Jayne Anne Phillips Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

"In 1874, in the wake of the Civil War, eleven-year-old ConaLee and her mother arrive at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia. They're delivered to the hospital's entrance by Papa-an abusive veteran who forces himself into their lives-after ConaLee's mother, who hasn't spoken in a year, grows even more withdrawn. Before he departs, Papa assigns them new identities and demands that ConaLee introduce herself as her mother's nurse-not her daughter-so they'll both be admitted and allowed to stay. There, far from family, their beloved neighbor, Dearbhla, and the home they know, ConaLee will care for her mother and try to reclaim their lives. Years earlier, ConaLee's father left for the war before she was born and never returned. After suffering a life-threatening headwound in battle, he couldn't remember his name, his family, or where he came from. Forced to start over, he takes the name of the doctor who gave him a second life, and ventures back into the world looking for work and the truth about his past"-- Provided by publisher

A brilliant new book from award-winning author Jayne Anne Phillips, set during the American Civil War and seen through the eyes of ConaLee, a teenage girl in the divided state of Virginia, whose father is away fighting for the Union.

Why equality cannot be conditional on a shared human “nature” but has to be for allFor centuries, ringing declarations about all men being created equal appealed to a shared human nature as the reason to consider ourselves equals. But appeals to natural equality invited gradations of natural difference, and the ambiguity at the heart of “nature” enabled generations to write of people as equal by nature while barely noticing the exclusion of those marked as inferior by their gender, race, or class. Despite what we commonly tell ourselves, these exclusions and gradations continue today. In Unconditional Equals , political philosopher Anne Phillips challenges attempts to justify equality by reference to a shared human nature, arguing that justification turns into conditions and ends up as exclusion. Rejecting the logic of justification, she calls instead for a genuinely unconditional equality.Drawing on political, feminist, and postcolonial theory, Unconditional Equals argues that we should understand equality not as something grounded in shared characteristics but as something people enact when they refuse to be considered inferiors. At a time when the supposedly shared belief in human equality is so patently not shared, the book makes a powerful case for seeing equality as a commitment we make to ourselves and others, and a claim we make on others when they deny us our status as equals.

At the centre of this unforgettable novel are two chidlren: Lark and her brother, Termite, who is unable to walk or talk but is deeply loved by his family. The two are raised by their aunt Nonie in place of Lola, their mother, and Termite's father, Corporal Robert Leavitt, who is caught up in the chaos of the Korean War.

In ihrem Roman schildert Jayne Anne Phillips die berührende Geschichte der Geschwister Lark und Termite. Termite kann weder laufen noch sich mitteilen – einzig Lark versteht ihn, da sie durch ihre ungewisse Herkunft verbunden sind. Die Erzählung thematisiert Liebe und Verlust, Familiengeheimnisse und das Erwachsenwerden. Lark, die neun Jahre alt ist, als ihr neugeborener Halbbruder Termite in die Obhut ihrer Tante Nonie gegeben wird, übernimmt die Verantwortung für ihn, während Nonie hart arbeitet. Sie wird zu Termites Sprachrohr und der einzige Zugang zur gemeinsamen Mutter und ihrer Vergangenheit. Lark ist entschlossen, das Geheimnis um ihre leibliche Mutter und die Identität ihrer Väter zu lüften. Phillips entfaltet in ihrem Werk ein vielschichtiges Familienepos, das nie zu viel preisgibt, sondern die Charaktere mit beeindruckender Tiefenschärfe erkundet. Selbst Termites verschlossenes Bewusstsein erhält eine Stimme, und die Figuren wirken so lebendig, dass sie zu atmen scheinen. Die Geschichte spielt in Winfield, West Virginia, in den 1950er Jahren und zieht die Leser in die emotionalen Verstrickungen der Geschwister hinein.

Kate erwartet ihr erstes Kind und erfährt zugleich, dass ihre Mutter unheilbar an Krebs erkrankt ist. Sie erlebt in einem einzigen Jahr den strahlenden Beginn ihrer Ehe, die Geburt ihres Kindes und den Verlust ihrer geliebten Mutter. »MutterKind« ist ein Roman, der dieses Spannungsfeld durch genau geschilderte Ereignisse des täglichen Lebens wiedergibt, Ereignisse, die durch die Umstände eine tiefe zweite Bedeutung annehmen. Aus dem Nebeneinander von Leben und Tod, Geburt, Liebe und Krankheit ist eine spannende Erzählung geworden — ernst und intensiv in der Darstellung der Gefühle, aber nie sentimental.

In Zomerkamp Shelter speelt zich de laatste gouden zomer voor het verliezen van de onschuld af. Alle figuren uit deze roman : de vijftienjarigen Lenny en Cap, de elfjarigen Alma en Delia, het achtjarige jongetje Buddy - het zoontje van de kampkokkin -, en Parson en Carmody, volwassenen met een gevangenisverleden die zich aan de periferie van het kamp ophouden, zullen na deze julimaand in 1963 in Shelter County, in de woeste natuur van Virginia 'ontwaken' met een nieuw bewustzijn, en een nieuw begrip van de natuur en zichzelf.

Magical in detail, these photographs of the people whom Sturges cherishes most are a collaboration of trust and admiration. Phillips's compelling prose both illuminates the images and explores the unending sensuality and complexity of the bond between mother and child. 60 duotone photographs.

The story of the Hampsons--Mitch, Jean, Danner, and Billy--from the Depression through the Vietnam War.