s not worried, though-she’s battled a lot of hard situations as a kid, and knows her determination and outspokenness will carry her through life in the most dangerous city in the world. ![]() With just five dollars and a knapsack to her name, 15-year-old Harleen Quinzel is sent to live in Gotham City. ![]()
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![]() And Shams of Tabriz is his soul mate who kindles Rumi’s spirit to a higher level with his forty rules of love. This story is the unexpected transformation of Rumi from a preacher to a famous Sufi poet. So is Shams of Tabriz, a wandering dervish, who is the mentor and friend philosopher guide of Rumi. Rumi the famous thirteenth century poet is a historical character. This is a book inside a book and the story of Ella and Rumi runs in parallel. The book is about Sufism, about the Turkish poet Rumi. In this book Ella travels through a spiritual journey and the starting point of that is a book written by a promising author Aziz. Ella after her fortieth birthday gets a job at a literary agency and this becomes the turning point of her life.Įlla is the main character of the book ” The forty rules of love” by Turkish writer Elif Shafak. But in an emotional level she has grown apart from her husband. ![]() ![]() Ella leads a comfortable life with her husband, David, who is a dentist. ![]() In modern day Massachusetts, Ella a stay at home mom of three has a very busy life. ![]() ![]() ![]() First, the author has an interesting story of her own, well worth reading. ![]() So here I offer an oblique discussion: A book! I love this book. No, it’s the spirited woman who struggles with the whole concept. Lately I’ve been realizing that the very women who most want to scrutinize the ins and outs of relationships in a marriage, equality, leadership, and all that - are the spirited women! So by definition we agonize over how to express precisely what we mean, without letting go of what we see as the main feature of our character, and indeed probably the very thing our husbands admired in us in the first place.Īfter all, a person who is compliant by temperament probably needs a dose of get-up-and-go, not an endless parsing of what submission really means, mutual or otherwise. The problem with the abstract approach is that a person brings her own context to the discussion. I prefer to go about the whole question either abstractly or obliquely. As some other bloggy friends have noted, it does seem like as soon as you make a pronouncement, that’s when you get into a fight with your husband! Not worth it! Whereas I have no three-year olds around to disasterize when I airily state a disciplinary principle. Sometimes I venture into the treacherous waters of marriage advice, but not often. File Under: Historical Fiction, True Love, Spirited Woman ![]() ![]() "Glamorous ambassador." "Femme fatale." "An adulteress."īRUNI-SARKOZY: I was never married, how could I be an adulteress? … WALTERS:Well, when we talk about your image, there are certain quotes that have been said about you. See, that's, for instance, one of the part where my image doesn't have much to do with me. ![]() We were lucky enough to be interviewed, and we were all over the press. We were lucky enough to be famous, you know, the models of my generation. ![]() And also, it would be a lie.īRUNI-SARKOZY:I could have been provocative when I was a model and, and all the girls from my time were provocative. How many lovers?īRUNI-SARKOZY:Oh, I mean - I never counted my lovers.īRUNI-SARKOZY:You know? And, and I was 40 years old when I met my husband, and of course, you know, I was not a 19-years-old young woman.īRUNI-SARKOZY:So I, I have a past, and I can joke about it in my song, but the truth is that I have a past and I don't think it's shocking, you know? I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. "Ten lovers" doesn't sound, I mean, I'm talking about phonetics for this song. WALTERS:Yeah? Another lyric: "I am a child, despite my 30 lovers." Is that autobiographical, 30 lovers?īRUNI-SARKOZY:No, of course, not. ![]() I'm writing about …when love is so passionate that it can be destructive, just like drugs. More dangerous than Colombian white powder." OK now, who are you writing about?īRUNI-SARKOZY:I'm writing about, it's not exactly me, and it's not about - exactly someone. WALTERS:… this has been very controversial, one of your songs. ![]() ![]() ![]() He finds that he can, after all, make some very overdue changes in his own life.What Matt doesn't realize is that the bond of brotherhood runs both ways. When called upon, he steps up when every fiber of his being tells him not to, and discovers something deep inside himself that he didn't realize was even there. And that's when he finds out that first impressions can be misleading. Worse, a quirk of his situation forces him to spend time with them that he'd rather not. He's luckily rescued by a team of US Special Operations Forces, only to immediately find out they're a bunch of bigoted jerks. Right?But suddenly, Matt finds himself in a desperate life-or-death situation on a trip overseas, and he realizes just how much he misses home, and Brian. ![]() If he just shows a little faith and trust, he'll appreciate what he has with Brian the way he should. And so what if Brian seems to invite Matt's suspicions on occasion. So what if his friends tend to question just how good his boyfriend is, and so what if Brian tends to have inexplicable mood swings. ![]() ![]() And he has a very good-looking boyfriend, Brian, who he's been happily dating for over a year now. He has his friends and his softball and his volunteer work. ![]() |