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In the heat of the summer, in the heart of the South, changes begin to take place. Tab and Tina, two sisters, grew up down the road from the cradle of the KKK. When they leave their conservative town in Alabama to go to the progressive Highlander Folk School, a place that pushes for integration, the way they see the world around them is challenged. Tabs childhood friend, Maudie, who never gave much thought to the Civil Rights movement, ends up heading a voter registration program.And Charles, Tab and Tinas father, rethinks his own views when a longtime friend urges him to support a dark horse candidate. This is a summer with swirling winds of changeand no one will be left untouched.
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One of the better novels about the civil rights movement.......2007-09-14
They say that the plot of every story is either that someone goes on a journey (real or metaphorical) or else a stranger comes to town. This novel, set in the South in the 60s, involves both plots: a young white girl from a small town in Alabama goes on a journey -- both real and metaphorical -- as a result of her aunt from California coming to town. Likewise, a young black girl from a small town in Alabama goes on a journey -- from a polio hospital to a backwoods black church, where she is expected to prepare the uninterested congregants to register to vote.
In the first journey, a progressive but not very sensible California aunt takes a young white girl and her older sister to Monteagle, Tennessee, to the really existed civil rights camp so influential in the civil rights movement. This was the camp attended by a number of sixties civil rights activists (including Rosa Parks)
The girls' parents (Southern moderates) think they're all off visiting friends of the aunt. At Monteagle, the girls are exposed to a whole different way of thinking, and the young white girl develops a relationship -- and eventually a friendship -- with a young biracial girl from the north.
While this is going on, in a separate story that finally connects to the story of the girls at Monteagle, the young black girl settles in at the backwoods church and starts holding classes. No-one is interested in registering to vote (not surprisingly, given the dangers) but they are interested in other things -- so she gets them involved in building a float for the annual town parade.
I give this book five stars not because it's the best book ever written about race in the South, but because it is memorable -- and takes its own view of events, as a number of stories unfold.
As to the choice of the word "saved" in the title, at least two people are saved, but not in the religious sense. They are saved existentially --changed for the better -- by being exposed to new ideas. Additionally, the aunt and the two girls are also saved from some very real danger.
I found the beginning too slow, but once the stories get going, it moved right along.
Devoto adds little to her admirable commitment to civil rights movement in most recent work.......2006-10-11
In her two previous novels, Pat Cunningham Devoto established herself as an author who deals sensitively with young women coming of age in the American South during the tumultuous years of the civil rights movement. Her most recent novel, "The Summer We Got Saved" is well-written enough to neither enhance or diminish her reputation. Possessing a strong narrative that intertwines both the personal and social challenges her two pivotal adolescent girls encounter, Devoto's novel wears thin in its flimsy characterization and its tendency towards excessive cuteness. In the afterword, Devoto comments that her "story is about ordinary people trying to cope with monumental social and political change." Angered "by the way history overlooks the valiant effort most folks in living their own lives and...tryng to do the right thing," Devoto's commits her novel to redressing that wrong.
Her two protagonists -- one white, one African-American -- carry different burdens. The rambunctious Tab grows up in a secure home, blessed by loving parents and a firm grasp of family heritage. Unfortunately, that heritage is tainted by the salient fact that her great grandfather was one of the founders of the Ku Klux Klan. Initially, Tab reveres her history but slowly comes to understand the essential flaws of familial and social racism. Brooding Maudie never has the luxury of easy living; she chafes under the physical limitations of being stricken with polio and resolves, by her own actions and example, to battle prejudice. Both Tab and Maudie indirectly and slowly immerse themselves in a movement too large for either to comprehend. Each does what she must: to understand, endure and respond.
It is Tab's iconoclastic, liberal Aunt Eugenia who furtively introduces her to the civil rights movement by taking Tab and her older sister to the Highlander Folk School, a mecca of civil rights activism in the 1950s and early 1960s. Inadvertently, Tab discovers, through shocking first-hand exposure, that racism injures, and those fighting it will retain its scars for a lifetime. Never one to move comfortably between her once-proud Dixie identity and her newfound participation in what her family would consider a scandalous integrated experiment in social equality, Tab begrudgingly befriends a proud, bi-racial girl her age. Their evolving relationship underscores the promise and problems of ending the prevailing caste system in the American South and replacing it with an egalitarian one.
Maudie slowly reconciles her seeming banishment to the backwaters of northern Alabama, far from the hot spots of direct non-violent protest, with her realization that her contribution, quiet and nearly invisible to the world, to the civil rights movement may be as enduring. Her voting rights school initially attracts only a handful of women but eventually attracts an array of men who seize upon Maudie's commitment and respectful dedication as a means of education. Maudie, in turn, celebrates the teaching of literacy and economic self-sufficiency, and, as she does, gains a genuine sense of personal authority and moral integrity.
The power of these braided discoveries is undercut by the author's inclusion of a never-ending cast of rather stereotypical characters. Tab's sister, Tina, teeters between being a typical sex-crazed adolescent and a forceful voice for equality. The adults in Tab's life tend to lack much dimension. Her hard-working, understated father laments his loss of status and yearns for a South unleashed from its bigoted past. Most of the adult women are content to keep their place, happily bringing platters of food from the kitchen and scooping dollops of hand-churned ice cream while fanning themselves on the front porch. There's even an Uncle Tom in "The Summer We Got Saved," but he's a white buffoon whose redneck humor grates throughout.
The secondary African-American characters don't receive much better treatment. The elderly women of Maudie's voting rights school lament the lack of motivation of the menfolk, and two "cotton girls" come in as harlots but leave as born-again converts. Devoto calls The Reverend Earl one of the heroes of the novel, but his commitment to Jim Crow accommodations at the local drive-in underscores an essential cowardice. His acts of conscience are tinctured with economic survival, and full pockets often trump commitment to a larger sense of justice.
It's not that "The Summer We Got Saved" is so much a disappointment as it is a lost opportunity. Instead of shedding light on the nobility of unrecognized individuals in service of an ideal, the novel sentimentalizes. Whether it is the wide (and wild) eyed idealism of Aunt Eugenia, the never-ending suffering of the town Jew, Rubin, or the Leave-It-To-Beaver enthusiasms of Tab, Devoto's characters are too large for the page. The giants of the civil rights movement lived all over the South, and they deserve recognition. Their stores need to be recounted, but in a way that properly serves history. Devoto's third novel is full of good intentions, but intentions alone do not save the work from betrayed expectations.
Surprisingly wonderful.......2006-05-08
My tastes don't usually run toward the incessant rehashing of the civil rights days. But this novel was a wonderful surprise of refreshing insight. The characters were beautifully developed. I am constantly reading and then forgetting most books. But I don't think I'll forget this book - ever.
wonderful and thoughtful novel!.......2006-05-06
A summer in the early 1960s has a lasting impact on the lives of three people. Fans of Devoto will recognize the characters from My Last Days as Roy Rogers.
Tab is a sheltered teenager growing up in Alabama. At the beginning of the novel, her biggest concern is being able to sit at a booth in Towbridge's (a local high school hang out). She is less than thrilled when her liberal Aunt Eugenia secretly arranges for Tab and her older sister, Tina, to attend a Civil Rights camp. Tab's friendship with Domenique Calder, the biracial daughter of a divorced Civil Rights movement leader, exposes her to cruelty and social injustice.
Maudie's big goal is to leave the Tuskegee Polio Clinic. She agrees to start a voting school for members of the Word of Truth Missionary Baptist Church. As a newcomer to the community, she must work to gain the trust and friendship of others. She gradually gains acceptance by teaching the adults how to read and other important life skills.
Charles, Tab and Tina's father, decides to defy his family and support a candidate with a pro-integration platform. This creates tension since Charles' relatives support segregation; they fondly remember Cousin John Lester who was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Charles' involvement in the campaign makes him realize that he can choose to be unaware or he can choose to do the right thing.
Devoto's characters are engaging and life-like because they are forced to re-examine and re-establish their positions in a changing society. At the end of summer, Tab realizes that Aunt Eugenia "had lifted them out of their place in the puzzle, that she had reshaped them just enough so that now they might never fit back in place." (p.394).
I found myself thinking about the characters and their stories after the novel ended.
Armchair Interviews says: The Summer We Got Saved is a wonderful and thoughtful novel that dealt with issues of racism, privilege and friendship.
Eye-opening Look at the Civil Rights Era.......2006-02-06
This novel follows the summer of three characters in 1960s Alabama.
Tab and Tina are dragged off to the Highlander Folk School by their shockingly liberal Aunt Eugenia. Tab resents her aunt's antics, and she has no interest in the Civil Rights movement.
Charles is Tab and Tina's father. He runs a cotton plantation, lives in town, supports the same long-shot for governor he has for years, and does his best to make do.
Maudie was a patient at the Tuskegee Polio Clinic and took the first opportunity to get out. When she signed up to run a voting school at a poor black church, she was let down to see it was a backwoods building in a gully off the main road.
Lovingly written, this novel will stick in the reader's heart for a long time. Through the long-ago summer's events, every day happenings and unusual situations reveal the range of issues raised by the movement. Naivety, willful blindness, hatred, love, and a host of other emotions bring the reader into a sad, but marvelous era that should never be forgotten.
-C.W.
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- Sci/Fi & Romance - Who Thought?
- Excellent way to start this series
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J.D. Robb Collection 1: Naked in Death, Glory in Death, Immortal in Death (In Death)
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Naked in Death
Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant hunting for a ruthless killer. In over ten years on the force, she's seen it all - and knows that her survival depends on her instincts. And she's going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire - and suspect in Eve's murder investigation. But passion and seduction have rules of their own, and it's up to Eve to take a chance in the arms of a man she knows nothing about - except the addictive hunger of needing his touch.
Glory in Death
The first victim was found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second was murdered in her own apartment building. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas had no problem finding connections between the two crimes. Both victims were beautiful and highly successful women. Their glamorous lives and loves were the talk of the city. And their intimate relations with men of great power and wealth provided Eve with a long list of suspects -including her own lover, Roarke.
Immortal in Death
She was one of the most sought after women in the world. A top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted - even another woman's man. And now she was dead, the victim of a brutal murder. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas put her professional life on the line to take the case when suspicion fell on her best friend, the other woman in the fatal love triangle.
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Sci/Fi & Romance - Who Thought?.......2007-09-20
This is a wonderful series of books. PLEASE - start at the beginning and read them in order. Science fiction, police mystery, romance, and comedy! There is something for everyone. Not really into sci/fi? Don't worry - it is not overly done. A great cast of characters working together.
Excellent way to start this series.......2004-11-25
This set is the 1st three books in an Excellent Series. If you like books in a series that follows one character, this is a must have. These stories are actually two parallel stories. They will tug on your heartstrings with the lessons learned in love and friendship, as well as the struggle to to discover oneself and appeal to your sense of thrill seeking and the search for justice. Eve Dallas, a hard nose New York City Homicide Detective, breaks down the case, layer by layer as she stands for her victims. These books are set in the year 2058, a future that is so tangible you can see and feel the rightness of how it's portrayed. Beatifully written and in such depth that you watch Eve Develop into a better person as she solves each case and stands for the victims that no longer have any means of standing for themselves. Her sense of right and wrong is so true to real life, flaws and all. Her struggles to maintain the line without crossing over it, all the while fighting the memories of a past that has haunted her since she was found in an alley in Dallas, TX, a child, broken and suffering from amnesia.
Naked in Death is the start of your introduction to the Homicide detective that cares to much, works too hard, and searches for the Killer of a Senator's daughter. It's also her first introduction to Roarke, her main suspect. He is a dynamic billionaire that has always lived on the other side of the law, bent the rules when it suited him, and is unbelievablly sexy and elusive. As she investigates him for the case, her heart is pulled to him in a way that is inconceivable to her. Watch her struggle with the case, search for justice, and discover the possiblities of what could be.
Glory in Death. Eve is searching for a killer that is attacking high profile women in New York. As she sifts through the layers of evidence, She must find the killer and prove that her new lover Roarke isn't the killer though the evidence says he could be involved.
Immortal in Death: Eve must prove that her best friend isn't a killer though all the evidence says she's guilty. As her new love blossoms she struggles with having a personal life and protecting those she holds dear to heart.
After reading these books I was hooked and determined to read each and every book in the series. I anxiously await the release of the next in the series. I would recommend this series to anyone that loves romance novels and has a passion for the suspence of mysteries.
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A wild and often hilarious love story between a fallen angel and a star commander which takes place during the devastating Intergalactic Wars in Orion and beyond. An unforgettable cast of characters leads you through some amazing adventures as the secret key that holds this dimensional universe into the template of duality is revealed and transformed!
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The one source for the Orion story.......2007-01-14
This is the only place to get the new-thought legend of Orion. I was pleasantly surprised at its quality. It is a romance story which usually is not "my thing". Even given that, it made for a interesting tale that drew me in. I'd say it could use a bit more editorial review if it were re-released.
HEALING , AND A JOY TO READ........2000-01-27
This book catapulted me to a level of clarity and healing I was hoping for. It was funny, sad, and exciting. But most profound is the key to healing the illusion of separation and duality. It's a treasure and a map home.Into oneness.
Whispers the truth to your heart..........1999-07-27
This story will fill you with rememberance as you are taken through the past-life history of this starry being, bringing your own anscestry to life. Your heart will remember when you had fallen far far from the starry heavens, and where you landed as you awoke to a new earthly light.
STAR WARS meets LOST ANGEL.......1998-12-03
This marvellous fiction story, set in our galaxy is part star wars, good vs evil, angels and most important self-empowering. Many profound messages, wisdoms and truths can be revealed to the reader if they read between the lines. Would be an excellent movie, but very interesting and page turning book. Solara has done it again! Thank you.
Star Wars meets Angelic Beings.......1998-11-23
This book was incredible. Although it reads like a fiction story, Star Wars type of story, the message is there for the enlightened and searching to see. Gives you insight as to why we are immersed in a world of tyrants, trying to rise above it all and become the true spiritual being we were born to be. Read between the lines and enjoy! Try and see the symbolism. Imagine the casting for the movie version, if some wise soul brings it to film.
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El An Ra: The Healing of Orion
Solara
Manufacturer: Star-Bourne Unlimited, Charlottesville, Va., 1991,
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This hands-on guide helps congregations meet the reality and challenges of today's constantly changing urban and suburban church communities. Congregations in Transition, written in an easy-to-follow workbook format, is designed to help communities of faith focus on the changing needs of their members and explore the opportunities and options open to them.
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Better than the first book.......2002-04-11
In seminary I had read the previous book by these authors ("Studying Congregations") and found it to be a somewhat dated and not as practical. But this book is great! It really helps clarify the issues for any church facing major decisions like relocation, changing membership, redefined mission, etc.
This is the real stuff---it's a must-have!
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La herencia afro antillana logra una combinacion creativa de procedimientos e ingredientes para presentarnos un recetario de cocina alternativa que, ademas de original, resulta sabrosa y nutritiva.
Afro Antillean heritage provides a creative combination of procedures and ingredients in recipes for an original alternative cuisine both delicious and nutritional.
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Good Food from a Book that's a Joy to Own, even if You don't Speak the Lingo.......2007-02-18
The other day I went through my cookbooks, to see if I could weed some out, because I have too many to mention. It's hard getting rid of a cookbook, especially one with a few recipes in it that you've come to love. But I've scanned the recipes I need to keep forever into my MacBook. However, there were an even dozen I couldn't part with. These are books I turn to time and time again, even though I consider myself somewhat of a gourmet chef.
Emma Duprey de Sterling's COCINA ARTESANAL PUERTORRIQUENA is one of the books I kept. Yes the book is in Spanish, so if you don't read the language, you'll need a dictionary or the help of someone who does, but if you persevere, you'll find that you'll both learn a few important Spanish words and that you'll be cooking up something very good. The "Pescado Encebollado" on page 97 is one delicious way to serve salmon. The recipe is simple and easy to cook up. The "Ensalada Verde" (Green Salad) on page 49 is a perfect way to begin a meal, but you'll be giving your dictionary a work out with this one, still it's worth it. This book is a must for a someone who both speaks Spanish and wants to turn out delicious Caribbean dishes and even if you don't speak the lingo, it's still a joy to own.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
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- A handbook for a Lee Middleton doll lover
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Lee Middleton Original Dolls Price Guide
Larry Koon
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A handbook for a Lee Middleton doll lover.......2000-07-20
This book is a real "must have" for a Lee Middleton doll collector. It reviews the production of the Lee Middleton Company from the beginning to year 1999.
Beacause many of the Lee Middleton doll collectors are very familiar of Reva Schick's, the company's present designer's production, the most valuable thing in the book is Lee's early production. The book shows with chronologically ordered pictures of dolls how Lee Middleton company's style was developed. I started to appreciate the dolls in the different way after reading this book.
The main part the book is focused on are prices. All Lee Middleton Company's production is listed and priced. That makes a book very nice handbook for a doll collector. There are also plenty of doll photos in the book. The price lists and photos really make book more a catalog than a book. There are only few actual articles in the book: stories about Lee and Reva, the designers, and some other fairly short chapters.
What I really missed were the presentation of different head molds and lists of dolls by head mold. Many collectors are very interested on different head molds and the purpose of many collection is to show different head molds.
There were plenty of photos, but most of them have been published in catalogs and web pages many times before. I would have loved to see more photos taken for this book only.
Instead of giving prices of the dolls, Larry Koon could have given a price range which would have shown better that the value of a doll highly depends on the condition of the doll.
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Woodcarver Tom Wolfe has never been accused of depictng the rich and famous, at least not without his tongue in his cheek. He always sees the rough edges that make his miniature characters look human, and a little bit off-center. So it is with these angels. A little wrinkled and and a lot ugly, they are proof that God must have a sense of humor. Tom is a great teacher and takes the reader through each step of carving, finishing, and painting these angels, sharing the secrets he has learned over a rich and fruitful woodcarving career. Everything you need to know about making these angels is illustrated with a color photograph, and there are patterns to help you carve a whole band of them. This long-awaited book will be a welcomed addition to your woodcarving library.
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Kitchens for the Rest of Us.......2007-01-14
I agree whole heartedly with the other reviewer. This book is an excellent source of practical advise for planning a great small kitchen that won't require spending exorbitant amounts of money. The kitchens shown are all practical, efficient and wonderful to study. Although the book was published 20 years ago it was interesting to see how applicable and contemporary almost all of the suggestions still are. I collect interior design and decorating books/magazines that show you how to make small spaces with small budgets fabulous, and this is the best one on kitchens I own.
Smart design for real life kitchens.......2003-10-11
This book spells out EXACTLY how to design a kitchen that works for you, without spending the equivalent of a year's tuition at an Ivy League college. Packed with incredibly useful information and superb illustration, the unswerving focus on creating the most efficient kitchen possible is the perfect antidote to the excesses of current kitchen design trends. Using Murrell's insights and ideas, anyone can get a better kitchen for free, just by rearranging their working centers according to the sound design principles he spells outs. We are overjoyed by the kitchen we created IKEA cabinets and some desparately needed new appliances. This book should be a classic - if you have a small kitchen and a small budget, it will give you both hope and help!
Smart design for real life kitchens.......2003-10-11
This book spells out EXACTLY how to design a kitchen that works for you, without spending the equivalent of a year's tuition at an Ivy League college. Packed with incredibly useful information and superb illustration, the unswerving focus on creating the most efficient kitchen possible is the perfect antidote to the excesses of current kitchen design trends. Using Murrell's insights and ideas anyone can get a better kitchen for free, just by rearranging their working centers according to the ideas and insights Murrell details. We are overjoyed by the kitchen we created IKEA cabinets and some desparately needed new appliances. This book should be a classic - if you have a small kitchen and a small budget, it will give you both hope and help!
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If Britain surprises you as a source of graphic innovation, think of those posters from the 1920s and '30s promoting London's new subway system, The Underground--the bold red circle with the horizontal slash set in some futurist illustration of urbanity. It's true that England was slow to accept modernism as a vehicle for advertising British goods and industry. While France, Germany, and the U.S. were leaving decorative ornament behind in favor of more bold, industrial, and progressive techniques, English graphic artists held fast to their late-19th-century traditions. But not for long. By the 1920s, young English designers had not only accepted the methods of the Continent, but had made them their own. With the support of British trade and marketing organizations, English posters, packaging, typography, and book designs won international recognition.
The Underground posters are some of the most famous, but they are by no means the only remarkable images to come from this period. British Modern: Graphic Design Between the Wars collects what the authors call "the masterpieces of function and simplicity that characterize the best of the modern as well as the excessive concoctions that evolved or devolved." Constructivist-influenced covers of The Rag Rag magazine; flat, rich color fields of Austin Reed and Kestos clothing advertisements; and heavy-handed, austere wartime propaganda posters are just a few of the hundreds of illustrations that make this book a useful reference for anyone interested in design. The book's horizontal format allows for many images to fit on a page, but it works against the full-page illustrations, which tend to bleed off the page. The text is short, readable, and best of all, very informative, explaining the history, trends, and exhibitions that contributed to Britain's particular surge in creative activity. --Manine Golden
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The newest addition to the Art Deco series, British Modern is the first to focus on Great Britain's contribution. An essential resource for graphic artists, designers, and anyone interested in advertising or art history, British Modern contains over 200 reproductions of classic Art Deco work from the 20s, 30s, and early 40s. Here are RAF posters, cigarette packages, post office greeting cards, Vogue magazine covers, travel promotionals, ads for London nightclubs, and other examples of Deco style. Some of the best pieces turn up in the most unlikely places -- the tiny packages in which razors were sold, for example, yield an impressive display of bold and beautiful Deco artistry. Copious inspiration for designer or artist, British Modern also presents a novel portrait of English life in the first half of the 20th century.
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Deco Lovers Delight.......2004-11-18
Anyone who collects or has an interest in Art Deco must own a copy of this collectible book. In fact, you'll love the artwork so much, you may want to order two copies. A friend told me he pulled his first copy apart and framed some of the ads for decoration -- a great idea. The smaller size of some of the artwork makes it perfect for displaying two or three different designs in a frame, separated by matting. (Hint: Have the mats cut in deco style.) Hmmm . . . I may copy that idea!
You will love this book.
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Intimacies: Private Conversations With Very Public Women
Alan Ebert
Manufacturer: Lightning Bug Press
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Oprah. Liz. Aretha. Diana. Faye. Brooke. Vanessa. Roseanne. Goldie. Katharine. Lena. Dionne. Rosemary. Patti. Raquel. Eartha. Carol. Ali. Pearl.
In 30 years of conducting celebrity interviews, Alan Ebert has talked with the most famous women in the entertainment world. Ebert is respected as one of the top celebrity profilers in the industry. Intimacies is a collection of his best interviews from Cosmopolitan, Essence, Ladies' Home Journal, Parade, Sunday Woman, and more. In 38 interviews, some of America's most famous women share their thoughts and deepest feelings on love, sex, marriage, fame, aging, racism, and their own personal struggles to succeed.
Intimacies also contains personal, no-holds-barred commentary, giving you the behind-the-scenes story behind the stories: ego trips, graciousness, back-stabbing editors, censorship, what hit the fan when they were published, and why his article on Roseanne never saw print in the U.S.
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