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I had unreasonable hopes for gaining compassionate understanding of disparate political views through feelings and intuition often drive moral judgments, and why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians may When people work together on a task, they generally want to see the hardest workers get the largest gains Within a section about when regulation really may solve major problems, Haidt notes a fascinating theory despite its multiple gems of insight, I often found the book clunky, with extensive forays into so many

the past feel light years away, because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens to undo any joy she might gain To save their treasured family time together, Rocky may have to share secrets she never intended to reveal

works alongside her family, caring for the plantation owners' daughter Violet, who is her own age, and gaining toward Junie as well as toward his own enslaved servants--meanwhile, Junie is falling for his right-hand man She also explores the complicated Violet-Junie dynamic, in which Junie is Violet's only company for many

Isabel is already paranoid that her meek weekly maid is stealing from her.

hospice in San Francisco, illustrates the words of kindness, thoughtful approaches, and wisdom she gained The circumstances may be complicated or fraught, or they may be heartbreaking yet straightforward, but

She rises through the ranks of palace concubines and gains almost unfettered access to the king, all This story ticked so many of my boxes--a strong, young, underestimated female; an important quest; forbidden

just loved the redefining of class-driven limitations (as with the attraction between Gwen's lady's maid and Arthur's right-hand-man); the unorthodox and touching loyalty within a reimagined Gwen-Arthur relationship

For many more Bossy reviews of memoirs, please check out the books and lists at this link . For Bossy reviews of many other books that play with time, you can check out the books and lists at this Isabel, already paranoid that her meek weekly maid is stealing from her, becomes obsessed with the small

Cotado lives in a grim house on a shabby street in the new capital of Madrid, working as a scullery maid

discovers a horrible tragedy--two of her sisters (one, her best friend) are dead and two others are maimed The capable Pamela yet again must take charge despite her fear and rage and pain. and love interests--which were powerful enough to overshadow the book's dysfunctional families and painful

series in which a young girl with magic, a desperate widowed swordswoman, and a street-smart young man Cain is savvy, street-smart, and living in the capital. working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by climate change, May's May finds herself willing to surgically alter her facial features for a sum that might keep her family

Douglas Stuart is also the author of Shuggie Bain.

the first in Kelley Armstrong's time-travel historical fiction mystery series; Young Mungo, Shuggie Bain Kelley Armstrong In the first book of Kelley Armstrong's Rip Through Time series, we alternate between May homicide detective Mallory is attacked in an alley while in town caring for her dying grandmother, and May out the truth about what happened may also help lead her back to her real life. be reconsidered--and in a system steeped in tradition, Izzy's beginning to think the union may never

the past feel light years away, because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens to undo any joy she might gain To save their treasured family time together, Rocky may have to share secrets she never intended to reveal estranged old friend Janessa goes missing under suspicious circumstances, Emlyn must team up with the man

He'd do whatever he needed to in order to gain access to this abundance....

She works alongside her family, also caring for the plantation owners' daughter Violet and gaining cursory examples of her own life that illustrate the broken system of patriarchy women exist within--stories many

But it looks like she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention

through the ranks of the Near North Ballet Company--losing friends, becoming more jaded, and ultimately gaining a valuable, secretive benefactor who may be the key to her job security--but he may not be what he seems constricting-and-controlled scenario is orchestrated by an evasive, sinister, and, I felt, annoying man

other mountain folk characters who help or harm Honey as she fights for independence in a time when many were the vivid setting and Richardson's powerful exploration of women's limitations and struggles to gain

Many years ago I would have been asking why is this happening? In life, many things are happening for no reason at all. desperately desires--into taking the helm of enacting the party's dangerous and destructive methods of gaining the support of the populace and ultimately gaining control of the government.

satisfaction with a range of others as often as she wishes, matter-of-factly, and that in doing so she gains

It seems Charlotte may have created a situation in which she has fewer options than her constrained existence play roles as well as facilitate meetings and encounters), Charlotte reimagines what a Victorian woman may Students at the residential River Valley School for the Deaf are trying to get through finals, maintain She considers whether her role as an author offers an opportunity to write about her mother and gain The Hero of This Book is one way in which the author refuses to allow her many vivid memories of her

In You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith recounts her painful, prolonged divorce and The book is made up of many short sections, and much of Smith's exploration is focused on the way in While Smith focuses on aspects such as the increased understanding she gained about the longtime structure Yet her language is beautiful, evocative, and full of pain, resolve, reflection, anger, discovery, and This book is powered by questions, many of them unanswerable, so their fuel burns forever.

I want to live in this life and help many people so that when I grow old and die, I will still be living growing up in a rural Nigerian village where girls are often married off young so their families can gain She's determined to gain a voice and emerge from her oppressive situation against all odds, and she's

Horse digs into issues of race across three timelines, linked by a special bond between an enslaved man and dedicated to his horse Darley (later renamed Lexington in a change of control--of both horse and man inextricable involvement in our nation's history are really the bedrock for the book--Jarrett is an enslaved man greatly yet experiences moments of respect due to his insight and talent; Martha's link to her Black maid

through the ranks of the Near North Ballet Company--losing friends, becoming more jaded, and ultimately gaining a valuable, secretive benefactor--but he may not be what he seems. so she says yes when a true-crime podcaster offers to interview her and get the story out so Mason may But her own pain and delirium make her wonder if she's paranoid, or if the podcaster is taking too deep

Many of the characters in A Murder by Any Name were lovely, faulted, and interesting, and the dialogue trainer of the French Resistance despite the physical limitations caused by her prosthetic leg (which she gained officer sending and receiving secret wireless signals, managing a network of agents across Europe, and maintaining

She considers whether her role as an author offers an opportunity to write about her mother and gain Invent a single man and call your book a novel. The freedom one fictional man grants you is immeasurable. the author shares recollections and imagined current encounters with her mom, refusing to allow her many

Sometimes short stories tend toward exploring tragedy, as in many of the luminous collections here and for my full review of The Office of Historical Corrections. 03 Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile In Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, Maile Meloy keeps you on your toes as you consider what may lay in wait within the relationships she lays out, and you may not be able to anticipate who's going to In Iraq Marine veteran and Dartmouth grad Phil Klay's National Book Award winner Redeployment, the author

Stephenson was a con man and womanizer who had told enough enormous lies to reinvent himself into one But she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention of dreamy

Bookworm, I've read even more books than before, talked about books more often than before, and met many I've enjoyed so many fun, unexpected offshoots of being a ravenous reader because of this little book If so, please drop me a message or an e-mail and let me know! Happy reading!

It seems Charlotte may have created a situation in which she has fewer options than her constrained existence play roles as well as facilitate meetings and encounters), Charlotte reimagines what a Victorian woman may Watson pretends to be the maid in a hastily set-up false household; and Charlotte is both followed and

She considers whether her role as an author offers an opportunity to write about her mother and gain

trainer of the French Resistance despite the physical limitations caused by her prosthetic leg (which she gained Her desire for vengeance against a man who has betrayed the cause has motivated her to continue slogging

I finished No Cure for Being Human in one evening, tabbed many, many passages, immediately bought my Bowler tells the truth, whether about small gems of wisdom she gains through her grueling experiences , her emotional and physical pain, or the many absurdities that make her laugh. So many moments struck me, surprised me, or touched me as I read this lovely work, including Bowler's

librarian near the front lines of World War I, and 1976, when another young woman is determined to gain

disparaging, tedious, selfish ex--would have been so deeply involved with someone Winfrey presents as without many I delighted in the e-mails in which Teddy and Everett share pieces of their true oddball, vulnerable,

A lady’s maid in love with the lady, racy scenes, angst, wonderful details of a life in service to a In this upstairs/downstairs novel, set in nineteenth century New York, Mary Ballard is a lady’s maid But on her own time, Mary is Irish exile Maire O’Farren, and she keeps mixed company as part of a secret

Riley is murdered after gaining his freedom, which makes those involved in the case wonder: if Riley

She's asked to play the role of maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman in a dastardly plot to take Meanwhile, Maud's bristly uncle, a strict man of books who has raised his niece primarily to assist him

I’m not sure how to feel about the construct of having a young woman’s desire to gain acknowledgment

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman. the tension of living under false pretenses, fearing how tenuous the foundation of your life and love may

about race seem wildly optimistic in light of his voiced views about women and Jewish people, but they may It may be difficult to fully appreciate or imagine the danger Greene placed herself in by hiding her Christie, The Only Woman in the Room, Carnegie's Maid, and Lady Clementine. Murray is the author of Stand Your Ground, A Sin and a Shame, Too Little, Too Late, Never Say Never, and many

She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance of outsmarting the canny and intelligent Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing.

Wings is historical fiction that tracks the characters of (the real-life) Sarah Grimke and her enslaved maid In 1803 Charleston, plantation owners wield cruel and immense control over their many enslaved people enslaved people considered disobedient; the oppressive power exercised over the humans considered by many

in on her with his roommate, in flagrante delicto; her throwing up on his shoes; her deliriously e-mailing But I didn't love that a man was swooping in to help cement that who she was as a person was acceptable

She's asked to play the role of a maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman and play a key part in a complements it) often makes her wonderful books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man community, a long-ago loss of several of its beloved young people, and a fresh tragedy that brings the pain

It's nominally a mystery, but it's mainly a heartwarming story about determination and honoring old loyalties

It had shaped who she was in many senses, but now she was a grown woman with a full life, and she was There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says: "So many memories we share and purposely

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.