• About Tara Hanks
  • Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed
    • Reviews
    • Synopsis
    • Updates
    • Where to Buy
  • The Mmm Girl
    • The Mmm Girl – Extract
    • The Mmm Girl – Reviews
  • Wicked Baby
    • Wicked Baby – Reviews
  • Media

Tara Hanks

~ Author of 'The Mmm Girl' and 'Wicked Baby'

Tara Hanks

Tag Archives: Jean Rhys

2018: A Year In Books

18 Tuesday Dec 2018

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Books, Fiction, Film, Music, Non-Fiction

≈ Comments Off on 2018: A Year In Books

Tags

#Bronte200, A View of the Empire at Sunset, A Year in Books, Anna Maria Ortese, Aunt Branwell and the Bronte Legacy, Bettie Page, Bettie Page: The Lost Years, Billie Holiday, Black Dahlia, Black Dahlia Red Rose, Brandon Hobson, Brass, Brontё, Camille Laurens, Caryl Phillips, Cesare Pavese, David Lynch, Devil's Advocates, Don't Skip Out On Me, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Edgar Degas, Evening Descends Upon the Hills, Evening in Paradise, Freak Kingdom, Frida Kahlo, Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, Hunter S. Thompson, Jean Rhys, Lindsay Hallam, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, Lucia Berlin, Maura McHugh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Native American Literature, Nick Holland, Olga Tokarcsuk, Ottessa Moshfegh, Piu Eatwell, Rachel Kushner, Religion Around Billie Holiday, Sarah Weinman, Taylor Brown, The Beautiful Summer, The Blacker the Berry..., The Gods of Howl Mountain, The Mars Room, The Real Lolita, Timothy Denevi, Tori Rodriguez, Tracey Fessenden, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Vladimir Nabokov, Wallace Thurman, Welcome Home, Where the Dead Sit Talking, Willy Vlautin, Xhenet Aliu, You Are Always With Me: Letters to Mama

With her third novel, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh confirms herself as a major writer of our time. This darkly comic tale follows the sleepy adventures of a young, beautiful and rich but miserable New Yorker who embarks on a drug-fuelled sabbatical at the dawn of the 21st century. Moshfegh’s mischievous delight in the squalid details of everyday life powers her absurd yet visionary narrative.  Continue reading →

2016: A Year in Fiction

23 Friday Dec 2016

Posted by marina72 in Books, Fiction

≈ Comments Off on 2016: A Year in Fiction

Tags

A Girl Called Pearl, A Year in Books, Alexander Baron, Annabel Abbs, Arturo's Island, City of Secrets, Eimear McBride, Elena Ferrante, Elsa Morante, Emma Cline, Emma Donoghue, Fallen Land, Harper Lee, Javier Marias, Jean Rhys, Jill Dawson, LaRose, Leonard Michaels, Louise Erdrich, Lucia Joyce, Madonna in a Fur Coat, Magda Szabo, Michelle Morgan, News of the World, Patricia Highsmith, Patrick Hamilton, Paulette Jiles, Sabahattin Ali, Sara Taylor, Stewart O'Nan, Sylvia, Taylor Brown, The Beach at Night, The Crime Writer, The Door, The Girls, The Joyce Girl, The Lauras, The Lesser Bohemians, The Lost Daughter, The Wonder, Thus Bad Begins

27b10e02-06d9-4375-bcaf-cb63de1f541f-14251-0000047fd5e6d4af_tmp

This extraordinary second novel from Eimear McBride charts the unlikely romance of a young Irish drama student and a world-weary actor, set in gritty, hedonistic North London during the 1990s. Together the lovers confront their demons, and the narrative is both emotionally brutal and often highly erotic. Continue reading →

2016: A Year In Non-Fiction

22 Thursday Dec 2016

Posted by marina72 in Amy Winehouse, Books, Brighton, Film, History, Lana Del Rey, Music, Non-Fiction, Politics, Witchcraft, Writing

≈ Comments Off on 2016: A Year In Non-Fiction

Tags

A Year in Books, Amy Winehouse, Another Day in the Death of America, BFI Stars, Blondie, British Witches of Sussex, Elena Ferrante, F.A. Mannan, Frances Farmer, Frantumaglia, Gary Younge, I'm Not In the Band, Jean Rhys, Journalism, Julie Christie, Lana Del Rey, Letters, Lyndsy Spence, Margaret Lockwood, Melanie Bell, Natalie Wood, Nathalie Leger, Peter Shelley, Rebecca Sullivan, Suite For Barbara Loden, Sylvia Patterson

c11aa2aa-f0d9-4d08-bb1b-aa7e229eeec8-14251-0000047ea04b5dbb_tmp

British journalist Gary Younge has a sharp eye for how political events impact on ordinary lives. While living in Chicago, he investigated the stories behind the blunt statistics of ten children and teenagers shot dead in a single day. Never intrusive, but quietly devastating, Another Day in the Death of America illuminates with rare power. Continue reading →

Subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 329 other subscribers

Pages

  • About Tara Hanks
  • Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed
  • Media
  • The Mmm Girl
  • Wicked Baby

Creative Commons License
http://tarahanks.com by Tara Hanks/marina72 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License

Categories

Archives

Twitter

  • Scandal ’63 Revisited: Symposium in Leicester tarahanks.com/2023/03/21/sca… https://t.co/D5Wlq8eOBs 1 hour ago
  • RT @MOJOmagazine: “She’s on the kind of form that can reckon with her past rather than just being doomed to repeat it...” Read MOJO’s verdi… 5 hours ago
  • RT @atilatstokbroka: Liz Truss says her budget was derailed by the Left Wing Economic Establishment, now Johnson says he misled the Commons… 6 hours ago

Find Me

  • ES Updates
  • The Marilyn Report

My Favourites

  • Aaron Darc
  • Chris Wade
  • Christine Keeler Official
  • Culled Culture
  • Culture Matters
  • Cursum Perficio
  • Cy Forrest
  • Everlasting Star
  • Fionn Wilson
  • Jude Starling
  • Laura Wilkinson
  • Moon In The Gutter
  • Nostalgia Kinky
  • Paradise Hunter
  • Refugee Radio

Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • Tara Hanks
    • Join 329 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Tara Hanks
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

You must be logged in to post a comment.