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Muiwlanej kikamaqki "Honouring Our Ancestors": Mi’kmaq Who Left a Mark on the History of the Northeast, 1680 to 1980 (Studies in Atlantic Canada History)
by Janet E. ChuteDrawing upon oral and documentary evidence, this volume explores the lives of noteworthy Mi’kmaw individuals whose thoughts, actions, and aspirations impacted the history of the Northeast but whose activities were too often relegated to the shadows of history. The book highlights Mi’kmaw leaders who played major roles in guiding the history of the region between 1680 and 1980. It sheds light on their community and emigration policies, organizational and negotiating skills, diplomatic endeavours, and stewardship of land and resources. Contributors to the volume range from seasoned scholars with years of research in the field to Mi’kmaw students whose interest in their history will prove inspirational. Offering important new insights, the book re-centres Indigenous nationhood to alter the way we understand the field itself. The book also provides a lengthy index so that information may be retrieved and used in future research. Muiwlanej kikamaqki – Honouring Our Ancestors will engage the interest of Indigenous and non-Indigenous readers alike, engender pride in Mi’kmaw leadership legacies, and encourage Mi’kmaw youth and others to probe more deeply into the history of the Northeast.
Mujer y poder en el siglo XIX: La vida extraordinaria de Juana Catarina Romero, cacica de Tehuantepec
by Francie Chassen-López«Juana Cata nunca se casó, así que fue libre, independiente y empresaria en una época en la que eso no era bien visto en una mujer.» Fuera de Oaxaca y, en particular, de su natal Tehuantepec, el nombre de Juana Catarina Romero es poco conocido. Si acaso detona alguna referencia, es como la supuesta "amante zapoteca" del joven Porfirio Díaz. Además de que este hecho nunca ha sido comprobado, se ha convertido en un mito que opaca una vida extraordinaria: la de una mujer de origen humilde, quien en su juventud fue vendedora ambulante de cigarrillos y espía del ejército liberal en la Guerra de Reforma, y quien, gracias a su tenacidad y habilidad política, llegó a ser una exitosa empresaria azucarera, una comerciante internacional y el árbitro de la sociedad tehuantepecana. Juana Cata tuvo una vida fuera de serie, entretejida con tres periodos cruciales de la historia de México: la ReformaLiberal, el porfirismo y la Revolución. Fue una mujer independiente que logró abrirse camino en un mundo dominado por los hombres, aunque su vida no estuvo exenta de contradicciones. Ella fue una impulsora de la modernidad, pero de una modernidad a la tehuantepecana, la cual unía el progreso, el catolicismo y las tradiciones zapotecas del istmo. El presente estudio es la biografía más completa de Juana Catarina Romero, sustentado en una investigación exhaustiva de muchos años. Al mismo tiempo que recrea la trayectoria de este sorprendente personaje -cómo una mujer humilde y analfabeta llegó a los altos rangos de la sociedad mexicana-, esta biografía proporciona una nueva perspectiva sobre la vida y el papel de las mujeres mexicanas en el siglo xix.
Mujeres Innovadoras
by Justin Sachs Alma Edith GarciaMujeres Innovadoras presenta a las principales emprendedoras y sus secretos del oficio. Va detrás de las cámaras dentro de las empresas dirigidas por mujeres y comparte los principios rectores, las herramientas y las estrategias que les ayudan para competir. Si usted está buscando iniciar un negocio o está buscando construir uno que ya ha iniciado, estas mujeres compartirán sus mejores consejos de cómo se puede tener éxito. El libro describe los pasos específicos que las mujeres pueden tomar para combinar el éxito empresarial con la realización personal e ilustra los beneficios de las mujeres en el ámbito laboral y en el hogar.
Mujeres bonitas
by Cesar BianchiCatorce testimonios que dan cuenta de la realidad y los sueños demujeres que tuvieron que ponerle precio a su cuerpo y al goce de sucompañía. "Con precisión y firmeza, César Bianchi recorre en catorce relatos todala gama de estados de ánimo en la vida de putas uruguayas. Aunque muydistintas entre sí, la escort VIP, la madre adolescente, la carperarural..., a todas las une el cordón umbilical de la pobreza y laexplotación.A veces como hijo, otras como voyeur e incluso como improbable cliente,el autor traza una serie de perfiles de auténtica prostitutas,recorriendo sus testimonios y mostrando los sueños y, más aún, larealidad de mujeres que tuvieron que ponerle un precio a su cuerpo y algoce de su compañía."
Mujeres de Rosas: Incluye las cartas originales de su amante, Eugenia Castro, y la biografía de su
by María Sáenz QuesadaLa madre, la esposa, la hija, la amante, la hermana y la amiga delRestaurador son, en este libro, objeto de una mirada nada convencional,irónica y apasionante. Ricas o pobres, luchadoras, ganadoras o sometidas, los personajes de losque habla este libro son un claro ejemplo de una parte hasta hace pocotiempo olvidada de nuestro pasado: el peso de las mujeres en la historiasocial del poder. Del carácter implacable y varonil de EncarnaciónEzcurra a la abnegación y dulzura de Manuelita Rosas, pasando por elencanto arrollador y la independencia de Agustinita, la hermana menordel dictador, la constelación de prototipos femeninos que rodeó a Rosaspermite reconstruir la enorme influencia que llegaron a tener lasmujeres de sociedad en la sofisticada vida porteña del siglo XIX.María Sáenz Quesada, con su pluma privilegiada, logró unrelato original, riguroso y pionero que se lee con el atractivo de unanovela. Su publicación y su notable repercusión han sido claves en lacomprensión del rol que jugaron desde siempre las mujeres en nuestropaís. Esta nueva edición aporta, además, materiales inéditos quecompletan un cuadro exquisito sobre la vida íntima y privada de lasgrandes personalidades de la historia argentina.
Mujeres de la Conquista
by Lucía GálvezLa historiadora rescata personalidades memorables e historias fascinantes del período de la conquista. La conquista y el poblamiento de nuestro territorio constituyen una epopeya que no siempre ha sido narrada con justeza. Menos aún, el papel relevante que las mujeres han cumplido en ella. Durante esos siglos, españolas, indias y mestizas ejercieron funciones múltiples, soportaron grandes sacrificios y muchas veces fueron silenciadas o padecieron penosas humillaciones. Con el rigor histórico y la solvencia narrativa que la caracterizan, Lucía Gálvez rescata algunas de las personalidades memorables de ese período y nos revela sus historias singulares y fascinantes.
Mujeres del alma mía: Sobre el amor impaciente, la vida larga y las brujas buenas
by Isabel AllendeUna Isabel Allende más Allende que nunca. Un regalo para todos sus lectores, una lección de vida y coraje. Cada año vivido y cada arruga cuentan mi historia. Isabel Allende bucea en su memoria y nos ofrece un emocionante libro sobre su relación con el feminismo y el hecho de ser mujer, al tiempo que reivindica que la vida adulta hay que vivirla, sentirla y gozarla con plena intensidad. En Mujeres del alma mía la gran autora chilena nos invita a acompañarla en este viaje personal y emocional donde repasa su vinculación con el feminismo desde la infancia hasta hoy. Recuerda a algunas mujeres imprescindibles en su vida, como sus añoradas Panchita, Paula o la agente Carmen Balcells; a escritoras relevantes como Virginia Woolf o Margaret Atwood; a jóvenes artistas que aglutinan la rebeldía de su generación o, entre otras muchas, a esas mujeres anónimas que han sufrido la violencia y que llenas de dignidad y coraje se levantan y avanzan... Ellas son las que tanto le inspiran y tanto le han acompañado a lo largo de su vida: sus mujeres del alma. Finalmente, reflexiona también sobre el movimiento #MeToo -que apoya y celebra-, sobre las recientes revueltas sociales en su país de origen y, cómo no, sobre la nueva situación que globalmente estamos viviendo con la pandemia. Todo ello sin perder esa inconfundible pasión por la vida y por insistir en que, más allá de la edad, siempre hay tiempo para el amor.
Mujeres del alma mía: Sobre el amor impaciente, la vida larga y las brujas buenas
by Isabel AllendeUna Isabel Allende más Allende que nunca. Un regalo para todos sus lectores, una lección de vida y coraje. Cada año vivido y cada arruga cuentan mi historia. Isabel Allende bucea en su memoria y nos ofrece un emocionante libro sobre su relación con el feminismo y el hecho de ser mujer, al tiempo que reivindica que la vida adulta hay que vivirla, sentirla y gozarla con plena intensidad. En Mujeres del alma mía la gran autora chilena nos invita a acompañarla en este viaje personal y emocional donde repasa su vinculación con el feminismo desde la infancia hasta hoy. Recuerda a algunas mujeres imprescindibles en su vida, como sus añoradas Panchita, Paula o la agente Carmen Balcells; a escritoras relevantes como Virginia Woolf o Margaret Atwood; a jóvenes artistas que aglutinan la rebeldía de su generación o, entre otras muchas, a esas mujeres anónimas que han sufrido la violencia y que llenas de dignidad y coraje se levantan y avanzan... Ellas son las que tanto le inspiran y tanto le han acompañado a lo largo de su vida: sus mujeres del alma. Finalmente, reflexiona también sobre el movimiento #MeToo -que apoya y celebra-, sobre las recientes revueltas sociales en su país de origen y, cómo no, sobre la nueva situación que globalmente estamos viviendo con la pandemia. Todo ello sin perder esa inconfundible pasión por la vida y por insistir en que, más allá de la edad, siempre hay tiempo para el amor.
Muktibodh
by Nandkishore NawalThis books deals with the life, thoughts and creations of Muktibodh. He was a composer as well as a thinker. He has given his thoughts on the poetry and the society. This book explains briefly the works of Muktibodh.
Mulas, pollos y dos viejos locos
by Victoria Twead Esther Muntaner**Top 10 en el Wall Street Journal** **Aclamado por el New York Times como mejor éxito de ventas** Si Joe y Vicky hubieran sabido lo que supondría mudarse a un diminuto pueblo de montaña de Andalucía, habrían dudado en embarcarse en esta aventura. No tenían ni idea del shock cultural que les esperaba. Ni idea de que sin darse cuenta se convertirían en granjeros de gallinas ni de que tendrían al gallo más peligroso de España como mascota. Ni idea de que ayudarían a capturar a un buitre o de que serían rescatados por una mula. ¿Se quedarán, o volverán a la relativa cordura de Inglaterra? Incluye recetas españolas donadas por las señoras del pueblo.
Mulheres na Idade Média: Rainhas, Santas, Assassinas de Vikings, de Teodora a Elizabeth de Tudor
by Michael Rank Rosa Maria Neves da Silva Melissa RankHistória de um grupo de mulheres que fizeram a diferença na Era Medieval na Europa e no Oriente Médio governando, sendo pioneiras na luta pelos direitos das mulheres num mundo dominado por homens.
Mulla Sadra (Makers of the Muslim World)
by Sayeh MeisamiMulla Sadra (1572-1640) is perhaps the single most important and influential philosopher in the Muslim world. The author of over forty works, he sought to bring to life the whole heritage of Islamic thought, from philosophy to mysticism, and create a more flexible and conciliatory approach to the problems which seemed to dissociate reason from faith. In this wide-ranging profile, Sayeh Meisami reaches beyond historical narrative to assess the true impact of the man and his ideas. This thought provoking and comprehensive account is ideal for readers interested in uncovering the life and thoughts of a man who represents the climax of intellectual tradition at a crucial point in the history of Islamic civilization.
Multi-scale Perspectives on Building Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Cities
by Graziella Bernardo Luis Manuel Palmero IglesiasThe book investigates modern architecture as an architectural and cultural heritage, highlighting with a holistic view of sustainability the aspects that have led to epochal changes in the way cities are designed and lived. Currently, many of these buildings spread throughout the world are not recognized as architectural heritage due to the lack of knowledge of innovations in design approaches, materials and building technologies and their social and economic implications in the development of contemporary cities. The main objective is to raise awareness, promote, revalue and preserve the building heritage of the last century through their maintenance and adaptive reuse to the changing needs of the community according to new models of the circular economy and the use of digital technologies. The topics treated with multidisciplinary approaches reconstruct a recent past of which memory has been lost and highlight how the heritage built is a resource of incalculable value that can greatly contribute to the sustainability of cities.
Multidimensional Democracy
by Jeffrey J. HardenMultidimensional Democracy examines political representation from the supply (legislator) and demand (constituent) perspectives. Focusing on four dimensions - policy, service, allocation, and descriptive representation - it documents systematic variation in what people want from legislators and what legislators choose to emphasize while in office. It has important implications for the study of representation, as well as normative questions about political inequality in America. The demand-side results show that constituents who are economically advantaged tend to prefer policy-based representation while the disadvantaged place relatively more importance in constituent service and/or allocation. Suggestive results from the legislator data complement this finding; legislators in wealthy, white districts tend to focus more on policy while those representing economically disadvantaged and racially diverse districts may place more emphasis on service and/or allocation. A likely consequence is that the policy choices made by representatives reflect the policy preferences of the economically advantaged because policy representation is what those citizens want.
Multidisciplinary Approaches for the Investigation of Textiles and Fibres in the Archaeological Field (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)
by Francesca Coletti Christina Margariti Vanessa Forte Stella SpantidakiThis book is dedicated to the analytical methods and approaches applied to ancient textiles and fibres. It offers an overview of textile archaeology as an archaeological discipline, presenting its history and developments up to state of the art approaches in the study of textiles fibres. It demonstrates how various fields of research have contributed to the development and growth of the discipline. It establishes that fibre identification is a key element in ancient textile studies, showing its importance in understanding a large variety of economic and social aspects of human societies. However, fibre identification in archaeological textiles is not a straightforward task, mainly due to the vast variety of fibres people used in antiquity to make textiles and the more often than not poor condition of preservation of excavated textiles. Currently, comprehensive studies on more traditional fibre identification techniques, such as Scanning Electron and Optical microscopy, spectroscopic techniques (e.g. Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy - FTIR, Raman) and recent advances in αDNA and paleoproteomics, along with experiments on artificial ageing and deterioration of textiles, constitute a promising path down the exploration and analysis of archaeological textiles. This book shows how these techniques have advanced the discipline of textile archaeology and contributed to our understanding of the past. This volume brings together scholars investigating fibres in a holistic way, by the incorporation of a variety of methods, in order to improve the current methodological approaches in the study and conservation of textiles and related material. Chapter 6 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Multilingual Life Writing by French and Francophone Women: Translingual Selves (Routledge Auto/Biography Studies)
by Natalie EdwardsThis volume examines the ways in which multilingual women authors incorporate several languages into their life writing. It compares the work of six contemporary authors who write predominantly in French. It analyses the narrative strategies they develop to incorporate more than one language into their life writing: French and English, French and Creole, or French and German, for example. The book demonstrates how women writers transform languages to invent new linguistic formations and how they create new formulations of subjectivity within their self-narrative. It intervenes in current debates over global literature, national literatures and translingual and transnational writing, which constitute major areas of research in literary and cultural studies. It also contributes to debates in linguistics through its theoretical framework of translanguaging. It argues that multilingual authors create new paradigms for life writing and that they question our understanding of categories such as "French literature."
Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets
by Jon Gosselin Kate Gosselin Beth CarsonAutobiography of a couple who had twins, and three years, sextuplets. Kate chronicles the emotional and exhausting challenges she and Jon faced from conception of the babies through their first two years of life.
Mum's Army
by Winifred PhillipsWinifred Phillips was born in Ilford, Essex, in 1926, one of four children. Sent to a convent boarding school, which she loathed, she trained as a nursery nurse and met George Wheeler, a 19-year-old RAF trainee wireless operator. The pair fell in love and spent a happy year together, only to say goodbye in 1943 before he was sent on bombing missions to Germany. They kept in touch with regular letters but he went missing in 1944 and nobody knew what happened to him. Determined to see something of the world, Winifred joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1948 and enlisted in the Women's Royal Army Corps a year later. For the next two decades she travelled the globe and reached the rank of Warrant Officer Class 2. Her story offers a unique insight into the lives of female service personnel in the 1950s and '60s. She writes wittily and candidly about her time in the army, how life was lived in the mess and the NAAFI, and the scrapes she got into. But she never forgot George. And she never married. At the age of 70, she went on a journey to find out what happened to the only man who would ever win her heart and, 50 years after he disappeared, she was finally able to pay her respects. In 2009, after ten years of campaigning, Win became the first ever female Chelsea Pensioner to be accepted at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, where she lives today.
Mum's Way
by Lynne Barrett-Lee Ian MillthorpeAngie and Ian were childhood sweethearts, Angie adored kids and, as one of eight children himself, Ian was only too happy to have as many as they could. After their marriage they had three sons in quick succession. But then, aged just thirty one, Angie was diagnosed with breast cancer and the couple had to accept they might not be able to have any more. Five years on, though, with Angie well again they went on to have five more. But in 2007, Angie had a shadow on her lung and it was the return of the original breast cancer she thought she had beaten. It seemed the disease had returned to tear their world apart again. Though Ian searched tirelessly for cures, Angie practised acceptance. She wouldn't live to see her children grow up. Raising eight children would be a big job for any couple; to raise them alone, without their mother, an almost Herculean feat. But this was exactly what Angie wanted Ian to be able to do. So in the last months of her life, Angie compiled a list of 'rules' to guide Ian in the future, and put him on an intensive training course, so he could learn all the skills he would need. She taught him how to make her special chicken curry, how to soothe away their hurts, pack their lunchboxes with all their favourites and do all the little things she'd done for them so unthinkingly. And Ian knew he wasn't just doing this for the children. He was doing it so his beloved wife could be comforted by knowing that he had the tools to bring their children up her way. Finally, inevitably, came the hardest task of all. Angie, the job done, had to find the courage to let them go, and Ian and the children the courage to carry on without her.
Mum's Way
by Lynne Barrett-Lee Ian MillthorpeAngie and Ian were childhood sweethearts,Angie adored kids and, as one of eight children himself, Ian was only too happy to have as many as they could. After their marriagethey had three sons in quick succession. But then, aged just thirty one, Angie was diagnosed with breast cancer and the couple had to accept they might not be able to have any more. Five years on,though, with Angie well again they went on to have five more. But in 2007, Angie had a shadow on her lung and it was the return of the original breast cancer she thought she had beaten. It seemed the disease had returned to tear their world apart again. Though Ian searched tirelessly for cures, Angie practised acceptance. She wouldn't live to see her children grow up. Raising eight children would be a big job for any couple; to raise them alone, without their mother, an almost Herculean feat. But this was exactly what Angie wanted Ian to be able to do. So in the last months of her life, Angie compiled a list of 'rules' to guide Ian in the future, and put him on an intensive training course,so he could learn all the skills he would need. She taught him howto makeher special chicken curry, how to soothe away their hurts, pack their lunchboxes with all their favouritesand do all the little things she'd done for them so unthinkingly.And Ian knew he wasn't just doing this for the children. He was doing it so his beloved wife could be comforted by knowing that he had the tools to bring their children up her way. Finally, inevitably, came the hardest task of all. Angie, the job done, hadto find the courage to let them go, and Ian and the children the courage to carry on without her.
Mum's Way
by Lynne Barrett-Lee Ian MillthorpeAngie and Ian were childhood sweethearts,Angie adored kids and, as one of eight children himself, Ian was only too happy to have as many as they could. After their marriagethey had three sons in quick succession. But then, aged just thirty one, Angie was diagnosed with breast cancer and the couple had to accept they might not be able to have any more. Five years on,though, with Angie well again they went on to have five more. But in 2007, Angie had a shadow on her lung and it was the return of the original breast cancer she thought she had beaten. It seemed the disease had returned to tear their world apart again. Though Ian searched tirelessly for cures, Angie practised acceptance. She wouldn't live to see her children grow up. Raising eight children would be a big job for any couple; to raise them alone, without their mother, an almost Herculean feat. But this was exactly what Angie wanted Ian to be able to do. So in the last months of her life, Angie compiled a list of 'rules' to guide Ian in the future, and put him on an intensive training course,so he could learn all the skills he would need. She taught him howto makeher special chicken curry, how to soothe away their hurts, pack their lunchboxes with all their favouritesand do all the little things she'd done for them so unthinkingly.And Ian knew he wasn't just doing this for the children. He was doing it so his beloved wife could be comforted by knowing that he had the tools to bring their children up her way. Finally, inevitably, came the hardest task of all. Angie, the job done, hadto find the courage to let them go, and Ian and the children the courage to carry on without her.
Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?: What drugs did to my family
by Elizabeth Burton-Phillipsi newspaper 'What We're Reading This Week' December 2017'Elizabeth's courage in speaking out is moving, and her ability to move others is impressive. This is a story that needs to be told, and needs to be heard.' - Theresa May, Prime Minister'Elizabeth [is] someone who had the courage to tell her family's story and to challenge attitudes. Elizabeth has already made a difference and I am sure that all those who read this book will be both challenged and inspired.' - Chief Constable Sara Thornton, National Police Chiefs' Council'I cannot praise this book highly enough . . . Born out of personal pain and tragedy, this story will lead you to the birth of DrugFAM . . . It is truly inspiring and wonderful what has been and continues to be achieved through this story.' - Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham'I would urge all parents, teachers and pupils to read this heart-rending book.' - FT Magazine'A book that is moving and ultimately, inspiring.' - Waterstones Books QuarterlyElizabeth Burton Phillips was a teacher, an ordinary mother who had always tried to do the best for her children; she never imagined that her identical twin sons, who had been doing so well at school, would become involved in drugs. She was shocked when they were suspended from school for smoking cannabis; but this was just the start of a terrible descent into personal and family heartbreak. The painful journey ended in the way Elizabeth had always dreaded - a knock on the door in the middle of the night by the police. They gave her the devastating news that her son Nick had killed himself in despair at his heroin addiction. Since his death, Elizabeth has campaigned tirelessly to make parents aware of the pain and suffering caused to families by drug addiction; and her surviving twin, Simon, now drug-free, has contributed his own thoughts to this inspiring and gut-wrenching story that will shake every reader to the core.This new edition brings Elizabeth's story up to date, sharing the inspiring achievements of the author - awarded an MBE in the Queen's 2017 Honours List - and her charity DrugFAM, giving hope to families impacted by addiction.
Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?: What drugs did to my family
by Elizabeth Burton-Phillips MBEi newspaper 'What We're Reading This Week' December 2017'Elizabeth's courage in speaking out is moving, and her ability to move others is impressive. This is a story that needs to be told, and needs to be heard.' - Theresa May, Prime Minister'Elizabeth [is] someone who had the courage to tell her family's story and to challenge attitudes. Elizabeth has already made a difference and I am sure that all those who read this book will be both challenged and inspired.' - Chief Constable Sara Thornton, National Police Chiefs' Council'I cannot praise this book highly enough . . . Born out of personal pain and tragedy, this story will lead you to the birth of DrugFAM . . . It is truly inspiring and wonderful what has been and continues to be achieved through this story.' - Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham'I would urge all parents, teachers and pupils to read this heart-rending book.' - FT Magazine'A book that is moving and ultimately, inspiring.' - Waterstones Books QuarterlyElizabeth Burton Phillips was a teacher, an ordinary mother who had always tried to do the best for her children; she never imagined that her identical twin sons, who had been doing so well at school, would become involved in drugs. She was shocked when they were suspended from school for smoking cannabis; but this was just the start of a terrible descent into personal and family heartbreak. The painful journey ended in the way Elizabeth had always dreaded - a knock on the door in the middle of the night by the police. They gave her the devastating news that her son Nick had killed himself in despair at his heroin addiction. Since his death, Elizabeth has campaigned tirelessly to make parents aware of the pain and suffering caused to families by drug addiction; and her surviving twin, Simon, now drug-free, has contributed his own thoughts to this inspiring and gut-wrenching story that will shake every reader to the core.This new edition brings Elizabeth's story up to date, sharing the inspiring achievements of the author - awarded an MBE in the Queen's 2017 Honours List - and her charity DrugFAM, giving hope to families impacted by addiction.
Mum, Me and Cancer
by Pam WestonHaving your father die and your mother come to live with you is bad enough, especially when she is diagnosed with cancer. How will you manage with her in your house? What about organising all the support she needs? How do you balance her needs against a growing number of grandchildren? Then just when you think you've got it covered, you find a lump in your own breast… This is one woman's true story of what happened to her.
Mumbai New York Scranton
by Jason Fulford Tamara ShopsinAn extraordinarily moving memoir from an iconoclastic new talent--an artist, cook, and illustrator whose adventures at home and abroad reveal the importance of living life with your eyes wide open. Best known for her witty illustrations, and as a cook beside her mischievous father in her family's legendary Manhattan restaurant, in Mumbai New York Scranton, Tamara Shopsin offers a brilliantly inventive, spare, and elegant chronicle of a year in her life characterized by impermanence. In a refreshingly original voice alternating between tender and brazen, Shopsin recounts a trip to the Far East with her sidekick husband and the harrowing adventure that unfolds when she comes home. Entire worlds, deep relationships, and indelible experiences are portrayed in Shopsin's deceptively simple and sparse language and drawings. Blending humor, love, suspense--and featuring photographs by Jason Fulford--Mumbai New York Scranton inspires a kaleidoscope of emotions. Shopsin's surprising and affecting tale will keep you on the edge of your seat.