Ergebnis für "how to stop pleasing" in Literatur & Belletristik

Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old history teacher, but he’s been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen it all. As long as he keeps changing his identity, he can stay one step ahead of his past – and stay alive. The only thing he must not do is fall in love. But what if the one thing he can't have just happens to be the one thing that might save him?

In this vivid and powerful collection of essays, Emilie Pine boldly confronts the past to better understand herself, her relationships and her role in society. She speaks to the business of living as a woman in the 21st century - its extraordinary pain and its extraordinary joy. Tackling subjects like addiction, fertility, feminism and sexual violence, and where these subjects intersect with legislation, these beautifully written essays are at one fascinating and funny, intimate and searingly honest. 

Du hast genau einen Versuch. Ich bin so verzweifelt, dass ich alles auf eine Karte setze, um der Hölle zu entkommen, in der ich gefangen bin. Genau einen einzigen Versuch habe ich, um den Kingmaker zu beeindrucken. Entweder ich gewinne ihn für mich - oder ich bin so gut wie tot... Dark Romance. Düstere Themen. Eindeutige Szenen. Deutliche Sprache. In sich abgeschlossen. "Pleasing Him" ist eine 10.000 Wörter lange Kurzgeschichte mit moralisch fragwürdigen Protagonisten. Lesen auf eigene Gefahr!