WILLIAMSTOWN â Bestselling author Ali Benjamin first read Edith Wharton s Ethan Frome, when she was 15 years old. The novella didn t quite resonate with her at the time, but one day, years later as she was explaining the story to her then pre-teen daughter on a snowy hill during a break from sledding, it hit her like the weight of a piano falling on my head. I realized in the years between high school and now, if I were to be one of [the female characters], I would be the mean, old hag, Benjamin said of the story about a man caught between two extremes in life â an older, angry wife and a younger, beautiful woman full of laughter. As soon as that hit me, I immediately thought, But what if [the wife] had reasons to be mean? What if she was not mean, but frustrated, angry? What if Fascism was on the rise? All the elements started falling into place.
Decluttering for Dummies: 6 Insider Secrets for Corralling Your Kitchen Utensil Collection
Decluttering for Dummies: 6 Insider Secrets for Corralling Your Kitchen Utensil Collection
Here are six tips from the experts on how to corral your kitchen clutter and organize those overflowing utensil drawers.
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The coronavirus pandemic didn t just force us to stay home it also forced us into the kitchen, whether we liked it or not. And we don t know about you, but our kitchen drawers are starting to look less gourmet and more like the dollar aisle at Target: a chaotic swirl of spatulas, whisks, serving spoons, tongs, and more.
6 Ridiculously Easy Organizing Resolutions You Can Actually Stick to This Year
6 Ridiculously Easy Organizing Resolutions You Can Actually Stick to This Year
If you ve already thrown in the towel on getting organized in 2021, don t despair! We re here to help get you back in the saddle.
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If your relationship with New Year’s resolutions is anything like ours, then things tend to fall by the wayside right about well, now.
Mid-January has been statistically proven to be the time when all those well-intentioned goals get left behind and replaced with well-worn habits of years past. So if getting organized was one of your resolutions in 2021, there s a good chance you ve thrown in the towel and are already starting to see the clutter pile up.
Look After Her
Packed with action and intrigue, and impeccably paced, Hannah Brown’s debut novel
Look After Her is a gripping, accomplished piece of feminist historical fiction that provides insight into the depths of our connections and the limitations on knowing one another, even in the most intimate of relationships. The novel tells the story of Hedy and Susannah, two teenage sisters living in early twentieth-century Vienna. Shortly after the death of their parents, the sisters are kidnapped and held captive in a brothel. The pair eventually manage to escape, and the novel follows the young women over the subsequent years as they cross Europe, separating only to come together again, finding themselves along the way in milieus both luxurious and perilous.