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Monday, 4 April 2011
Fair Game (DVD)
By Naomi Watts
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Customer tags: cia(3), drama(3), espionage(3), naomi watts(2), bush(2), sean penn(2), confidentiality, 2003-2006 tv clips, dignity, discretion, ambivalence, apology
Review & Description
From the director of The Bourne Identity comes this riveting thriller inspired by the experiences of real-life CIA officer Valerie Plame (Academy Award® nominee Naomi Watts). When Plame's retired ambassador husband Joe Wilson (played by Academy Award® winner Sean Penn) writes a newspaper article challenging the basis for the U.S. war on Iraq, the White House leaks Plame s undercover status leaving her international contacts vulnerable, her career in shambles and her life in danger. Crackling with sharp dialogue, gripping intrigue and heart-pounding suspense, Fair Game is the adventure that s so unbelievable, it can only be realThe skullduggery surrounding the Valerie Plame affair is already the stuff of an espionage thriller, even if at the time of the making of Fair Game many details of the incident remained murky. Naomi Watts plays Plame, a longtime CIA agent whose classified status was exposed to the world by columnist Robert Novak in 2003. The move was widely seen as retaliation for the fact that Plame's husband, diplomat Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), had just written an op-ed piece contradicting an assertion in President Bush's State of the Union address--an assertion that was part of the Bush administration's drum-beating enthusiasm for the Iraq War. The movie can't answer all the questions about who wanted Plame exposed, but at the least it could create a convincing piece of Beltway intrigue. Instead, Fair Game steers in the direction of domestic melodrama, as the marriage between Plame and Wilson is severely tested by the unwanted notoriety. It's not that the actors are unable to bring this situation to life; Penn is forceful (and he cleverly suggests the vanity of a longtime cocktail-party maven), while Watts, though quite capable, is somewhat frozen by her character's mixed, ambivalent reactions. The main problem is simply that these relationship scenes tip the balance, as though the Plame-Wilson marriage carried greater weight than allegations of weapons of mass destruction and the ramp-up to the Iraq War. Meanwhile, director Doug Liman tries to whip up some spy-movie "energy" with lots of noise and cutting, all of which feels increasingly hollow as the movie goes along. A calmer, cleaner documentary on the same subject might do a superior job someday. --Robert Horton Read more
Devil in the Deep Blue Sea (Kindle Edition)
By Sherry Morris
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Review & Description
Sail off with Jeanie in this coming of age women's fiction with a paranormal twist. She is a shy child of the 70's, aching for attention. Surviving a near-drowning incident while babysitting with a friend, Jeanie tells no one. She buries the incident deep within her. Fifteen years later, Jeanie is married with a little girl of her own. She makes sure to dote on her own daughter, giving her all the love and recognition that her inner child still craves. Flying on a lavish vacation with her elderly mother, there is mechanical trouble. Jeanie must finally come face to face with the Devil in the Deep Blue Sea. Read more
Shadow Mothers: Nannies, Au Pairs, and the Micropolitics of Mothering (Paperback)
By Cameron Lynne Macdonald
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Review & Description
Shadow Mothers shines new light on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the "shadow mothers" they hire. Cameron Lynne Macdonald illuminates both sides of an unequal and complicated relationship. Based on in-depth interviews with professional women and childcare providers-- immigrant and American-born nannies as well as European au pairs--Shadow Mothers locates the roots of individual skirmishes between mothers and their childcare providers in broader cultural and social tensions. Macdonald argues that these conflicts arise from unrealistic ideals about mothering and inflexible career paths and work schedules, as well as from the devaluation of paid care work. Read more
Sunday, 3 April 2011
My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Demons, Monsters, Fiend (Paperback)
By Judith Viorst
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Review & Description
How can Nick believe his mother's telling him there aren't any monsters when she forgets what his favorite flavor of ice cream is? Or when she makes him wear boots and it doesn't even rain?
Well, sometimes Mamas do make mistakes...but sometimes they don't.
Judith Viorst's appealing text combines with Kay Chorao's wickedly evocative drawings in this all-new edition of a favorite book. Read more
Stories for Mothers (Kindle Edition)
By Regina Russell
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Stories for Mothers contains three heart-warming, true stories that will appeal to mothers of all ages. The first story is told from the perspective of a mother who is accompanying her daughter in the labor room as her grandchild is being born. This touching moment by moment account ends with one of the most gratifying experiences a mother can have...the birth of her child.
The second story is an account of a woman who comes to know a mother in a very unusual way without ever getting to meet her.
The last story in the collection is about a feline mother and the epiphany her human friend had as a result of their relationship.
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Who Gets to Name Grandma? The Wisdom of Mothers and Grandmothers (Kindle Edition)
By Carol L. Covin
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Review & Description
A collection of articles based on 40 interviews with mothers and grandmothers in which each was asked the question, "What advice would you give the other generation about how to raise the grandchildren?"
The author has taken her extensive experience in interviewing hundreds of top computer executives and applied this to the delicate, emotional link between mothers and grandmothers when it comes to advice about raising children.
Each has the experience of their time. Each misses the perspective of the other generation. Into this gap, the author has gently inserted stories of raising her own children to illustrate how the love of both generations enriches the children. Read more
