Tag Archives: Narrative

Peculiar

Peculiar It has been a peculiar week, more so because I’ve read the sequel to Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children than anything. The week itself has only been peculiar in the usual way that my life varies. When I … Continue reading

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Pieces of Light

Pieces of Light Pieces of Light: How the Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell About Our Pasts by Charles Fennyhough came out in 2012.  Can you remember the first time you did something? Not all of us do … Continue reading

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Beyond Belief

The Gospel of Thomas Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels came out in 2003. The Gospel According To Thomas was discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in December 1945, in one of a group of books known … Continue reading

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The Gospel of Mary Magdalene

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene The Gospel of Mary Magdalene by Karen L King came out in 2004.  German Scholar Dr. Carl Reinhardt bought a copy of The Gospel of Mary Magdalene in 1896 in Cairo, Egypt at an antiquities … Continue reading

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Unsayable

The Unsayable The Unsayable by Annie G Rogers, PhD came out in 2007.  A clinical psychologist, Rogers has spent 15 years researching girls and young women, and here she uses those case studies, along with her own experiences details how, … Continue reading

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Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)

  Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions and Harmful Acts by Carol Tarvis and Elliot Aronson came out in 2007.  It explores the idea of … Continue reading

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Out of the Woods

Out of the Woods Out of the Woods: Tales of Resilient Teens was written by Hauser, Allen and Golden in 2008.  Seventy deeply troubled teenagers spend weeks, months, even years on a locked psychiatric ward. They were not just failing … Continue reading

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House of the Spirits as a Magical Realism Feminist Novel

House of the Spirits as a Magical Realism Feminist Novel Voice and Narrative Cari Gilkison, Winter 1997   The House of the Spirits is a Magical Realist Feminist Novel.  There is no debate on the presence of Magical Realism, but … Continue reading

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