Katy Simpson Smith Knihy

Mid B1 - Mid B2. IELTS 4.5 - 5.5. Contains 2 complete IELTS practice tests with the Student's Book: one in the book & one online. Grammar File notes & exercises put language into practice. Vocabulary File consolidates key language from units. Includes exam strategies & writing guide. Teacher's Pack includes Speaking DVD. Publ. 2015.

Examining motherhood in the early South, this study highlights the diverse roles white, black, and Native American women embraced, such as teacher, nurse, and politician. It reveals how these mothers drew strength from their communities and unique identities to shape child-rearing practices, asserting control over their lives. Focusing on Virginia and the Carolinas from 1750 to 1835, the author emphasizes the importance of a multicultural perspective in understanding maternal experiences, illustrating how women's struggles for empowerment were shaped by their distinct backgrounds and circumstances.

North Carolina, 1793. When nine-year-old Tab catches yellow fever, her father John steals her onto a boat, hoping the sea air will cure her. For comfort, he tells Tab stories about her mother Helen, who died in childbirth. Two decades earlier, Helen is given a slave girl for her tenth birthday. Moll's arrival is meant to teach Helen discipline but soon the girls are confidantes, until the arrival of John, a pirate turned soldier. And as the town is threatened in the dying embers of the Revolution, Helen must decide between a life of security on the family plantation and a sea adventure with the man she loves

Set in 1788 Alabama, the story follows three distinct characters: Cat, a troubled white man grappling with his past; Bob, a talkative black man escaping the horrors of slavery; and Istillicha, a man driven by a desire for vengeance after losing his position in the Creek community. Their paths intersect in the southern woods, leading to a narrative rich in themes of survival, identity, and the quest for justice amidst the backdrop of a tumultuous period in American history.

Two women, connected across time, edge toward transgression in pursuit of their desires.A Mississippi woman pushes through the ruin of the Roman Colosseum, searching for plants. She has escaped her life, apprenticed herself to catalog all the species growing in this place. Crawling along the stones, she wonders how she has landed here, a reluctant botanist amid a snarl of tourists in comfortable sandals. She hunts for a scientific agenda and a direction of her own.In 1855, a woman pushes through the jungle of the Roman Colosseum, searching for plants. As punishment for her misbehavior, she has been indentured to the English botanist Richard Deakin, for whom she will compile a flora. She is a thief, and she must find new ways to use her hands. If only the woman she loves weren’t on a boat, with a husband. But love isn’t always possible. She logs 420 species.Through a list of seemingly minor plants and their uses—medical, agricultural, culinary—these women calculate intangible threats: a changing climate, the cost of knowledge, and the ways repeated violence can upend women’s lives. They must forge their own small acts of defiance and slip through whatever cracks they find. How can anyone survive?Lush, intoxicating, and teeming with mischief, Katy Simpson Smith’s The Weeds is a tense, mesmerizing page-turner about science and survival, the roles women are given and have taken from them, and the lives they make for themselves.

"Spanning two thousand years, The Everlasting follows four characters whose struggles resonate across the centuries: an early Christian child martyr; a medieval monk on crypt duty in a church; a Medici princess of Moorish descent; and a contemporary field biologist conducting an illicit affair. Outsiders to a city dense with history, this quartet separated by time grapples with the physicality of bodies, the necessity for sacrifice, and the power of love to sustain and challenge faith. Their small rebellions are witnessed and provoked by an omniscient, time-traveling Satan who, though incorporeal, nonetheless suffers from a heart in search of repair. As their dramas unfold, each must decide what it means to be good. As these conflicted people struggles with forces they cannot control, their circumstances raise a profound and timeless question at the heart of faith: What is our duty to one another, and what will God forgive?"--Page 4 of cover

Tabitha loves wandering the marshes of her small coastal village and listening to stories about her father's pirate voyages before he became a Continental soldier during the Amer­ican Revolution. When Tab contracts yellow fever, her father, John, takes her aboard a sloop bound for Bermuda, hoping the adventure and salt air will heal her. Years earlier, Tab's mother, Helen, is given a young slave named Moll for her tenth birthday. Left largely alone, the two develop a close but uneasy companionship. Over the years their paths diverge: Helen takes control of the family plantation, and Moll is forced into marriage. While Helen disobeys her father's wishes by falling in love with John, Moll's only solace is her son, whom she will protect with a passion that defies the bounds of slavery. This incandescent debut captures the singular love between parent and child, the devastation of love lost, and the desperate paths we travel in the name of renewal.

Set in 1788 Alabama, the story follows three men from different backgrounds: Cat, a white man grappling with emotional scars; Bob, a talkative black man escaping the horrors of slavery; and Istillicha, a man driven by a desire for revenge after losing his leadership in a Creek town. Their paths intersect in the southern woods, highlighting themes of survival, identity, and the quest for justice amidst the complexities of their intertwined lives.