![]() Soon strange visitations, suspicious accidents, and a botched kidnapping convince Amelia that there is a plot afoot to harm Evelyn. With a typical disregard for convention, Amelia promptly hires her fellow countrywoman as a companion and takes her to Cairo.Įluding Evelyn’s former lover, who wants her back, and Evelyn’s cousin Lord Ellesmere, who wishes to marry her, the two women sail up the Nile to an archaeological site that is home to a rather lively mummy. Banned forever from the eastern end of the Valley of the Kings, eminent Egyptologist Radcliffe Emersons desperate attempt to regain digging rights backfiresand his dream of unearthing the tomb of the little-known king Tutankhamon is dashed. On her way, Amelia rescues young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been “ruined” and abandoned on the streets of Rome by her rascally lover. "If Indiana Jones were female, a wife, and a mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody Emerson."- Publishers WeeklyĪmelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her first Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella. MDK receives a commission for purchases made through the links in this post.Meet Egyptologist Amelia Peabody in the first mystery in the Victorian-era, New York Times- bestselling series. Image: L’Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911), 1888–89, Vincent van Gogh, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Sam A. Without a local bookseller, I’m about to place a book order with Loyalty Books, so tell me: What’s on your time-out reading list? What are your recent faves? Please put your recommendations in the comments. Read this book if you like: contemporary BIPOC fiction, wish fulfillment, Calvin Harris’s Acceptable in the 80s, real-life Quidditch, a ripping bildungsroman without any mean girls. This will prove difficult, because the team also faces the challenges of parental conflict, casual racism, demanding AP classes, and tricky romance.Ĭontains: teen girl energy, rule breaking, coastal New England vernacular, overdetermined period hairstyles. Maybe the girls could use a little supernatural help?Īsk and ye shall receive, Falcons! As they stack up one seemingly impossible win on top of another, it starts to look like Danvers High School could go all the way to the state championships, if only they can stay focused and in the good graces of their patron spirit Emilio Estevez. And by losing-est we mean never not shut out. After the trials, in a short-sighted PR move, Salem Village changed its name to Danvers, leaving Salem proper to corner the market on witch tourism.) Barry’s Danvers is also the home of the Falcons, the losing-est field hockey team in Eastern Massachusetts. (Only the trials took place in the present-day city Salem. Quan Barry’s second novel is set in late-80s Danvers, Massachusetts-once known as Salem Village, the actual site of the 17th-century Salem witch hysteria. Here’s a sweet chaser to Self Care’s bracing tartness. They support everything we do here at MDK. Read this book if you like: cynical satire.Īnd if you like to smile, check out this hand-crafted felt pouch that includes three superspecial notions. ![]() The cynic? The Kool-Aid drinker? The one with a secret? All we know for sure is: there’s going to be a crash.Ĭontains: the performance of self-care for profit, sexual misconduct, the Secret Service, body dysmorphia, cussing galore. Too bad they’re also dealing with multiple scandals, from careless threats on the life of the First Daughter, to accusations of abuse by a board member, to swag printed with tone-deaf slogans.Īs they scramble to control the damage, it’s anyone’s guess who will end up under the bus, and who will be left driving. “Foundresses” Devin and Maren, along with SVP Khadijah, are working to secure their second round of funding. The action takes place at “Richual,” a social platform for wellness and the profits that can be made on it. He rescues Molly, and his dazzling smile conquers yet another female. Defiantly pacifist son Ramses hides his spy activity with cousin David. And indeed, the satire of Self Care stays well away from all things calming, meditative and nutritious. 1914 finds archaelogists Amelia Peabody, narrator, and husband Radcliffe Emerson back in Egypt for another dig, despite civil unrest. Millennial pink, flowy script, and-what’s that inky potion dripping all down the front? Looks like a signal that the contents have undergone a shift. Obviously, I was launched into orbit the moment I saw the cover of this book. You can take them to the actual beach, or to the back porch with your sun hat. ![]() Knitters, in lieu of self-care prescriptions, I present for your consideration two fine beach reads.
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