Mr. Harrigan’s Phone As a kid, Craig works for an old, rich man named Mr. John Harrigan, helping out with various tasks and chores. Each Valentines Day, Birth Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, Mr. Harrigan gives Craig a card with a $1 lotto scratcher ticket with the same message, Good Wishes from Mr. Harrigan. Harrigan used …
This story takes place across five years. January – March 2011 Marianne Sheridan and Connell Waldron are teenagers living in Ireland. They are friends, but pretend not to know each other in school. Marianne is the smartest girl in school, but is unpopular. She reads a lot and doesn’t wear make-up or dress well. Her …
Prologue The book opens with a poem (“Where Is It Now?“) written in 1913 by Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov. It’s followed by a court transcript from June 21, 1922. The Bolsheviks (pro-revolution) put Rostov on trial. The poem made him a revolutionary hero, but his upbringing is clearly noble. They decide that they won’t execute …
I’ve been listening to Untamed by Glennon Doyle on audiobook on and off for the past week or so. It’s not typically something that would interest me, but it’s been so popular that I wanted to check it out anyway. I ended up liking it quite a bit more than I’d thought I would. Untamed …
Prologue In the Prologue, Doyle describes taking her daughter to a cheetah run. Afterwards, back in the field, Doyle thinks that the cheetah holds its head higher when its away from the zookeepers. The zookeeper insists that the cheetah has a good life at the zoo, but Doyle sees it and feels sad for the …
