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...should not have these thoughts, just as she knew she must keep her gaze downcast each evening as she slipped quietly in and out of the Viscountess’ room. She was careful not to look at Viscount Frederick, as he slumped there on the pillows next to his wife. But she couldn’t help but wonder why Frederick, so studious, so sagacious, had chosen to marry a high-strung London beauty like Felicity.To avoid these musings, Roxanna shook her head, setting her buttercup curls a-bouncing. Why worry about anything on such a beautiful day, she told...
...After Reading” features an impressive cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich, and Frances McDormand, who is married to Joel. Malkovich plays Osbourne Cox, a CIA agent who, after being unceremoniously fired from his job, decides to write a memoir. Swinton plays his callous wife, Katie Cox, who is having an affair with Harry Pfarrer, a married, womanizing federal marshal played by George Clooney. A disc containing Osbourne’s memoir notes soon finds its way into the hands of two Hardbodies gym employees, Linda Litzke (McDormand) and Chad Feldheimer (Pitt). Linda, desperate...
...achingly describes how “there are days when the cage doesn’t seem to open very wide at all,” referring to her own debilitating obsession with a man that has “love in his heart” for his own wife and daughter. However, as the music swells to production levels more typical of Rilo Kiley than Williams—bringing in a violin, mandolin, and soaring choral vocal backups—Wainwright declares, “My heart was made for bleeding all over you / I know you?...
...stories unfold in such specific landscapes. I had always loved her characters, but they can only exist near places like the Pearl River of “The Wide Net.” The story’s protagonist is searching the river for the body of his wife, who may or may not have drowned herself. Despite the gravity of the main character’s situation, he remains placid, just like the river Welty describes: “The sandbars were pink or violet drifts ahead. Where the light fell on the river, in a wandering from shore...
...filing of the lawsuit was the first in a series of events leading to Fischer’s resignation this summer. Some hospital executives discovered that Fischer had given surgery department funds to his wife, who organized department events, helped new surgeons find homes, and showed their families around Boston, according to The Boston Globe. The funds—$12,000 a year in all—were later returned...