Sophie Weston's life dramatically changes when her family moves to a crumbling mansion in the Hamptons after her father inherits it. As she embarks on the renovation, memories of her childhood visits to her great-aunt Poppy and the mansion's quirky residents begin to resurface, prompting her to uncover the mysteries of her past. This journey intertwines themes of memory, family ties, and the challenges of adapting to a new environment, as Sophie seeks to understand her lost connections and the secrets hidden within the mansion's walls.
Disgust is a strong, immediate visceral reaction. While it may feel like a purely instinctive response, the cultural meanings ascribed to particular objects, bodies or behaviours play a significant role in determining whether or not they are experienced as disgusting. This interplay between bodies and ideas makes disgust a powerful source of metaphor in narrative fiction. For women’s writing, disgust is particularly problematic due to a misogynistic tradition in which the female body has often been coded as disgusting. This book offers a comparative study of recently published texts by eight female authors writing in French and German – Marie Darrieussecq, Amélie Nothomb, Lorette Nobécourt, Alina Reyes, Sibylle Berg, Jenny Erpenbeck, Monika Maron and Charlotte Roche – in terms of an aesthetics of disgust and asks to what extent disgust can be seen as a useful tool for feminist criticism. Since the late 1990s there have been increasing levels of academic interest in disgust in various disciplines, ranging from clinical psychology to aesthetics and moral philosophy. As one of the first full-length studies to consider literary uses of disgust, this book both contributes to the emerging field of disgust theory and offers a new contribution to the study of women’s writing.
Katie Jones has woken from a deep, amnesic sleep. At 41 years of age, she came to the sudden, shocking realisation that she had been abused as a child. Katie now faced her greatest challenge of all; to go back to sleep to ease the pain, or to step into the woods and embrace the ominous shadows. It was here that Katie called out to the part of her she needed most: her inner child. Together they navigated their way through the bewilderment to emerge the other side as the heroes in their journey. And Then She Woke Up: How to RESTORY Your Life, will stir and awaken your inner child and inspire you to follow Katie's courageous footsteps into the woods. With the wounds and scars depicting her journey, Katie emerges from the forest with the greatest gift of all: the power and autonomy to RESTORY her life. Katie's honest and raw writing will empower you to do the same so that you too can create your own Happily Ever After.
Sophie Weston navigates her new life in a crumbling Hamptons mansion, unaware that her family is sharing the space with trapped spirits. Tasked with helping these spirits find peace, she also grapples with a love triangle involving Charlie, her charming neighbor, and Gus, the ghost of her childhood friend. Complicating matters, Sophie becomes possessed by Mia, a vengeful spirit seeking retribution. As she races against time to reclaim her life, Sophie must confront her feelings and the dangers of the supernatural.
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