Exploring themes of identity and self-acceptance, this novel follows a woman's journey as she navigates her roles as a mother, lover, artist, and friend. Through a blend of emotional depth and insight, the story delves into the complexities of personal relationships and the struggle for self-discovery, offering a poignant reflection on the multifaceted nature of womanhood.
In 1857, at a place called Mountain Meadows in southern Utah, a band of Mormons and Indians massacred 120 emigrants. Twenty years later, the slaughter was blamed on one man named John D. Lee, previously a member of Brigham Young’s inner circle. Red Water imagines Lee’s extraordinary frontier life through the eyes of three of his nineteen wives. Emma is a vigorous and capable Englishwoman who loves her husband unconditionally. Ann, a bride at thirteen years old, is an independent adventurer. Rachel is exceedingly devout and married Lee to be with her sister, his first wife. These spirited women describe their struggle to survive Utah’s punishing landscape and the poisonous rivalries within their polygamous family, led by a magnetic, industrious, and considerate husband, who was also unafraid of using his faith to justify desire and ambition.
Set against the backdrop of the Mountain Meadows massacre in 1857, the narrative explores the life of John D. Lee through the perspectives of three of his wives. Emma embodies strength and unconditional love, while Ann, married at thirteen, seeks independence and adventure. Rachel, deeply religious, marries Lee to be near her sister. Together, they navigate the harsh Utah landscape and the complexities of their polygamous family, revealing the tensions and rivalries fueled by Lee's charismatic yet ambitious nature, intertwined with his religious convictions.
Fleeing a failed marriage and the confines of her Mormon upbringing, Verna Flake embarks on a journey filled with self-discovery. With a unique emotional insight, she navigates her adventures in Los Angeles and Mexico, reflecting on her past while seeking her future. The narrative captures her transformation and the challenges she faces along the way, offering a rich exploration of identity and freedom. A reading group guide is also included to enhance the discussion of her experiences.
Judith Freeman, a young woman from a Mormon community, grapples with her faith and personal upheaval as she navigates divorce and single motherhood while living with her parents. At twenty-two, she balances her life as a mother to a son with health challenges and an affair with a talented surgeon. Amidst these struggles, she embarks on a journey to become a writer, seeking to redefine her identity and purpose in a complex world.
The monumental monochrome paintings of Mark Tansey seem at first to celebrate a landscape's elemental grandeur with photographic accuracy. Icy blues of snow- and oceanscapes show a frozen moment of nature's ungraspability. Then, out of the blue, literally, you make out a face in a large snowball--and not just any face, but Karl Marx's. A vague surfer rides roiling swells around the Statue of Liberty, and the cliff face that climbers are scaling is as impossibly angled as an Escher staircase. Now we realize we're in the same intellectual and often very funny terra infirma of Tansey's earlier quasi-conceptual works, as when he reimagined Picasso and Braque as the Wright brothers trying to get their Cubist plane off the ground. That old and new Tansey territory, a land of slippery perceptions, makes up this survey of an important contemporary American painter.
Die Geschichte folgt Judith Freeman, die aus einer bäuerlichen Großfamilie stammt und während ihres Studiums mit schweren psychischen Problemen konfrontiert wird. Ihre Krankheit führt sie in die Psychiatrie, wo sie sich mit ihren inneren Dämonen auseinandersetzen muss. Das Buch beleuchtet die Herausforderungen und den Kampf um Heilung, während es gleichzeitig die Themen von Familie, Identität und psychischer Gesundheit erforscht. Judiths Weg zur Genesung wird durch ihre Herkunft und die Dynamik ihrer Familie geprägt.
