![]() ![]() With any book-to-screen adaptation, it’s natural to want to compare how much was changed from the source material. (L to R) Phillipa Soo as Emma and Simu Liu as Sam in the romance/drama/comedy film, 'One True Loves,' a The Avenue release. The film also stars Tom Everett Scott (‘ Finding You’) as Emma’s brother-in-law Michael, and Michela Conlin (‘ Bad Trip’) as Emma’s sister Marie. ![]() ‘One True Loves’ stars Phillipa Soo (Broadway’s ‘ Hamilton’, ‘Shining Girls’) as Emma, Simu Liu (‘ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’) as Sam, and Luke Bracey (‘ Hacksaw Ridge’) as Jesse. Now Emma has the difficult decision to decide who her true love is. ![]() Unexpectedly, she gets a call from Jesse who has been found. Years later, she finds love again and is engaged to her best friend, Sam ( Simu Liu). ![]() Heartbroken, she moves back home to be closer to her family. On their one year wedding anniversary, Jesse leaves for a work trip and disappears following a helicopter crash. The story of ‘One True Loves’ follows Emma Blair ( Phillipa Soo), who is living her perfect life, married to her high school sweetheart Jesse ( Luke Bracey), and is working as a travel writer. Directed by Andy Fickman, the movie is adapted from the romance novel of the same name. Is it possible to have two true loves? Find out on April 7th as ‘ One True Loves’ opens in theaters. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Unfolding over decades, it is a beautifully rendered history of ordinary people determined to secure a place in the world for those with autism - by liberating children from dank institutions, campaigning for their right to go to school, challenging expert opinion on what it means to have autism, and persuading society to accept those who are different. Beginning with his family's odyssey, In a Different Key tells the extraordinary story of this often misunderstood condition, and of the civil rights battles waged by the families of those who have it. Nearly seventy-five years ago, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi became the first child diagnosed with autism. The extraordinary story of autism, from it's first diagnosis through to the modern day and the prejudice, controversies, and struggles families had to go through as they coped with this condition in a loved one. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At the centre in neat, deeply-etched letters read ‘Don’t Waste Words, Jump to Conclusions’ with dozens of smaller sections of writing surrounding this. On leaving, I noticed a large, flat stone covered in scrawlings. We spent a few minutes scrambling around on the siltstone, marvelling at the height of the cave walls and exchanging the obligatory comments about feeling small in big spaces. The daytrip itself had been to seek refuge in The Lakes an attempt at replacing the stagnancy of a locked-down city summer with a more welcome, less claustrophobic, kind of tranquillity. This particular cave, set into the hillside of Castle Crag, allows you to peer out at the gently swaying trees and glimmering daylight of the outside world from a viewing point void of light and sound. On a swelteringly hot day in the North Western Fells of The Lake District, the gaping mouth of a cave offered itself as a refuge and swallowed us mercifully into its cool damp interior. ![]() ![]() ![]() Starting in Newport, R.I., on May 9, 1831, Tocqueville and Beaumont embarked on a remarkable journey, traveling the length and breadth of the infant United States, from the East Coast to the Mississippi River. The experiences and observations made during their subsequent nine-month journey became the basis for “Democracy in America.” One historian has called it “perhaps the greatest commentary ever written about any culture by any person at any time.” Tocqueville and his traveling companion, Gustave de Beaumont, were sent by the French government to study new experimental prisons in the U.S. ![]() Written by David Mawson, Doherty High School, Worcester Public Schools IntroductionĪlexis de Tocqueville, a French aristocrat born in 1805 (the year after Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned emperor of France) traveled to the United States in 1831. ![]() ![]() The romantic sub-plot (or can I say sub-plots in the plural without heading into spoiler territory) really hooked me in too. Today, and in 2005 when the modern day part of the story is set, it is probably difficult for most modern Britons to imagine circumstances in which we would have felt justified in leaking secrets to the Soviet Union, but putting hindsight to one side I was able to sympathize with why Joan did what she did. One of the best things about Red Joan is that it devotes quite a lot of attention to motive. ![]() more her side to betray their country of origin. Review 2: John le Carre's Smiley novels are masterpieces of the espionage genre, but my possibly faulty recollection of the one or two I have read (as opposed to experiencing in dramatic form) is that they can make it all seem like a game, with little attention given to what motivates people on eit. The novel goes back and forth from present day to the 1940s, but it's the earlier times that are so interesting from an historical perspective. Rather than being a 'spy thriller', it instead focuses on the why-how a naive and easily manipulated girl can be convinced to pass along atomic secrets. ![]() Review 1: Based on the true story of a 85 year old British grandmother accused of being a soviet spy 60 years earlier in WWII, this novel is both an entertaining and interesting read. ![]() ![]() Napoleon, however, proves to be a power-hungry leader who steals the cows' milk and a number of apples to feed himself and the other pigs. The pigs, because of their intelligence, become the supervisors of the farm. Initially, the rebellion is a success: The animals complete the harvest and meet every Sunday to debate farm policy. Manor Farm is renamed Animal Farm, and the Seven Commandments of Animalism are painted on the barn wall. When Jones forgets to feed the animals, the revolution occurs, and Jones and his men are chased off the farm. Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, prove themselves important figures and planners of this dangerous enterprise. ![]() old Major dies soon after the meeting, but the animals - inspired by his philosophy of Animalism - plot a rebellion against Jones. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to hear old Major, a pig, describe a dream he had about a world where all animals live free from the tyranny of their human masters. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s almost the end of the year, which means it’s time to go through our books for the year and name the top 10! Remember, these are books that were released in 2021. ![]() ![]() Continue reading “Review: The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes” → Tagged Avery Grambs, Book Review, Grayson Hawthorne, Jameson Hawthorne, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Nash hawthorne, Texas, The Final Gambit, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Inheritance Games, Tobias Hawthorne, Xander Hawthorne, YA Mystery, YA Thriller, Young Adult books, Young Adult Books of 2022 36 Comments Book Club October 2022 Book Club: The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes But an unexpected arrival changes everything for Avery and the Hawthorne brothers. When Jameson and Grayson return for Avery’s 18th birthday celebration, she expects they’ll be leaving shortly after. ![]() However, the game Tobias Hawthorne left isn’t over…not even close. The Final Gambit was one of our most anticipated books of 2022 and we’re happy to say it lived up to our high expectations.Īvery Kylie Grams is only weeks away from being the richest teenager in the world when she gets control of $46.2 billion. Over a year after reading The Inheritance Games and The Hawthorne Legacy, we finally finished this amazing trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() The cartoonlike illustrations, rendered digitally with Manga Studio, combine child appeal with enough realism to accurately convey various scientific elements. The narrative-based primarily on personal interviews the author had with Johnson-adeptly captures the passion and dedication necessary to be an engineer. Readers follow the many obstacles and setbacks Johnson experienced as he tirelessly worked to launch his invention. ![]() When trying to find an environmentally friendly solution to refrigerator and air-conditioning cooling systems, he stumbled upon what would eventually become his opus, the Super Soaker. What Johnson really wanted to do, however, was build his own inventions. Johnson’s engineering degree took him to NASA, where he worked on the Galileo orbiter and probe. Early projects included rockets, a robot, and a powerful sound system for parties. As a child, Lonnie Johnson was a “tinkerer,” or an avid collector of pieces and parts-all things that were considered scrap but that to Johnson were perfectly ripe for new applications. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The industry mentality is standard: just about every interaction at Sundance amounts to some sort of power play. ![]() With more than 120 films unspooling in a half-dozen theaters in a week and a half, it can be hard to make yourself heard. But in a way, you can't completely blame the guy for wanting to scare up some cheap publicity for his low-budget picture. ![]() The party line on Gallo: riveting actor, talented filmmaker, miserable human being. During a Q&A, he referred to director Gus Van Sant as "a twisted queen from Portland." God only knows what he did in private. He nearly perished, supposedly, while driving himself to the wintry Park City across patches of black ice. Stories about Gallo-the bizarre-looking indie actor from Palookaville and The Funeral-became legend among the "creepy" players at Sundance. P ARK CITY, UTAH: Can't say I disagree with the above comment, made by actor/writer/ĭirector Vincent Gallo after a screening of his outrageously entertaining Buffalo '66, a sort of comedic version of Taxi Driver in which the star's wimpy Travis Bickle brings a piece of jail bait (Christina Ricci) home to Mom and Dad, passing her off as his wife before heading out to kill the former Buffalo Bills field-goal kicker who ruined his big bet. Sundance was an endurance test-but worth it Nice Directors Finish Last: Director/star Vincent Gallo and Christina Ricci in 'Buffalo 66.' ![]() ![]() The majority of studies reported little or no association between BF and weight change (n=27, 63%) or change in body composition (n=16, 89%), although this seemed to depend on the measurement time points and BF intensity. Overall, studies were heterogeneous, particularly in relation to sample size, measurement time points and in the classification of BF and postpartum weight change. ![]() Thirty-seven prospective studies and eight retrospective studies were identified that met the selection criteria studies were stratified according to study design and outcome measure. The search covered publications up to 12 June 2012 and included observational studies (prospective and retrospective) carried out in BF mothers (either exclusively or as a subgroup), who were ≤ 2 years postpartum and with a body mass index (BMI) >18.5 kg m(-2), with an outcome measure of change in weight (including weight retention) and/or body composition. Electronic literature searches were carried out using MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, BIOSIS, CINAHL and British Nursing Index. Our aim was to systematically review and critically appraise the literature published to date in relation to the impact of BF on postpartum weight change, weight retention and maternal body composition. ![]() Breastfeeding (BF) has been shown to have many health benefits for both mother and baby however, its role in postpartum weight management is unclear. Pregnancy and the postpartum period is a time of increased vulnerability for retention of excess body fat in women. ![]() |