Word: queenly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...GRANDMOTHER of five girls, Lil Krauss, is the undisputed leader of her large family. She is the matriarch,"...the queen bee...the Queen of Persia, the Empress herself." Krauss is the undisputed leader of her large family. She is the matriarch, "...the queen bee...the Queen of Persia, the Empress herself." Krauss is a monarch by virtue of her strength, energy and stubbornness. Although her effect on the household is subtle, her presence is constantly felt, her power never doubted. From her family, she commands an unlikely mix of fear, respect and sincere love. And as family matriarcl., Lil Krauss...
Were it not for the author's compelling artistry and style. During the Reign of the Queen of Persia might easily be dismissed as an interesting experiment. The girls live on their grandmother's farm in Northern Ohio, and nothing terribly tragic or extraordinary ever happens in the old brick house and surrounding fields where they spend their days. But the strength of this novel does not lie in the glamour of its characters or the excitement of their lives, but rather in the author's ability to make this simple, unceasingly ordinary family compelling. Through her narrators, Chase delves...
...extends in theory to infinity, but whoever thought it reached Saskatoon? For half a season, Montreal and Toronto have been leading half the divisions in the major leagues, and now a Canadian World Series is more than just a chilling thought. It's a possibility, God save the Queen...
DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA...
...This was Gram, who had five daughters and, though no one seemed to think the fact very important, a husband. Her style was regal-she would stomp out at night to play bingo whenever she felt like it-and her son-in-law Dan the butcher called her the Queen of Persia. She sheltered, in her take-it-or-leave-it way, her unmarried daughters and whatever married ones happened, at any given moment, to have found their husbands redundant (men are minor irritants in this matriarchy...