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![]() ![]() She and her mother first lived with her grandmother in a tiny place in Aberdeen, and when she was older, she was taken into foster care for a while. ![]() Hudson was born to a young Scottish mother – ‘extremely, possibly irretrievably, vulnerable and fractured, and extraordinarily naive’ – and a much older American father, whom she had little to do with. She attended nine primary schools and five secondary schools, and scores 8 out of 10 on the Adverse Childhood Experiences measure of childhood trauma. The poverty she grew up in was all-encompassing, grinding and often dehumanising.’ Hudson was born in Aberdeen, and has lived all over the country – Airdrie, Coatbridge, the northeast of England, Great Yarmouth, and Canterbury. Hudson ‘is proudly working class but she was never proudly poor. When she received the book deal, she wept, ‘because’, she says, ‘I didn’t know how to free myself from the tyranny of silence and the growing shame that came with that voicelessness, because I was terrified of writing this book and also terrified I’d have to live in this pretend sort of way forever if I didn’t.’ This impactful memoir is her first work of non-fiction after two successful novels. She did so even though the idea scared her. Kerry Hudson was asked to write her memoir, Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns, by her publisher. ![]() ![]() This allowed me to build detail-rich settings and experiences in the context of an adventure that drew from real experiences, rather than simply regurgitating them. fictionalize), and extend it with a few twists and turns to keep readers engaged.īy creating a fictional story, I was able to spread fifteen years worth of symptoms and experiences across multiple characters and settings. That's when I decided to break up the story into its parts, rearrange the pieces, massage them (i.e. Halfway through the manuscript, it was obvious that the sheer amount of information and details would be overwhelming for the reader. Initially, I started out with a simple diary format. However, by taking this approach, I was able to accomplish more for the reader. The uniqueness of the patient's journey in and of itself would have made for an interesting story, something that needed to be told. The story takes a patient's actual fifteen year journey and weaves it into a fictional plot. The God Complex was inspired by actual events and offers a twist on the ' faction' genre. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I think it's an important question that all authors need to answer before they begin the fun job of self-promotion.īefore I began the interview process, I sat down and wrote out my reasons for writing The God Complex, which I will describe below. Like most authors, I was recently asked why I wrote my book and what I hoped to achieve. ![]() ![]() Well, how would you feel? Your kid is involved in a car crash with your ex and his new bird and you hear it from the TV news! Neither John nor Yoko have bothered to call. ![]() I can see, now, what I didn’t then.Īmong the platinum discs and treasured belongings there’s another story not doing too much struggling to come out, about the husband and dad known to the world as John Lennon.Ī bit of a selfish sod, our John, despite his amazing talent! Too much Lucy in the Sky, perhaps… You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away explains her situation, all those years ago. I went to see Julian Lennon’s Beatles Memorabilia Exhibition in Gibraltar and there was his Mum, looking good (for her age), sharing intimate moments of her life with John from a TV screen.Īs it turned out, not quite as I’d imagined…īeing the wife of a Beatle was not such A Taste of Honey … more of A Hard Day’s Night, as you’ll discover if you visit this extraordinarily personal exhibition and read between Cynthia’s poignant lines. The Fab Four dropped to the bottom of my album collection and Cynthia didn’t cross my mind again for the next 40 years. ![]() ![]() A lot of us teenage girls were a bit psycho, that way, in the psychedelic Sixties pinning Beatles to our bedroom walls like crazed etymologists fantasising about John / George / Paul / Ringo – take your pick – Eight Days A Week.Ĭynthia was married to MY John. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book spawned a 1983 film adaptation as well as a television series.Īs a child in 1953, Johnny Smith falls unconscious while ice-skating, then mumbles a prophetic warning to an adult who later suffers an accident. The Dead Zone is King's seventh novel and the fifth under his own name. The TV series Castle Rock takes place in this fictional town and makes references to the Strangler whom Johnny helped track down in The Dead Zone. The Dead Zone is the first story by King to feature the fictional town of Castle Rock, which serves as the setting for several later stories and is referenced in others. The book was nominated for the Locus Award in 1980 and was dedicated to King's son Owen. ![]() Though earlier King books were successful, The Dead Zone was the first of his novels to rank among the ten best-selling novels of the year in the United States. ![]() When some information is blocked from his perception, Johnny refers to that information as being trapped in the part of his brain that is permanently damaged, "the dead zone." The novel also follows a serial killer in Castle Rock, and the life of rising politician Greg Stillson, both of whom are evils Johnny must eventually face. The story follows Johnny Smith, who awakens from a coma of nearly five years and, apparently as a result of brain damage, now experiences clairvoyant and precognitive visions triggered by touch. The Dead Zone is a science fiction thriller novel by Stephen King published in 1979. ![]() ![]() Because YA is vast, this should come as little surprise - a good book is studied for a host of reasons. In many cases, there are YA lit classes in English departments, creative writing departments, education departments, library studies departments, and even in some less literature-forward departments, such as biology, politics, and history. YA books can be found in all departments of study throughout the higher education sphere. But what are the most read YA books in college and university classes? ![]() And indeed, as YA continues to be taken more seriously as a form of literature, it has found its way onto more college and university syllabi for study. This is due to too many factors to name, but it is a welcome shift in perspective both for the books and for the young people for whom the books are aimed. The category of young adult literature is 55 years old, and since its “official” beginning with The Outsiders in 1967, it has not only grown in popularity, its reputation as a body of thought-provoking literature has, too. ![]() ![]() ![]() Other notable plays include Desdemona, A Play About A Handkerchief (1979) The Oldest Profession (1981) And Baby Makes Seven (1984) Hot 'N Throbbing (1994) and The Mineola Twins (1996).Īlthough no particular theme or topic dominates her work, she often examines traditionally controversial issues such as sexual abuse and prostitution. She is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned To Drive (1997), which examines the impact and echoes of child sexual abuse and incest. Vogel also attended Bryn Mawr College from 1969 to 19 to 1972.Ī productive playwright since the late 1970s, Vogel first came to national prominence with her AIDS-related seriocomedy The Baltimore Waltz, which won the Obie award for Best Play in 1992. She is a graduate of The Catholic University of America (1974, B.A.) and Cornell University (1976, M.A.). to Donald Stephen Vogel, an advertising executive, and Phyllis Rita Bremerman, a secretary for United States Postal Service Training and Development Center. ![]() She received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, How I Learned to Drive. Paula Vogel is an American playwright and university professor. ![]() ![]() ![]() And her damn parrot speaks only in curse words. She won’t shake hands with or touch another person, but has no problems cuddling with a dog. She glares at everyone, especially babies. ![]() She mumbles to herself, but won’t respond when asked a question. Shelly Sullivan is not nice and is never accommodating. But since his twin decided to leave town, and his other brother hired a stunning human-porcupine hybrid as a replacement mechanic for their auto shop, Beau Winston’s charmed life has gone to hell in a handbasket. Handsome as the devil and twice as charismatic, Beau lives a charmed life as everyone’s favorite Winston Brother. ![]() ★★★★★ Goodreads Choice Award Semi-Finalist for Best Romance ★★★★★įrom the NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, & USA TODAY bestselling seriesĪll is fair in love and auto maintenance.īeau Winston is the nicest, most accommodating guy in the world. He hates everything about her, so why can’t he get her out of his mind? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is currently working on a biography of Billie Holiday’s origins in Baltimore. Most recently, Jackson authored a 2022 memoir, Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore, a collection of essays about his life and the complex past and present state of Baltimore. In his current role at Johns Hopkins University, he specializes in African American literature and history. He taught at Howard University after completing his doctorate, and later joined the faculty of Emory University in 2002. The event will take place in Harbach Theatre, located inside the Ford Center for the Fine Arts, starting at 11:00 a.m.Ī native of Baltimore, Maryland, Jackson earned his doctorate in English and American literature at Stanford University in 1997. ![]() Knox College is set to host Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History Lawrence Jackson as the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day convocation event Monday, January 16. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Green Party gained seven seats, bringing their total to eight, while there was a single independent winner.Ĭouncillor Jewel Miah, the leader of the Labour Party in Charnwood, said this leaves the council under no overall control, and that Labour will be talking with other parties over the weekend to establish how the council will be run.Ĭoun Miah said: "It’s a fantastic result for Labour in Charnwood. Labour increased their total number of seats to 20. Now, voters across the borough have decided that it's time for a change with the Conservatives dropping to 23 seats, with former council leader Jonathan Morgan losing his seat. ![]() The Green Party had one seat, and there were two independent councillors. The Conservatives went into the election holding 37 seats, with the Labour Party forming the opposition with 12 councillors. The council has been held by the Conservatives for the past 16 years, but briefly had a Labour majority in the late '90s, followed by eight years when no party had overall control.Ĭandidates stood in 24 wards, four less than previously due to boundary changes made by the Government, but the total number of councillors remains at 52. ![]() The results are in, and the people of Charnwood have decided who will represent them for the next four years. ![]() |