i 'm from missouri is a 1939 american comedy film directed by theodore reed and written by duke atteberry and jack moffitt .

the film stars bob burns , gladys george , gene lockhart , judith barrett , william " bill " henry and patricia morison .

the film was released on april 7 , 1939 , by paramount pictures .

i ' m from missouri

the saying : i ' m from missouri , you ' ve got to show me .
in reply to : i ' m from missouri . posted by gary martin on june 28 , 2006
rossiter , phyllis .
i ' m from missouri - - you ' ll have to show me .
i mean , at least for me , it’s not that i’m trying to be sexy , i’m just trying to not be so fucking sweaty .
members of the missouri house have a different perspective than missouri senators on ethics .
i ' m extremely skeptical so you ' ll have to prove it . for example , you won the lottery ? come on , i ' m from missouri . the full expression , i ' m from missouri and you ' ll have to show me , dates from about 1880 . some authorities believe it alludes to the missouri compromise of 1820 , whereby missouri was admitted to the union as a slave state and slavery was forbidden in certain other areas , but the connection , if any , is not clear .
abuot the history and origins behind the famous saying i ' m from missoui , you ' ve got to show me .
i ' m extremely skeptical so you ' ll have to prove it . for example ,
: : : : my zwei groschen . bob ' s right about the
show me
state , but i think most people who have heard of the show me state , as such , need only hear
i ' m from missouri ,
in the appropriate context , to know that the speaker is expressing skepticism . on the other hand ,
i am from missouri
simply would not be heard ; the contraction
i ' m
is virtually mandatory here . of course , if someone expressed doubt that you were really from missouri , you might say
i am from missouri ,
assuming that to be true . : : the ss pedantic .
. he was from illinois . i learned a lot and prepared for adulthood .
“i mean we’re a frustrating group . i’m frustrated with the senate , ” he added . “i mean , you saw some of the amendments [ to the revolving door bill ] . i thought some of them were unique and where they came from i don’t know . ”
from basic last week . . i felt very proud and honored to be there . . the
he hails from missouri . . . but his heart ' s as big as the u . s . a . !
i love it this page is awesome i ' m over 35 years of age and i never had facebook had no designs on getting facebook . and to my daughter whose there in fort leonard wood told me i could see her everyda
ve you and i can’t wait to hear from you . auntie christie moore martin is your biggest cheerleade
the shorts i’m wearing right now still make me feel self - conscious that they are too short even though they’re ugly af .
prove it ! missouri ' s unofficial nickname is the show - me state , based on the inhabitants ' reputed skepticism . one legend attributes the phrase ' s popularity to congressman willard duncan vandiver . while a member of the house committee on naval affairs , he said at an 1899 naval banquet , “i come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and democrats , and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me . i am from missouri . you have got to show me . ” even people who didn ' t hail from that state could be heard to question something with “i ' m from missouri . . . you ' ll have to show me . ”
at the time my name was cynthia ann webb . i would love to hear from people i was in training with if there are any on here .
i was there many , many yrs ago . i went from a boy to a man , then to a soldier there . i have many great memories of that place . mind in hand !
cuonzo martin , “i’m not in the business of waiting 3 or 4 years . there’s no if , and’s or but’s about it . ”
but even though the missouri house passed a flurry of bills early this session , some missouri senators think the ethics push so far is missing the mark .
i started acting & costuming 3 years ago when i took my first theater class at school and have been hooked since ! i ' ve always been a kid at heart and i love making people happy . when i was a kid i loved meeting the princesses , i still have my autograph book from a trip to a popular amusement park . by working with my once upon a time i hope to spread as much happiness as possible .
official manual of the state of missouri , 1979 - 1980 , page 1486 .
y if i join facebook . i thought facebook was a waste of time now i can ' t live without it it keeps me connected to my baby girl . i salute you private childs
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and everyone asked me how i even knew about dolphins , but i traveled to florida a lot .
i was stationed at ft leonard wood october 14th , of 1980 i started basic training . i was in charlie 1st battalion 3rd brigade and it changed my life . i still remember my drill sergeants .
my son is currently in delta 2 - 10 . i have to say that i am impressed .
it was hell , but i did things that couldn ' t be done and did my best . i didn ' t like pushing missouri , all those push ups . but i liked shaking drill sargent parson ' s hand and then graduation
, dates from about 1880 . some authorities believe it alludes to the missouri compromise of 1820 , whereby missouri was admitted to the union as a slave state and slavery was forbidden in certain other areas , but the connection , if any , is not clear .
over the past few years , as i’ve been making the migration from the junior’s section to women’s , i’ve found myself in some predicaments over how to dress in the summertime . it is becoming harder and harder to find something to wear that i feel cute , comfortable , and conservative in ( when i want to dress conservatively ) . i honestly think that new lines of shorts , dresses , and skirts get slightly shorter every year . there is little compromise between feeling comfortable wearing the same pair of shorts out in public and comfortable wearing them in 90 degree weather . case in point : right now , as i type this out , sitting in an air - conditioned coffee shop to gain a little reprieve from the 92 - degree day outside , i keep catching myself subconsciously tugging at my cut - off , mom - approved , high - waisted levi shorts , trying to pull them down a little bit closer to my knee cap . i’m not wearing these shorts to be sexy . i’m not wearing these shorts for people to look at me . i’m not wearing these shorts to show off the tattoos on my legs . i’m wearing these shorts because it is fucking 92 degrees . that’s it .
april 20 , 2014 , i started my job at missouri state , coordinator of parent & family programs . i moved to springfield from tampa , fl , only knowing one person in town . the position was fairly new to the university , and i was very excited about the work i would get to do with families and with our students . i came in with the theme engage , educate , encourage for my program . why …
including many americans , whose ignorance of geography and its tangents is legendary . smokey ' s right about the
i ' m
as necessary . . . when folks from mizzou are speakin ' , what you ' re hearin ' will be informal .
reflecting back now , it does help explain the dirty looks i received from the waitresses at the restaurant under my friend’s apartment when i was innocently trying to pick up my take - out .
with the headline : missouri rewrites plot , rehiring editor in chief of the university press .
: : : : that must seem mysterious in that abbreviated form . the more complete phrase is
i ' m from missouri . show me .
missouri , a state in middle of the us , is known as the
show me
state . as legend would have it , they take a stubborn pride in being skeptical , not accepting an assertion without visible proof . so the phrase in question literally means
i don ' t quite believe you . show me proof .
“from watching the movie , it’s a very confusing element of the story . basically no one comes , then the show is received horribly , and then , it launches her huge career , ” he said . “i’m sorry , but what was her show about ? ”
“i’m somebody who never misses a doctor’s appointment , ” she told huffpost of the surprise diagnosis . “that’s why i think my situation was so scary and so unbelievable . i hadn’t missed an annual with my gynecologist . this came up over a year and it really took us by shock . ”
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there are a number of stories and legends behind missouri ' s sobriquet
show - me
state . the slogan is not official , but is common throughout the state and is used on missouri license plates .
this is inspired by a girlfriend of mine who commented on my “booty shorts” when i thought i was just wearing normal shorts .
i am so very proud of my soldier sophie . her dream has always been to serve and i love how strong and determined
the most widely known legend attributes the phrase to missouri ' s u . s . congressman willard duncan vandiver , who served in the united states house of representatives from 1897 to 1903 . while a member of the u . s . house committee on naval affairs , vandiver attended an 1899 naval banquet in philadelphia . in a speech there , he declared ,
i come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and democrats , and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me . i am from missouri . you have got to show me .
regardless of whether vandiver coined the phrase , it is certain that his speech helped to popularize the saying .
senators on thursday removed a provision from a house bill that would have set a one - year ban for most lawmakers to become lobbyists . instead , senators barred lawmakers from transitioning into lobbying until their term ends .
the senate’s attitude toward the house ethics push didn’t get a terribly favorable reaction from house speaker todd richardson .
missouri lawmakers are back in jefferson city as they prepare to kick off the 2016 legislative session at noon today .
missouri’s crowded gop contest for governor has lost a participant , as state sen . bob dixon is dropping out .
n it provides for families ! i am so proud of my sit . i have been told that they are very well cared for at flw . i can ' t wait to visit in august !
i do have a question for all , do you know how long for them to get our letters . i’ve sent some the begging of last week and he haven’t gotten any . also what can i
“i ask questions because it is a part of my job . when i was at missouri state we graduated eight out of nine and at tennessee we graduated 11 out of 11 . at california , it was 10 out of 10 . i try not to consume myself with anything negative or that slows me down . ”
i love clothes . i’ve always loved dressing up and having my own style . when i was a little girl , my dad let me dress myself as soon as i could pick out an entire outfit , and i have pictures of myself in these carefully curated outfits ; one that comes to mind is 7 - year - old me , wearing a pink and white dress , with one pink and one white shoe , and matching alternating color socks . i am still proud that i made all of my high school formal dresses ( the best was junior semi when my dress was made out of a twister mat ) and wish i still had the duct tape skirt i made in 7th grade . i have always preferred thrift stores and the majority of my outfits are from where i like to call “salvation armani . ” the tradition that signifies the beginning of spring and that i look forward to all winter long is rescuing my summer clothes from the dark , cold , lonely attic and welcoming them back into my wardrobe . summer clothes are my favorite , and i’ll take floral flock over flannels any day .
bob dixon currently represents springfield and parts of green county in the missouri senate , having first been elected to the 30th district seat in 2010 and re - elected last year . before that he served four terms in the missouri house .
g for being a waste of tax payer dollars and being a waste of oxygen . i was also forced to apologize to a tree for being a waste of oxygen . if i had a way do fight against those drill sargents and get them fired i would . i understand
ments are soldiers has made , but i think all the yelling and screaming should wait till the end . . i felt so bad for all the young men and women who have worked so hard to be there and then you could not even hear there name or where they were from , because of the rudeness from family of the soldier in front of them . . plea
a chicago - based financial advisor secretly relocates his family to the missouri ozarks when his dealings with a drug cartel go awry .
i am a father to my son zach , and also am a caretaker to my grandmother . in my spare time i do volunteer work at a local deer shelter . i have been acting all my life , and recenlty for missouri street theatre which i throughly enjoy . i ' ve played roles such as prince eric in the little mermaid , and am currently playing the role of leaf in spelling bee . i also have plenty of experience writing as well as improv acting . its been fantastic working with my friends as a part time prince at my once upon a time .
i started costuming , theatre & cosplay as hobbies in 2008 because i always loved to play dress up when i was younger . i love working with kids and have much experience as camp aid working with a variety of different ages for the past couple of summers , also i am currently working as a club leader at bueno vista elementry . i feel greatful that being a part of my once upon a time i am able to create so many happy memories for others it has truly been a dream come true for me .
“i’ve been visiting with the speaker several times a day since we started . i’ve been over there . i’ve been in his shoes , ” said richard . “when you have a priority and you think it is really important and you want that to happen really , really bad and it doesn’t happen – i mean i’ve been frustrated with the senate . it’s easy to get frustrated over here .
under the intense scrutiny , the missouri administration , in late august , pulled back from its new model and announced that the university press would continue to operate with its current staff in its current location in columbia . administrators also announced that the columbia campus would take over responsibility for the press from the system , and they created an advisory committee to examine ways to grow and innovate the press .
“we hadn’t even been discussing marriage . we hadn’t discussed babies ! it really puts things on the fast track for you — because you have an oncologist saying to you , ‘we highly recommend that you guys do your embryos right now , freeze them , ’” she told health magazine . “i’m like , ‘hi , hon . i love you . i hope we’re spending our lives together . ’ and he was amazing . ”
as its first order of business the missouri senate unanimously elected ron richard , r - joplin , to be its president pro - tem .
i started doing musical theatre when i was six years old . i love to dance and sing especially when it comes to fairytales . some of my fondest memories take place in disneyland meeting the characters and seeing my dreams come true ! i am thrilled that i get to contribute to the magic . one of my many goals is to work do this type pf thing every day ! i can ' t imagine doing anything in my future that doesn ' t involve acting , dancing , and singing .
excellent stomping soul tune from milton howard on soundstage7 . i ' ve not heard of anything else by the gent , though there are many great sides put out by this label . i love how this song actually sounds like it downshifts in the middle for that classic ' driving ' effect ! enjoy !
i ' ve enjoyed dressing up as charaters ever since i was a little girl . my heads always been in the clouds and i ' ve surrounded myself in the world of art , imagination and fantasy . i had been working behind the scenes as a makeup artist for the past 15 years , having not one clue that i would one day be acting as princess , fairy and superhero . i started my acting career working for a princess party company in 2013 and have put my heart into it ever since . i also currently work as a special needs assistant teacher in benicia .
when i started my time of service . you are doing a great job providing informatio
“we did them with overwhelming bipartisan majorities for most of them , ” richardson said . “and so , i hope the senators that have those concerns will find a way to get over them . because we’re going to pass and we are going to put on the governor’s desk substantive , meaningful ethics reform . and if that means i have to attach ethics reform to every single senate bill that comes over here , i’m willing to do it . ”
“i didn’t make an official visit but i came on campus several times because , again , we didn’t have anybody from east st . louis on the basketball team when i was in high school but we had several guys on the football team . and there were some guys that i grew up with that went to school here so we had some good times . they recruited me , they came to east st . louis . my high school coach , bennie lewis , i loved him , he’s a great man – he wanted me to go somewhere else . but it was great , i thought they did a great job . they recruited me . ”
apart from “three billboards , ” the first runner - up at the awards was craig gillespie’s tonya harding biopic “i , tonya . ” margo robbie stars as the figure skater who was banned for life from the u . s . figure skating association for her association with a violent attack on fellow olympian nancy kerrigan . sebastian stan and allison janney also star in addition to robbie .
other versions of the
show - me
legend place the slogan ' s origin in the mining town of leadville , colorado . there , the phrase was first employed as a term of ridicule and reproach . a miner ' s strike had been in progress for some time in the mid - 1890s , and a number of miners from the lead districts of southwest missouri had been imported to take the places of the strikers . the joplin miners were unfamiliar with colorado mining methods and required frequent instructions . pit bosses began saying ,
that man is from missouri . you ' ll have to show him .
we were stationed at flw from february 1971 to june 1973 , lived on delafield drive . we sure did enjoy our time there . lots of things to do for all of us . i was able to own my first horse there as t
“there’s more people that should have been brought into this conversation , ” he said , like authors , other university publishers and the staff of the missouri press .
“three billboards outside ebbing , missouri” won the audience award on sunday at the toronto film festival , putting it in prime position to compete at the academy awards .
“my wife and i , we weighed all the pros and cons , and outside of it being close to home , i just feel like it was a great place . i feel like you can be the last team standing here , with the fan base , the tradition , the history . i think you have a lot of things to be very successful . being close to home was probably the last thing when we weighed the pros and cons . i just feel like it’s a great place with great support and i think the administrative piece was also key for me . i want to work with good people , in those bad days you have to be around good people in my opinion and i think we have a good group of people .
© 1975 - 1981 by david wallechinsky & irving wallace reproduced with permission from
the people ' s almanac
series of books . all rights reserved .
it’s fair to say that missouri state sen . rob schaaf has been a thorn in gov . jay nixon’s side over the proposed riverfront stadium in st . louis .
in july , i wish i could get someone to tell me if he is getting to spend the weekend with us since his ait is at fort leonard wood . he isn ' t going anywhe
in town or something because i had to share my room with 7 other guys . also the restaurant
rde , st smiley . i can ' t seem to remember the name of my sr drill instructor
cuonzo martin ,
i don ' t think mizzou ' s lacking for anything . i think we have everything we need to be the last team standing , and that ' s my goal .
the ozarks , also referred to as the ozark mountains , is a physiographic and geologic highland region of the central united states , primarily in arkansas , missouri , and oklahoma .
“one thing i’ve mentioned out of respect , i really respect the way mizzou went about it . because often times , there’s a lot of conversations that take place behind the scenes and people calling which , if you’re occupied in another job , they shouldn’t call . so again , whatever they did they did it behind the scenes . and obviously my representation , probably the last week or so , made it clear that this was an option . for me , i don’t – maybe my wife does – but i don’t get caught up in what’s on social media . i don’t read any press clippings , i was just doing my job coaching the team . then when they presented it , it was an opportunity i couldn’t pass up . i thought all the things worked out right , and it just so happened to be at home . i think that even if it wasn’t at home , everything was great , but now all of a sudden it’s close to home . and i pray that this is my final stop . ”
. i want to thank you all for this site . . . this helps his dad and i so much seeing him and knowing he is ok . . . he is doing what he loves and w
in a statement released by the university , mr . willcox said , “one of my first priorities is to contact our authors and work to re - engage them as we move forward and become a part of m . u . ”
ike security officer kent . i was nothing but nice and polite and he was nothing but rude and disrespect
i thank god for the training and the people who trained me . thank you all for your service .
mr . willcox’s return stoked glee among the hundreds of university of missouri press supporters , including dozens of authors who had condemned the university system’s new president , timothy m . wolfe , when he announced in may that he would be closing the publishing house . founded in 1958 , it has spawned titles including “‘the collected works of langston hughes , ” “‘the complete sermons of ralph waldo emerson” and “‘mark twain and his circle . ”
“i’ll be in tears throughout the night because my family is going back until my kids get out of school but i will be here solo working , which is fine because those first three weeks you will hit the ground running . i will pretty much be out in the midwest recruiting but first and foremost , i will be with the players tomorrow and the next day . after that , we will hit the ground running . ”
“i thought it was a tough job . to be totally honest with you , if there’s anyone that wants to get into coaching , don’t do it . i felt like that was the toughest thing for me as a coach , my first year at missouri state . wonderful people , great place , but i thought it was extremely hard just because your first time as a head coach there are so many unknowns . often times , we have all the answers as assistant coaches , and then you move over one seat . there was not many people that i could communicate with , because you’re the boss , you’re supposed to have all the answers , you’re supposed to be right . we won 11 games that first year , and i thought it was tough . you have to fight , you have to work , you have to be around good people . and for me , even in choosing a staff , you have to have people who you can lose with . what i mean , of course no one wants to lose , so i’m not saying that . but on those bad days , we have to have a great relationship so we can push forward . often times when you’re building a champion , you’re going to have rough patches here and there so i have to be around good people .
i have enjoyed making children smile in my community since i was as kid , and in my experience working with children i ' ve had nursery care , child development observation through srjc , and lots of experience taking care of my younger sister ashley . i have a lot of experience working with mst theatre in the artistry department the past couple of year and my heart for entertainment has only grown since working with my once upon a time .
senate pro tem ron richard served as speaker of the house from 2009 to 2011 . he said that he understands the frustration of not getting a priority passed right away , adding that he’s “not naïve enough to know that something sent from the house is going to be taken up by the senate and passed just because it happens to be a great idea . ”
this is a great question . as we know , beginning college is an exciting adventure . however , our new bears will have questions like , “how will i meet new people ? ” or “how will i learn more about campus ? ” and these questions can provoke a lot of anxiety . missouri state university’s class of 2022 will have these same feelings when they arrive on campus in august . how can we help …
so , i guess one solution would be to buy up a few sizes so that the short will extend a whopping half inch further down my leg , but i don’t really want to do that . all i want is to wear clothes i feel good in and that fit so that i am physically comfortable . unfortunately , i don’t see affordable women’s clothing lines helping create a trend of extending the length of shorts and skirts anytime soon . the other solution is to exclusively wear longer skirts and dresses to try and stay cooler on hot days . listen , i’d rather wear a dress than shorts or pants in almost every situation , however a mid - length dress or skirt isn’t going to keep you as cool as shorts will . plus , it’s way more comfortable to wear a pair of shorts than a dress when i want to go for a bike ride or walk at nay aug park with my dog .
i ' m thrilled to join my once upon a time & to be bringing a fantastical and fun - filled experience for children & children at heart ! i am a professional actor living in san francisco and an alumni of the pacific conservatory of the performing arts ( pcpa ) , class of 2016 . i ' ve worked as a touring actor for california theatre center & theatre educator for their summer youth conservatory . some favorite roles with ctc were the tough combat princess ' christina ' in princess and the pea & ' holly the elf ' in elves and the shoemaker . i have a passion in both film and live theatre & i ' ve mainly spent my time working as a stage actor , my favorite past roles being ‘molly aster’ in peter and the starcatcher with tabard theatre co . & ' hero ' in shakespeare ' s much ado about nothing with pcpa . i am also signed with rae agency in sf and a member of their advanced dance division .
i started working in musical theatre when i was fifteen and have been passionate about acting ever since . i spent many years as a teacher and love bringing smiles to children’s faces . fairytales have always held a special place in my heart and i was particularly inspired by princess jasmine - it is truly a dream come true to portray her . working with my once upon a time has given me the unique opportunity to bring my love of children and theatre together . i am so excited to spend time with my closest friends while bringing joy and happiness to children all over the bay area !
“every opportunity i’ve had as a coach , i felt like that was an opportunity to do my job . i feel like the most important part , is that you’re hired to do your job and to do it to the best of your ability . it wasn’t like i was seeking opportunities , but when this came about again , and when it presented itself , when i prayed through things , it seemed this was probably it for me if it works out . if mizzou keeps me for 20 years , then it’s my plan to be here for 20 years , this is it for me . ”
many of dixon’s colleagues shared his antipathy toward a “revolving door” ban . lawmakers from both parties expressed philosophical objections to the revolving door ban , and some questioned if it was really that serious of an issue .
sweeney bliss , champion mule raiser in missouri , takes his prize mule samson to london , where the british government is trying to decide whether to buy mules or tractors for its colonial . . . see full summary »
the byrdes and their teenage kids , charlotte and jonah , are , for all intents and purposes , an ordinary family with ordinary lives . except for the job of marty , a chicago financial advisor who also serves as the top money launderer for the second largest drug cartel in mexico . when things go awry , marty must uproot his family from the skyscrapers of chicago and relocate to the lazy lake region of the missouri ozarks .
you have shown us your strength before boot camp so i know you will be dedicated soldier of the united states army . we lo
kansas city , mo . — administrators at the university of missouri completed a reversal of their decision to close the university’s publishing house when they announced on friday that the longtime editor in chief , clair willcox , would be rehired .
he told huffpost that his interest stemmed from what he viewed as a fundamental loophole in the “la la land” plot : that mia achieves fame and fortune by the film’s conclusion despite a less - than - stellar stage debut .
this is going to reflect on the next 6 week ' s . not to smart . i didn ' t find out till my la
missouri has the right to terminate martin’s contract without cause for the first three year unless his team wins 20 games . there’s also a $ 10 . 5 million buyout cuonzo would have to pay if he leaves before april 30 , 2018 .
“i try to stay away from clichés and soundbites to make it sound good . i try to be as sincere as possible . mizzou is not just a national brand , it is a world brand . when we recruit , we are not just recruiting in the united states but we are recruiting across the world . i think we have to understand that we need to get the right student athletes to fit what we are trying to do . recruiting is about relationships and working extremely hard . we have to build relationships and help them see what we have to offer . one of the things i want everyone to leave with as fans is that when recruits see our basketball brand on television and when they come to campus and this arena is filled up , it helps me do my job . ”
sweeney bliss , champion mule raiser in missouri , takes his prize mule samson to london , where the british government is trying to decide whether to buy mules or tractors for its colonial troops . he is accompanied by his ritzy wife julie who has high society aspirations and hopes to have her younger sister lola pike marry a british diplomat . complicating matters is a business rival , porgie rowe , who is trying to sell tractors to the government and keeps knocking sweeney ' s prize missouri mules .
a con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate , pete , reuniting with his estranged family , that threatens to drag him into a world . . . see full summary »
. one of the drill sargents told a private to kill himself stating
do it . kill yourself . i find that shit funny .
that private is also being medically chaptered for mental health reasons . i was forced by a drill sargent to write a letter to her parents apologizin
bout my journey with the army and about my time in service and will do my best everyday to succeed and be better than i was yesterday .
dixon went on to say that the senate “received in rapid fire from the house these bills that do not address the issues that we read about , the issues that we were shocked to hear about at the end of session last year . ”
“it is a great league . you have three teams in the sweet sixteen right now . the one thing that i thought when i was in the sec before is that i don’t think the league got the credit it deserved as a basketball piece . often times , they would say it was because football was so big that they didn’t value basketball but you have great coaching and a lot of guys that played professional basketball . it was a physical league . i think it is a great league and i think the fans are supportive and there are great locations . for any league , you want to be the league with multiple teams in the ncaa tournament because you want everyone to have success and you have three teams in the sweet sixteen . ”
i have been acting over 15 years in film and theater , and have played many characters such as batman , the riddler , & the joker at a themepark . i also have been teaching for many years as a subsitute & kids theatre camp teacher and currently work as a special needs teacher at benicia high school .
“victory is ours ! ” declared a post on a facebook page , save the university of missouri press , created by ned stuckey - french , a professor at florida state university and an author with the press , and bruce joshua miller , a sales representative for university publishers .
“because nothing on paper ( will force change ) - - whether it ' s state law we call ethics , whether it’s the moral law from whatever book we read , it’s just on paper , ” dixon said . “what we have is a human heart problem .
theatre is a huge part of my life and i will soon have a bachelors in theatre arts . character work has always been my favorite part of acting , and portraying popular princesses is a dream come true . i love spending time with children and seeing the looks on their faces when their favorite character walks through the door .
cuonzo martin ,
if mizzou plans to keep me for 20 years , then i plan to be here for 20 years . this is it for me .
review : there isn ' t much that can be done with a plot as bad as this one . burns is a missouri mule breeder who is determined not to go bankrupt when the mule market collapses . he takes his prize mule to a kansas livestock show to impress an english army representa… ( more )
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martin mcdonagh and his brother john michael started making movies about the same time ; for the guard , the most uncomplicatedly funny and successful of the films they’ve both made , i’m inclined to give the latter the edge . they’re very much brothers with a shared sensibility grown more matched over years spent living together as adults , while they wrote their separate work and watched the same movies : a gift for idiomatically spry humor , often in the insult - directed vein , balancing out an attendant tendency to go heavy on catholic guilt and a fairly simplistic form of moral “complication . ” three billboards outside of ebbing , missouri sets up its premise fast : it’s been many months since her daughter angela ( kathryn newton ) was raped and murdered , no arrests have been made and grieving mother mildred ( frances mcdormand ) is livid . spying those three long - unused billboards on a rarely - used road , she rents them out and puts up a series of provocative messages demanding to know why more hasn’t been done . this doesn’t sit well with the townfolk , most particularly racist cop jason dixon ( sam rockwell ) ; tensions build , etc .
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ezhunirangal is a 1979 indian malayalam film , directed by jesey and produced by mo joseph .

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something to hide ( in the u.s. also reissued as shattered ) , is a 1972 british thriller film , written and directed by alastair reid , based on a 1963 novel by nicholas monsarrat .

the film stars peter finch , shelley winters , colin blakely , linda hayden and graham crowden .

finch plays a man harassed by his shrewish wife ( winters ) who , after picking up a pregnant teenage hitchhiker ( hayden ) is driven to murder and madness .

the film was not released commercially in the united states until 1976 .

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deborah moggach is the author from the best exotic marigold hotel which has been turned into a top grossing film staring judi dench . the book something to hide is a warm , witty and wise novel about the unexpected twists that later life can bring . it turns out that no matter where you are in the world , everybody has something to hide .
everybody has something to hide , but while some secrets are mildly embarrassing , others are shocking and possibly perilous . deborah moggach uses this facet of the human condition as the premise for her novel about four women striving to keep secrets safely hidden .
everybody has something to hide by deborah moggach what ' s in a name ? deborah moggach ' s ' everybody has something to hide ' makes an intriguing read , and the tension mounts throughout the book as the coming to light of what is hidden gradually plays out in the lives of the characters . this is the first deborah moggach i have read and it definitely encouraged me to read more of her novels . her letter to the reader on the first page gave enlightening stories of some of her life experiences that fed int
i ' m not a particulary fast reader but i sped through deborah moggach ' s latest novel something to hide * in two days , which is pretty spectacular for me . i wasn ' t even trying to finish it which i think probably shows the ease in which moggach ' s writing manages to capture my attention . obviously as the name of the book suggests the characters are all involved in a series of secrets which all connect to each other in various ways . some more closely than others . there ' s petra the sixty something year
some great characters from diverse backgrounds , all of them with something to hide . each individual personality takes us to a different part of the world , from london , to texas , japan to africa , each with its own unique feel . from surrogacy to the vile trade of elephant poaching , murder to betrayal , they ' re all thrown into the mix , but the author manages to link all these lives together really well . deborah moggach weaves her magic here with some wonderful portrayals , bringing her subjects very
an engaging contemporary novel with clever plot linkage and sympathetic , believable characters . . it demonstrates with humour and pathos the contrasting lives of 4 representative fictional characters living and communicating with ' something to hide ' across three continents , and lightly yet informatively it touches on a number of serious issues . an excellent novel for a book group to read and discuss .
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some great characters from diverse backgrounds , all of them with something to hide . each individual personality takes us to a different part of the world , from london , to texas , japan to africa , each with its own unique feel . from surrogacy to the vile trade of elephant poaching , murder to betrayal , they ' re all thrown into the mix , but the author manages to link all these lives together really well . deborah moggach weaves her magic here with some wonderful portrayals , bringing her subjects very much to life . * i received my copy from a first reads giveaway so thank you to goodreads *
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the plot was contrived and most of the characters unbelievable but nonetheless this book is a real page - turner . bev was realistic up to a point ( one only need check facebook to see how routine it is to embellish the story of one ' s life ! ) but i found petra ' s endless search for a loving relationship improbable . most sixty something ' s of my acquaintance are too exhausted or too disillusioned ! and she ' s doing something high - powered with books , although that seems to fall by the wayside very quickly !
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2 stars i was excited to read something to hide . on the surface , it sounds intriguing . four women are keeping secrets from their husbands . what happens when these secrets come out ? however , i was disappointed . i am not going to bother with a plot summary , as the book is uneven and focuses significantly more on one character’s story , petra , than the other three . by the end , it seems as if the other women’s stories are all but forgotten . the author could have completely eliminated the other three w
from urltoken : in something to hide by deborah moggach , each of the six main characters , spread across the world , has a secret . their lives are intricately and cleverly linked by moggach’s plotting . moggach writes in the perspective of four of the six main characters : petra in london . poor petra had been through a difficult divorce . so when she finds love , in an unexpected person , the reader empathises with her , even knowing that he’s married to someone else . petra’s character is interest
“kooky and diverse , each woman’s secret unfolds in scintillating bits that lead to a scandalous finish . ” ( kirkus reviews ) “clever plot machinations keep the pages turning and the reader guessing right up until the very end . ” ( booklist ) “readers familiar with the author will wonder when this book will hit the big screen . the sweeping landscapes of west africa , the secrets of women whose experiences are bound together , and the suspense of their stories are consuming . ” ( library journal ) “pulling the reader along on a fast - paced transcontinental journey , something to hide is engaging , poignant and prompts snorts of laughter . ” ( daily telegraph ( london ) , * * * * ) “a poignant story of the secrets and deceptions that lie at the heart of every relationship . ” ( tatler ( uk ) ) “classic moggach : readable , memorable… . something to hide takes us on an unashamedly colorful journey across continents , with clothes , food , landscape brought joyously to life . ” ( the times ( london ) )
marvelous book ! ( which i won through a gr giveaway . ) ( and really , i need to stop giving 4 and 5 stars to so many books . problem is , i dnf those i don ' t like , which would prob . get ratings of 1 or 2 . ) now to this book . . . the story of four women and how they interconnect , with one of the four sort of the mc . each woman has a story , or something to hide , but 60ish petra is the story ' s central focus . she ' s alone and lonely and finds herself in an affair with the husband of her best friend . this is no
bev has one of the world’s happiest marriages , you see , and likes to share this with the large circle of friends and acquaintances to whom she sends her excruciatingly smug blogs . as if we’re interested . she’s out in west africa with her adorable husband jeremy , who works for some big pharmaceutical company . he’s a litigation lawyer and i suspect he does something murky , like fighting cases brought by poor people who’ve been used as guinea pigs for new drugs . in fact i seem to remember something about some slimming pill , a couple of years ago . there’s a touch of the con man about jeremy , though i do have to admit he’s fun .
jim has quit the force to live and work with danielle at the vineyard . they attend a fashion show in aix staged by her cousin alain , after which one of alain ' s best customers , etienne , is shot dead and alain is framed . his girlfriend denise , who saw what happened , disappears . her brother gerard was once alain ' s manager but was sacked for corruption and alain ' s original backer , leon , infatuated by denise , wants all his money back . most of alain ' s associates seem to have something to hide . whilst alain was clearly not the murderer was etienne the intended victim ? jim finds out .
deborah moggach can be very witty and sly , both characteristics one notices in her writing of something to hide . this is about petra , an englishwoman in her 60 ' s who falls in love with her best friend ' s husband . it ' s also about lorelei , a mid - western american mother who gets involved in a scam while her husband is away on a tour of duty and how she proposes to recoup her money . both women ' s stories intertwine in africa - - the part of the novel that just doesn ' t ring true and the part i didn ' t like
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i can’t rattle around this house forever . i know i should sell up and move somewhere smaller but the idea fills me with panic . where would i go ? maybe i should get a dog and move to the country . something’s got to happen . i’m pondering this when suddenly , startlingly , the silence is broken . it’s the phone ringing .
the plot was contrived and most of the characters unbelievable but nonetheless this book is a real page - turner . bev was realistic up to a point ( one only need check facebook to see how routine it is to embellish the story of one ' s life ! ) but i found petra ' s endless search for a loving relationship improbable . most sixty something ' s of my acquaintance are too exhausted or too disillusioned ! and she ' s doing something high - powered with books , although that seems to fall by the wayside very quickly ! the book is very visual , the sunsets , sights and smells of africa vividly drawn and i was amazed to discover that the author had only ever spent a week there . as for lorrie , i do hope she put her children on a diet !
deborah moggach can be very witty and sly , both characteristics one notices in her writing of something to hide . this is about petra , an englishwoman in her 60 ' s who falls in love with her best friend ' s husband . it ' s also about lorelei , a mid - western american mother who gets involved in a scam while her husband is away on a tour of duty and how she proposes to recoup her money . both women ' s stories intertwine in africa - - the part of the novel that just doesn ' t ring true and the part i didn ' t like at all . deborah moggach writes better stuff than this .
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2 stars i was excited to read something to hide . on the surface , it sounds intriguing . four women are keeping secrets from their husbands . what happens when these secrets come out ? however , i was disappointed . i am not going to bother with a plot summary , as the book is uneven and focuses significantly more on one character’s story , petra , than the other three . by the end , it seems as if the other women’s stories are all but forgotten . the author could have completely eliminated the other three women’s stories , and the focus could have been solely petra . i also had some issues with lorrie’s portrayal ; her characterization was that of an obese , ignorant american ( who at times used british expressions ) . i gave the book 2 stars instead of 1 because i found petra’s story to be compelling enough to finish the book . i would not recommend .
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we’ve met in the lobby of his hotel , which is just off the bayswater road . i’m going to take him to uniqlo , a shop he’s never heard of , to help him buy clothes .
i’m thinking of bev as i unlock the door of the basement flat . it’s our last evening together ; tomorrow jeremy flies back to africa . he wants to have a look at the place , for old times’ sake , and is curious to see what i’ve done to it .
this wasn ' t my favourite book of hers but i could appreciate the idea of the different characters ' stories and how they interwove eventually . set in three continents , the novel deals with secrets and how challenging they can make your lives . i liked the fact that the main character , petra was sixty something !
nobody in the world knows our secret . . . that i ' ve ruined bev ' s life , and she ' s ruined mine .
petra ' s romantic life has always been a car - crash , and even in her sixties she ' s still capable of getting it disastrously wrong . but then she falls in love with jeremy , an old chum , visiting from abroad . the fatal catch ? jeremy is her best friend ' s husband . but just as petra is beginning to relax into her happy ever after , she finds herself catapulted to west africa , and to bev , her best friend who she’s been betraying so spectacularly . meanwhile , on opposite sides of the world , two other women are also struggling with the weight of betrayal : texan lorrie is about to embark on the biggest deception of her life , and in china li - jing is trying to understand exactly what it is her husband does on his west african business trips… it turns out that no matter wherever you are in the world , everyone has something to hide . can bev – can anyone – be trusted ?
‘ nobody in the world knows our secret . . . that i’ve ruined bev ' s life , and she ' s ruined mine . ’ petra’s romantic life has always been a car - crash , and even in her sixties she’s still capable of getting it disastrously wrong . but then she falls in love with jeremy , an old chum , visiting from abroad . the fatal catch ? jeremy is her best friend’s husband . but just as petra is beginning to relax into her happy ever after , she finds herself catapulted to west africa , and to bev , her best friend who she’s been betraying so spectacularly . meanwhile , on opposite sides of the world , two other women are also struggling with the weight of betrayal : texan lorrie is about embark on the biggest deception of her life , and in china li - jing is trying to understand exactly what it is her husband does on his west african business trips . . . it turns out that no matter where you are in the world , everyone has something to hide . can bev – can anyone – be trusted ?
i have nothing to add . what did we talk about , all this week ? our running jokes have puttered to a halt , their batteries expired .
he looks at me . the light is fading and i can’t see his face . “i mean , i don’t want to go back to africa . ”
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jeremy turns around and stands helplessly , with no armchair to sit in . he clears his throat . “i don’t want to go back , ” he says .
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i tell him about my latest disaster and we agree that men called barry are not to be trusted .
deborah moggach has such an ability to be able to weave separate storylines in and out of each other and still maintain a coherent story . i was a little confused in the beginning at the prologue wondering why it was there when it seemed to have nothing to do with the storylines when lo and behold , a couple of characters popped up way in the last part of the book as minor characters . she is so good at that . this time the main locations the story takes us to are london , england ; beijing , china ; whi
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it’s been five years since i’ve seen jeremy . he’s put on weight but he’s still an attractive man , weathered by laughter and sunshine and fizzing with energy . big nose , big mouth , big appetites ; i remember how he used to knock back the booze and he’s already sniffing dinner with relish . his hair is now almost white , masses of it , but it suits him . so , ridiculously , does his shirt . it’s printed with flamingoes , the sort of thing you’d wear on the beach . he looks like a dodgy arms dealer but there’s always been something dodgy about jeremy . he’s one of those restless , flamboyant men who gets easily bored and who likes to entertain himself by shocking people . why are lesbians always so fat and ugly ? some people would find him offensive but i don’t care . he makes me laugh and i’ve had precious little of that recently . how can he bear to be married to someone as boring as bev ?
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a huge fan of the author , read so much of his work , i found this too miserable to read .
a really enjoyable read , couldn ' t put it down . i know i will want to read it again .
petra is a single sixtysomething living in pimlico , london . her children and grandchildren live in far flung corners of the world and she has taken up online dating to assuage her loneliness . things look up when her old friend jeremy reappears in her life and they begin a passionate affair , meeting every time he is in london on business . it is everything petra has dreamed of with only one small wrinkle to spoil her happiness . jeremy is her best friend bev’s husband . things get even more difficult when bev calls from her african home and begs petra to come and help her . so begins a complex dance as petra attempts to be the best friend bev so obviously needs while constantly fearing that her affair with jeremy will be exposed . thrown together , old jealousies and spats arise and petra discovers that bev has her own secrets to hide . petra’s african experiences are vivid and eye - opening . away from the slick cities full of arab and chinese businessmen , petra finds that africa is still poor and corruption is rife at every level of society . moggach sends petra on the voyage of a lifetime , where she makes astonishing discoveries about bev , jeremy , and herself .
over in texas , lorrie dreams of moving her family to a better neighbourhood but with her husband in the military and two growing children , money is tight . when she accidentally destroys their chance to escape their run down home she embarks on an extraordinary project to put things right . at the same time , in china , li jing wonders why her stern businessman husband spends so much time in africa and how she will get over the shame of her infertility . things go from bad to worse when tests reveal that her husband is equally to blame for their lack of a child and li jing wonders if he will recover from the loss of face . he is impassive and tells her he has plans to sort everything out .
started a bit slow and disjointed but the author soon showed her purpose . i was sorry for the book to end .
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deborah moggach has such an ability to be able to weave separate storylines in and out of each other and still maintain a coherent story . i was a little confused in the beginning at the prologue wondering why it was there when it seemed to have nothing to do with the storylines when lo and behold , a couple of characters popped up way in the last part of the book as minor characters . she is so good at that . this time the main locations the story takes us to are london , england ; beijing , china ; white springs , texas ; and assenonga , west africa . now if that is not enough to already pique your interest , i do not know what can . moggach , the magic story weaver , takes us on a journey to have all of the paths of these characters from these locations cross several times , sometimes unknowingly , and sometimes quite vividly . love , money and ageing do strange things to people and those they love and nowhere is that more apparent than this delightful novel .
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during the past few months i’ve been meeting men on the internet , something i’ve been doing off and on for years . after several dismal failures i met somebody i rather liked . his name was barry and i warmed to him when he asked me about my life – virtually unheard - of , in these situations . plus he hated golf . and he had a full head of hair . these might seem minor attributes but from them – doggedly , stupidly , like a naive , ageing teenager – i started spinning the man of my dreams . i even imagined our future together , isn’t that pathetic ? he lived in billingshurst – direct trains to victoria – and i live in pimlico , a few streets from the station . we could live partly in london and partly in what i imagined was his picturesque dwelling deep in the sussex countryside where we could spend our days gardening and then , with a sigh , sink into our armchairs with a glass of whisky . then , one day , he stopped replying to my emails , and within a week his profile was back on the website .
i was looking forward to read this , but very disappointed . thought there would be far more interesting connections between the women . still a page turner
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“paths not taken , all that . how weird it would be to start again , at the beginning , and have a whole new life . ”
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meanwhile , on opposite sides of the world , two other women are also struggling with the weight of betrayal : lorrie , a texan , is about to embark on the biggest deception of her life , and in china , li jing is trying to understand exactly what it is her husband does on his business trips .
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“stop being so touchy . ” he settles himself comfortably . “now , tell me about the others . i want to hear stories from the wilder shores of love . ”
this book drew my attention in part because of moggach ' s previous novel , the exotic marigold hotel . i was anticipating the same sense of humour . while there was some of that lightheartedness , it possessed more intrigue and pathos . i feel that some of the characters could have been developed and focused upon more regularly . the portrayals of lorrie and li - jing are not as satisfying - they left me wanting to know more about their circumstances and predicaments . i guess i felt a bit short - changed when it came to their situations . i felt as though they were left on the periphery by moggach forced to fend for themselves so to speak . the jury is out on this one for me .
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“classic moggach : readable , memorable . . . an unashamedly colorful journey across continents , with clothes , food , landscapes brought joyously to life . ” — the times ( london )
he clinks my glass . “christ it’s good to be back , blossoms and greenery and yallery . i can’t tell you how much i miss the spring . ” he gives me a broad smile . “and it’s more than good to see you , darling petra . you and your house , the mother ship . never sell this place , will you ? promise ? ”
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skilfully , moggach draws these disparate strands together , showing that even the most unlikely people can be connected in unexpected ways . in spite of their differences in age , lifestyle and geography , these women share a common characteristic ; they are willing to betray their nearest and dearest in order to keep their secrets from being discovered . the women are all fully rounded characters who are easy to care for , particularly petra whose warmth and humour , with some dark flourishes , is appealing . this is an absorbing read , with surprises and moments of tension that make it a genuine page - turner .
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deborah moggach’s latest novel takes the form of intertwined separate narratives , one of which is told in the first person by petra , a divorcee in her late fifties or early sixties , while the others are third person accounts of events affecting lorrie , the self - consciously overweight american wife of a soldier currently serving in iraq , and li - jing , the wife of a successful businessman from beijing who is struggling to come to terms with her inability to conceive . as the novel opens it is difficult to imagine how these separate storylines , unwinding on different continents , might coalesce . moggach does , however , unravel the disparate plotlines very deftly , and their nexus proves to be on a fourth continent , in a fictional state in west africa . the story touches on a wide range of emotions – bitterness , resentfulness , jealousy , love and fear of loneliness – though is never bogged down in undue sentiment . none of the characters are particularly likeable though she sparks our interest in all of their plights . i am not wholly convinced of the plausibility of the story line , but i was able to suspend my disbelief while reading the book . this was not the best of her books that i have read , but was still very enjoyable despite that .
i have to admit that i’m becoming fond of jeremy . our week of goofing off has gathered its own momentum – it’s become a long conversation , broken each night when we go our separate ways and picked up again the next day . it’s time stolen out of our normal lives , a lost weekend without the alcoholism , though with plenty of wine and lotsa laughs . we see nobody else , none of my friends ; we just noodle around london in the sunshine . emails have filled up my in - box but i can’t be bothered to answer them . i’ve cancelled the couple of things i had to do , what the hell .
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i really enjoyed this book and read it very quickly , as i was so keen to find out what happened . i did however guess the storyline at each and every turn , which was slightly disappointing , but the characters were well written , not particularly likeable but very believable ; i could relate to them and the story did move at a cracking pace . this could have been a 4 or possibly even a 5 star rated book for me except for the fact that the interwoven story of the american lorrie was far too hastily ( and sloppily ? ) wrapped up . i thought that the author got so carried away with petra and bev that she seemed to have almost forgotten lorrie and then half heartedly added some crumbs to try and tie it up at the end . unfortunately lorrie ' s ending was just too unbelievable . passports ? registration of birth and father / husband ? stitches and only one week until hubby returns ! maybe there will be another book coming about lorrie ? there certainly should and could be , as her situation was just as interesting and her story far too good to simply be a gap filler .
so he pours out more champagne and i entertain him with my romantic disasters . from the safety of the marital bed , couples like to hear about the hurly - burly of the chaise longue . not that there’s been much hurly - burly but i beef it up to get that booming laugh . i tell him about the internet man who took out his false teeth before he ate ; about the sensitive , tactile pensioner who asked if i liked to play – presumably some sort of sport , until he told me . i tell jeremy about the cadbury’s area manager who showed me photos of his dead wife and the man who talked me through the wiring on his vauxhall astra .
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out in the street , somebody rattles a stick against the railings . there’s a rumble of thunder . i look at jeremy as he stands at the window , blocking the light . he seems to be inspecting the putty around the sashes .
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picked this up in the hotel on holiday , swapped for a book i ' d already read , great holiday read . not the best story but you don ' t have to think too much , passed a bit of time on . . .
i chose this book because ' tulip fever ' by the same author was so excellent . this book , however , was disappointing . the writing itself is good - characters , descriptions - but the story rambled . basically , it winds around the lives of two women , one in england and one in america , or that ' s what it ' s meant to do . in fact , it ' s mainly about petra , the woman in england , and the other story seems to have been added as a filler . yes , it does sort of come together at the end , but feels contrived rather than satisfying . i guessed what had happened in africa - not too difficult to figure it out . it did feel padded out and about three - quarters of the way through , found myself skimming through it . the story about the woman in america could have been a separate book but would have needed more of a sub - plot to add interest and bulk . good writing , insufficient plot .
i have enjoyed many of deborah moggach ' s books in the past and this was no exception . this begins with two apparently unrelated storylines : petra , divorced and lonely meets up with the husband of an old best friend and lorrie , who gets in a financial sticky situation . from the very beginning it was very readable . at first the two plot lines were quite equitable but as the time went on petra ' s became more dominant and i did wonder quite how lorrie ' s would fit in . however by the end it was clearer . i do wonder though why the second storyline was not used to make a totally separate novel ? but , all in all , a very enjoyable book and up to the usual standard . thanks to net galley for the advance copy .
i enjoy deborah’s writing style , so had little doubt that this would be a good read . somehow she manages to tie up the most far flung destinations and mix up the most unlikely walks of life…successfully . i started off reading about a market in africa and because this is a preview on my kindle , came back to what i thought was a completely different book at one point ! ! the hazards of not having a real front cover and bookmark ( old school , i know ) . each scenario and personality is painted beautiful
i really enjoyed this book and read it very quickly , as i was so keen to find out what happened . i did however guess the storyline at each and every turn , which was slightly disappointing , but the characters were well written , not particularly likeable but very believable ; i could relate to them and the story did move at a cracking pace . this could have been a 4 or possibly even a 5 star rated book for me except for the fact that the interwoven story of the american lorrie was far too hastily ( a
petra’s romantic life has always been a car crash , and even in her sixties she’s still getting it disastrously wrong . and then she falls in love with jeremy , an old friend visiting from abroad . there’s just one catch : jeremy is married to her best friend , bev .
we step into the street . it’s another glorious day , the hottest april in years . along the pavement , 4x4s with tinted windows are parked , their engines running . their occupants sit in hyde park , sheikhs’ wives burqa’d up to the eyeballs , eating picnics with their children .
it is many years since i last read a deborah moggach book and i had quite forgotten just how good her reads are . her characters are real , they jump out of the page at you and you very quickly become entwined in their lives , and this book is no exception . our main character here is petra , a woman probably in her early sixties , divorced and living alone . the one thing she dreads is spending the rest of her years alone . she wants to be loved . but , when she does find that love she is going to end up
i chose this book because ' tulip fever ' by the same author was so excellent . this book , however , was disappointing . the writing itself is good - characters , descriptions - but the story rambled . basically , it winds around the lives of two women , one in england and one in america , or that ' s what it ' s meant to do . in fact , it ' s mainly about petra , the woman in england , and the other story seems to have been added as a filler . yes , it does sort of come together at the end , but feels contrived rathe
eborah moggach weaves together the stories of six different characters from across the globe , each guarding a secret . there’s sixtysomething petra , living alone in london and longing to find a more satisfying relationship than anything her recent internet dates have offered ; her best friend , bev , and bev’s husband , jeremy , who live in west africa and appear sickeningly happily married ; lorrie , a young wife and mother in texas who needs to make some serious cash while her husband’s on a tour of duty , and li - jing and her husband , lei , in china , desperate for the baby they can’t conceive . the tangled lives of the first three lie at the heart of the novel , with the likable petra as the central ballast , though i was eager to find out more about lorrie . despite some rather crazy plot twists towards the end , it’s a gentle , easy - reading tale of happenstance and second chances .
the lighting is pitiless . i catch sight of myself in the mirror , tall and gaunt . my face is blanched . nobody says this about ageing , how the glow bleaches out until one gradually becomes colourless , like an etching of one’s own self - portrait . the tiny lines , of course , add to this effect . how has bev aged ? i haven’t seen her for years but in the countless photos she posts on facebook she looks exactly the same . she and i are such a contrast – she small and curvy , me tall and skinny . somebody once compared us to a chihuahua and a lurcher .
i had such a great trip with the four threads . china , usa , africa and england . . . very well written and the characters were so realistic . i haven ' t been to china , but even those sections felt real . must look for some of her other books . . very contemporary themes , too
i enjoy deborah’s writing style , so had little doubt that this would be a good read . somehow she manages to tie up the most far flung destinations and mix up the most unlikely walks of life…successfully . i started off reading about a market in africa and because this is a preview on my kindle , came back to what i thought was a completely different book at one point ! ! the hazards of not having a real front cover and bookmark ( old school , i know ) . each scenario and personality is painted beautifully whether it is the oppressed japanese wife , the american military family , the best friends separated by a continent but united by their love of the same man . in the mix is surrogacy , elephant poaching , naturally grown slimming aids , murder and deceit . an unlikely combination ? not a bit of it – the story gathers pace as each strand is linked together and the reader is led to find empathy with each of the women portrayed . good summer read .
i really enjoyed this book . interestingly the first person narrator , petra , is quite an unpleasant character , full of jealously and bitterness and occasionally , self - delusion . perhaps what makes her slightly more empathetic is the comparison to her hideous friend bev , with all her ' sweetie pies ' and her casual racism , and her lover , the morally flexible jeremy , involved in murky expat business dealings . i suppose my criticism of the novel is that the parallel story of lorrie and her surrogate pregnancy is underdeveloped and wrapped up too soon . are we meant to think her husband and children really didn ' t have any idea about her pregnancy and that everything turned out hunky dory ?
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this was one strange story of women with big secrets , one downright criminal . as they play out , petra ' s secret becomes an absolute nightmare and the focus of the book . i ' m not sure why the other women ' s stories fell to the side , but i think the author missed the boat by not developing their characters . it bothered me , too , that the book was in need of some editing concerning the lorrie ( american ) character . the british author doesn ' t speak
american
and texans don ' t
have a nap .
however , it kept me entertained as i had to know how everybody ended up , so in that way , it was a good read .
better known in the uk than here in the states , and later marketed in the u . s . as
shattered
, i don ' t recall coming across this one over the years ( kind of surprising , considering the cast ) . an understated peter finch portrays harry field , a government employee who lives along the isle of wight . the film begins with him coming home during the holidays to his frustrated wife , played by shelley winters ( the antithesis of understated ) . she ' s cooked a turkey for her ( vegan ) husband , and performs a christmas number , in an effort to have a nice , romantic evening and save their struggling marriage . field , bored with his job . . . uninterested in…