Baudoin’s beguiling portrayals of day-to-day lives belie the unsettling feeling of things unseen and unsaid, and on the verge of falling apart. In the title story, a pregnant woman on an eco-adventure to escape a recent break-up finds herself heading towards an even murkier future. In “Mengele in Love,” a chambermaid in a hotel reminisces about her lost love for a previous resident. As Alberto Manguel observes in his introduction “each story takes a situation to unexpected extremes, and the endings are always surprising and subtly justified.” Baudoin’s beBaudoin’s beguiling portrayals of day-to-day lives belie the unsettling feeling of things unseen and unsaid, and on the verge of falling apart. In the title story, a pregnant woman on an eco-adventure to escape a recent break-up finds herself heading towards an even murkier future. In “Mengele in Love,” a chambermaid in a hotel reminisces about her lost love for a previous resident. As Alberto Manguel observes in his introduction “each story takes a situation to unexpected extremes, and the endings are always surprising and subtly justified.”guiling portrayals of day-to-day lives belie the unsettling feeling of things unseen and unsaid, and on the verge of falling apart. In the title story, a pregnant woman on an eco-adventure to escape a recent break-up finds herself heading towards an even murkier future. In “Mengele in Love,” a chambermaid in a hotel reminisces about her lost love for a previous resident. As Alberto Manguel observes in his introduction “each story takes a situation to unexpected extremes, and the endings are always surprising and subtly justified.” Views: 24
Mia never dreamed that she would see her happily ever after... so why are her dreams slowly turning into a nightmare?Sharing Mia is Book 2 of the Mia and the City Series, and starts right where Claiming Mia leaves off.***A sweet and spicy story with MFM love scenes and multiple happy endings.*** Views: 24
For readers of The Paris Wife and The Swans of Fifth Avenue comes a love story inspired by "one of the most intriguing relationships in history"*—between Eleanor Roosevelt and "first friend" Lorena Hickok. Lorena Hickok meets Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 while reporting on Franklin Roosevelt's first presidential campaign. Having grown up worse than poor in South Dakota and reinvented herself as the most prominent woman reporter in America, "Hick," as she's known to her friends and admirers, is not quite instantly charmed by the idealistic, patrician Eleanor. But then, as her connection with the future first lady deepens into intimacy, what begins as a powerful passion matures into a lasting love, and a life that Hick never expected to have. She moves into the White House, where her status as "first friend" is an open secret, as are FDR's own lovers. After she takes a job in the Roosevelt administration, promoting and protecting both Roosevelts, she... Views: 24
Behind the bars on her window, Rosa Maria dreams of sunshine, love, calm, and leaving the city where she lives with her family. She suffers her father's beatings, hides her femininity behind shapeless clothing, and pines for the beautiful Jason as she awaits her opportunity to flee. Meanwhile, her older brother is found dead in a nearby parking lot, and the neighborhood explodes in a riot against the police. Rosa Maria resolves to act before she is devoured by family intrigues and despair. Wilfried N'Sondé's powerful voice creates a palpable sense of the absence of hope and the social and racial isolation that pervade the Paris projects, even as he never abandons the expansive capacity of individuals to dream of better lives beyond a seemingly hopeless reality. Views: 24
