Let's Not Talk Anymore
Let's Not Talk Anymore

Author: Weng Pixin

Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly

Published: 2022-06-20

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1770466371

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Let’s Not Talk Anymore weaves together five generations of women from Weng Pixin’s family, each at age fifteen. Her lineage is full of breakages—her great grandmother Kuan is sent away from her family in South China, her grandmother Mèi is adopted by a neighbor to help with housework, and her mother, Bing, is heartbroken by her father’s estrangement. Pixin's own story centers on her feelings of isolation and her rebellion from her mother. She extends the line by envisioning a fictional future daughter, Rita, who questions her family’s legacy. While spanning one hundred years, Pixin moves back and forth in time seamlessly, as each woman experiences loneliness and kinship, hope and longing. As each story develops, generational traumas are revealed and fraught relationships passed on from mother to daughter. Creative impulses are stifled or nurtured. They struggle with poverty and neglect. And at some point each woman begins to separate herself from her situation and understand the woman she will become. Pixin’s bold, vibrant paintings fill the aching silences between generations with beauty and emotion. Her paintings conjure complete worlds that these women inhabit. Let's Not Talk Anymore is a family history filled with tender moments as these women find connection with plants, animals, and their own creative pursuits, while struggling to connect with one another.

Let's Not Talk Anymore
Let's Not Talk Anymore

Author: Weng Pixin

Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly

Published: 2021-06-22

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781770464629

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A five-generation family history told through what is seen and heard, if not said Let’s Not Talk Anymore weaves together five generations of women from Weng Pixin’s family, each at age fifteen. Her lineage is full of breakages—her great grandmother Kuan is sent away from her family in South China, her grandmother Mèi is adopted by a neighbor to help with housework, and her mother, Bing, is heartbroken by her father’s estrangement. Pixin's own story centers on her feelings of isolation and her rebellion from her mother. She extends the line by envisioning a fictional future daughter, Rita, who questions her family’s legacy. While spanning one hundred years, Pixin moves back and forth in time seamlessly, as each woman experiences loneliness and kinship, hope and longing. As each story develops, generational traumas are revealed and fraught relationships passed on from mother to daughter. Creative impulses are stifled or nurtured. They struggle with poverty and neglect. And at some point each woman begins to separate herself from her situation and understand the woman she will become. Pixin’s bold, vibrant paintings fill the aching silences between generations with beauty and emotion. Her paintings conjure complete worlds that these women inhabit. Let's Not Talk Anymore is a family history filled with tender moments as these women find connection with plants, animals, and their own creative pursuits, while struggling to connect with one another.

Sweet Time
Sweet Time

Author: Weng Pixin

Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly

Published: 2021-04-16

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1770465219

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Vibrant swathes of paint build resonant portraits of heartache, childhood memories, and loneliness Sweet Time is an intimate rumination on love, empathy, and confidence. Singaporean cartoonist Weng Pixin delicately explores strained relationships with a kind of hopefulness while acknowledging their inevitable collapse. Her stories are like a series of snapshots in a photo album or the brightest highlights from an Instagram profile. Gorgeous image follows gorgeous image in a delicate quest to find connection. A night out turns into a chance encounter that is at first ecstatic and then quickly descends into awkwardness. A round of “he loves me, he loves me not” becomes a way of reading every action taken by a distant love interest. A couple find themselves in an artificially beautiful landscape, but the relationship can’t survive their difference of opinion on the illusion of its beauty. In Sweet Time, thick and bold strokes of color mingle with delicate lines. Weng combines the colorful realism of Maira Kalman with a gentle wit and introspection all her own, crafting infinitely relatable stories of everyday life and love now.

Let's Talk About Love
Let's Talk About Love

Author: Claire Kann

Publisher: Swoon Reads

Published: 2018-01-23

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1250138825

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Striking a perfect balance between heartfelt emotions and spot-on humor, this debut features a pop-culture enthusiast protagonist with an unforgettable voice sure to resonate with readers. Alice had her whole summer planned. Nonstop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite TV shows (best friends totally included) with the smallest dash of adulting—working at the library to pay her share of the rent. The only thing missing from her perfect plan? Her girlfriend (who ended things when Alice confessed she's asexual). Alice is done with dating—no thank you, do not pass go, stick a fork in her, done. But then Alice meets Takumi and she can’t stop thinking about him or the rom com-grade romance feels she did not ask for (uncertainty, butterflies, and swoons, oh my!). When her blissful summer takes an unexpected turn and Takumi becomes her knight with a shiny library-employee badge (close enough), Alice has to decide if she’s willing to risk their friendship for a love that might not be reciprocated—or understood. Claire Kann’s debut novel Let’s Talk About Love, chosen by readers like you for Macmillan's young adult imprint Swoon Reads, gracefully explores the struggle with emerging adulthood and the complicated line between friendship and what it might mean to be something more. Praise for Let’s Talk About Love from the Swoon Reads community: “A sweet and beautiful journey about self-discovery and identity!” —Macy Filia, reader on SwoonReads.com “There aren't many novels that have asexual characters and it's something people need more of.” —Alice, reader on SwoonReads.com “I want this on my shelf where I can admire it every day.” —Kiara, reader on SwoonReads.com

I Alone Know
I Alone Know

Author: R. Walenstein Baldwin

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2000-12

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 0595165893

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This realistic story of a black Christian mother who instructs her son to think and behave according to the teachings of Jesus Christ. As he matures, he strives to live as a “good person” in an uncertain and materialistic world. Joseph is the main character who meets a girl in an orphanage and she will forever influence his life. He fell in love, after being seduced, and he is befriended by an army buddy. Over indulgence in alcohol led him to become homeless. Thus, in the story there is love, sex, friendships, betrayal, humor, violence and an ending, which is both positive and miraculous for the reader who may believe.

The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture

Author: Randy Pausch

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780340978504

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The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Rivalry With Consorts
Rivalry With Consorts

Author: Bu Huirensheng

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-01-08

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1647963648

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There had been many struggles in the palace. In order to consolidate their power and gain the most benefits for their family, they had to become officials or concubines.She, Mo Li Garden, was originally a simple Girl, yet her kind nature was influenced by the struggles of the future generations.In order to survive, she understood one principle, and that was to abandon her dreams and heart.In the chaotic harem, he fought with millions of concubines.Among the political forces, he had to get rid of his enemies for the family and keep them away.In the emotional life, put aside all desires, the most loved people are blocked from the perception.She paid a lot for a single word, "Power!""Life was like a story. It was originally filled with twists and turns. In the end, could she really achieve her wish and ascend to the throne above all others?"

Broken Wings
Broken Wings

Author: V.C. Andrews

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2003-05-01

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 0743482379

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Meet Robin, Teal, and Phoebe again in the exciting sequel to Broken Wings. Three girls from different worlds with one thing in common: They were born to be wild. Robin... With a mom who's more absorbed in her singing career than in her own daughter, Robin's left to her own devices when the two move to Nashville. That's where her mom hopes to strike gold—and where Robin finds nothing but trouble. Teal... This rich girl will do anything to get her parents' attention...even break the law. But after she takes things too far for the guy she adores, Teal loses their trust completely—and is treated like a prisoner in her own home. Now there may be only one way out. Phoebe... She's the girl from the wrong side of the tracks, trying to make it in a fast new crowd. She moved in with her aunt to make a fresh start. But now her biggest mistake may be to trust a charming rich boy who could ruin her life and destroy her reputation forever.

My Innocent Pretty Nurse
My Innocent Pretty Nurse

Author: Bei FengChuiLuoDeYouYa

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-10-16

Total Pages: 1205

ISBN-13: 1636891594

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Roses, jasmine flowers ask you which flowers you love the most, Fang Yuan flowers love all, what? Do you love me? Did I miss you? Standing and talking while everyone else was too tired, the most painful thing in the world was not just being single, but being single without money. When the innocent Fang Yuan came to the city and became the goddess' pet, all the flowers you could think of revolved around him, unwilling to let go ...

Prince, Behave Yourself Please
Prince, Behave Yourself Please

Author: Xian ErMaMa

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-07-13

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13: 1649910606

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The sudden marriage of the prince's son, Xiao Yu, broke the hearts of all the noble ladies in the capital. What was more difficult to accept was whether he would marry Su Wan Yin! Who didn't know that the Third Miss of the Su Clan had nothing? Wasn't it just giving birth to a good face!? After the client heard this, he waved his fan and laughed, "Women, of course a pretty face is enough." A few years later, he found out that the Crown Princess was actually the one who made the most of everything! The ladies were furious once again. "Didn't they say that as long as one looks good, it would be fine?" Su Wan Yin covered her face and laughed lightly, "You guys still believe me when I speak of it casually?" - - - - - - - - - - - - Great deity's new book is open. Everyone can search for 'Poison Girl: You haven't drank the medicine yet!' Once she teleported, Su Jin not only had a three-year-old son, but a man who wanted to steal her son?! His opponent was handsome and elegant with a great deal of perseverance? Su Jin said, "Directly killing him with poison is good enough. We can eliminate any future troubles!" However, before she could do anything, a certain someone shamelessly stuck close to her with a face full of flattery ...