Sarah Brown

Эмма и Декстер случайно познакомились на выпускном вечере. Они встретились совсем не для того, чтобы никогда не расставаться, - уже завтра они разойдутся и начнут новую, взрослую жизнь. Каждый - свою. Что произойдет с ними через год? А через два? Через три, семь… двадцать? Роман Дэвида Николса - одновременно грустная и смешная, трогательная и светлая история любви, в которой каждый найдет для себя что-то очень важное.

With precisely 35 canvases to his credit, the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer represents one of the great enigmas of 17th-century art. The meager facts of his biography have been gleaned from a handful of legal documents. Yet Vermeer's extraordinary paintings of domestic life, with their subtle play of light and texture, have come to define the Dutch golden age. His portrait of the anonymous Girl with a Pearl Earring has exerted a particular fascination for centuries - and it is this magnetic painting that lies at the heart of Tracy Chevalier's second novel of the same title. Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. First, the 16-year-old narrator becomes increasingly intimate with her master. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistant--and ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model.

It is becoming clear that the old frames of reference are not working, that the narratives used for decades to stave off progressive causes are being exposed as falsehoods. Six myths have taken hold, ones which are at odds with our lived experience and in urgent need of revision....

A heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about a queer drag queen's journey to be true to themself. From growing up in a strict Iraqi Muslim household to discovering the transformative powers of drag, this book covers topics like non-binary gender identity, marine biology, Eton college, and Islam in a new, queer way. Most of all, it's a story about the author's relationship with their mother and the life-long search for belonging.