![]() ![]() My thing in life was not to believe to ask the questions and find the answers myself. I can look at those same questions from childhood and ask questions about who I was as a or why we end up believing certain things based on what's told to us. I think, "What makes me different? What is being Chinese?" I would look at my leg: "Is this a Chinese leg?" "If I eat too much Chinese food, will I become more Chinese?" Those are the early questions that have a lot to do with identity. Or if somebody called me a racist name, and I'm 6 years old and they say I'm a chink, or worse. Although, I might say, "Who is this God? And what does he think of me? And why does he think that?" I would ask myself, "Why am I being treated this way? What did I do? If I intended to be good, but I'm perceived as bad, why is that?" He was a minister and he questioned himself: "Am I being good enough?" I didn't question myself in quite that way. I thought it was normal for everybody to question.Īnd perhaps it came from my father a bit. I don't remember a time in my life when I didn't question things. You're always starving for some kind of answer, but it really started in childhood. What does that mean?Īmy Tan: Neediness is always there. In your book, you said that you felt compelled by a subconscious neediness. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The Passengers is yet another taut thriller with break-neck pacing from the mind of John Marrs. This did not influence my thoughts or opinions. Thanks to Audible for a listening copy of The Passengers for review consideration. But the public will show their true colors when they are asked, “Which of these people should we save?…And who should we kill first?” Just as self-driving cars become the trusted, safer norm, eight people find themselves in this terrifying situation, including a faded TV star, a pregnant young woman, an abused wife fleeing her husband, an illegal immigrant, a husband and wife, and a suicidal man.įrom cameras hidden in their cars, their panic is broadcast to millions of people around the world. 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So, if you're still uninitiated to the world of Mr. If that's you, then the show's SYFY premiere might just be your chance to dig into this tense cat-and-mouse story of a retired cop and the brutal cold case he just can't leave behind. 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In Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall, having been stung by a critic who called the biographies unreliable, Milligan wrote, "I wish the reader to know that he is not reading a tissue of lies and fancies, it all really happened." ![]() The preface anticipates the book will be part of a trilogy years later, the cover of the fourth volume said: "Don't be fooled this is the last, volume four of the war memoirs." Ultimately, however, Milligan published seven volumes covering his war service, his first nervous breakdown and reallocation to rear-echelon duties, his demob and early years trying to break into the entertainment industry. The book spans the period from Britain's declaration of war on Germany to when Milligan lands in Algeria as a part of the Allied liberation of Africa. Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, published in 1971, is the first volume of Spike Milligan's war memoirs. ![]() ![]() Dan O’Malley checks all the boxes: single, romantically indifferent to her, completely trustworthy. Fortunately, she knows exactly who to ask. To avoid imminent disaster, she must marry immediately it is essential that the person she chooses have no romantic feelings for her whatsoever and be completely trustworthy. But now, Kat’s silver spoon past has finally caught up with her, and so have her youthful mistakes. Determined to live a quiet life, Kat Tanner changed her identity years ago and eschewed her family’s legacy. ![]() ![]() and yes, she is *that* Kathleen Tyson): 1) She’s determined to make good decisions, 2) She must get married ASAP, and 3) She knows how to knit.īeing a billionaire heiress isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. 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