Hello to the Cannibals: A NovelHarper Collins, 13.10.2009 - 688 Seiten At first, all Lily Austin knows about 19th–century explorer Mary Kingsley is that, 100 years before, she was the first white woman to venture into the heart of Africa. But as Lily begins reading about Mary Kingsley, she becomes more and more fascinated – and discovers in Mary a kindred spirit. In her own life, Lily feels trapped – on the one hand, she craves family and intimate connection; on the other hand, she has no healthy or satisfying role models. Consequently, as she nears graduation from the University of Virginia, she finds herself uncertain about what to do with her life. As she researches Mary's life – she has begun writing a play about her – Lily comes to witness Mary's incredible bravery and startling originality, qualities that prove inspirational to Lily, whose own bravery is required as she attempts to navigate dysfunctional and destructive relationships with her young husband, her extended family – and a legacy of abuse dating back to her childhood. |
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... sleep again , mak- ing a raw , scratchy , bronchial sound with each inhalation . She backs away and returns to the basement , carrying her book . Dominic is sitting on the bottom step , reading the back of a record album . He's smoking ...
... " That's nice , " Ronda says . “ I shouldn't talk about Grandpa Stapleton . But he's old and he drinks , and I worry about him . " She sighs . “ I can't sleep . " Yet in the next moment , Lily hears her breathing HELLO TO THE CANNIBALS 13.
... sleep , and her mind is too restless , still turning on the images of her father as Edmund , dying in rehearsal . It's as if she has never thought of death , the fact of it in the world — its irremediable remorseless power over her and ...
... sleep . But then he lifts it , drains the last drop out of it , and puts it down , carefully . She can smell the cake , and abruptly she can smell the whiskey , too . She says , " Or , really , it's the day after , now . I was fourteen ...
... sleeping, stupid with sleep, mouth agape, snoring. She doesn't sleep. And she knows from the sounds, coming from the hall- way and the downstairs, that he's now awake, too. Several times, she hears him coughing and sighing on the other ...