A Backward Glance

Available on its own for the first time: a second-chance romance from the #1 bestselling author of the Virgin River books—now a Netflix original series. Leigh Brackon is back home to look after her “ailing” mother. But she suspects maternal meddling when she finds her old flame John McElroy knee-deep in landscaping in her mom’s backyard. Leigh and John’s summer affair five years ago ended badly, and they’re both leery of relationships after their own failed marriages. But John has always been drawn to Leigh, even though the handyman doubts he’s good enough for the brilliant scientist and her twin boys. And Leigh has a secret that could change everything. Could they possibly have a real chance this time around? With a little help from the neighborhood matchmakers, they might see that it isn’t too late to find a way forward together. Originally published May 2001 in the Silhouette anthology To Mother with Love and November 2014 in the MIRA anthology ‘Tis the Season. Praise for Robyn Carr and her novels “For great storytelling and beautifully drawn characters, enter the world of Robyn Carr.” —Susan Elizabeth Phillips, New York Times–bestselling author “The Virgin River books are so compelling—I connected instantly with the characters and just wanted more and more and more.” —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times–bestselling author “No one can do small-town life like Carr.” —RT Book Reviews

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Backward Glances reveals that the passionate love one woman feels for another occupies a position of unsuspected centrality in contemporary Chinese mass cultures. By examining representations of erotic and romantic love between women in popular films, elite and pulp fiction, and television dramas, Fran Martin shows how youthful same-sex love is often framed as a universal, even ennobling, feminine experience. She argues that a temporal logic dominates depictions of female homoeroticism, and she traces that logic across texts produced and consumed in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan during the twentieth century and the early twenty-first. Attentive to both transnational cultural flows and local particularities, Martin shows how loving relations between women in mass culture are usually represented as past experiences. Adult protagonists revel in the repeated, mournful narration of their memories. Yet these portrayals do not simply or finally consign the same-sex loving woman to the past—they also cause her to reappear ceaselessly in the present. As Martin explains, memorial schoolgirl love stories are popular throughout contemporary Chinese cultures. The same-sex attracted young woman appears in both openly homophobic and proudly queer-affirmative narratives, as well as in stories whose ideological valence is less immediately clear. Martin demonstrates that the stories, television programs, and films she analyzes are not idiosyncratic depictions of marginal figures, but manifestations of a broader, mainstream cultural preoccupation. Her investigation of representations of same-sex love between women sheds new light on contemporary Chinese understandings of sex, love, gender, marriage, and the cultural ordering of human life.

In "A Backward Glance at Eighty," Charles Albert Murdock presents a compelling collection of stories that encapsulate his historical reflections, meticulously compiled into an unmarried, accessible extent. With a commitment to making these narratives low priced and to be had to readers of every age, Murdock weaves tales that vary from exciting and incredible to subtly fascinating. This anthology isn't simply a group of memories; it is a historical adventure thru the United States, imparting a numerous array of thoughts seamlessly introduced collectively in an unmarried, comprehensive draft. Murdock's storytelling prowess is clear as a few narratives enthrall with their charming information, even as others lightly draw readers into their narratives. Deemed a historical evaluate of the U.S., this collection serves as a precious useful resource for readers looking for insights into the kingdom's past. Enhanced with a visually attractive cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of "A Backward Glance at Eighty" embraces a current aesthetic at the same time as retaining clarity. The writer's undertaking to make history available and engaging for anybody is reflected not handiest in the content material however additionally inside the thoughtful presentation of this version.

Picoult's eeriest and most engrossing work yet delves into a virtually unknown chapter of American history--Vermont's eugenics project of the 1920s and 30s--to provide a compelling study of the things that come back to haunt those in the present, both literally and figuratively.