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The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll

Author : Jean Nathan
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1466845309
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll written by Jean Nathan and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2013-05-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glamorous, haunted life unfolds in the mesmerizing biography of the woman behind a classic children's book In 1957, a children's book called The Lonely Doll was published. With its pink-and-white-checked cover and photographs featuring a wide-eyed doll, it captured the imaginations of young girls and made the author, Dare Wright, a household name. Close to forty years after its publication, the book was out of print but not forgotten. When the cover image inexplicably came to journalist Jean Nathan one afternoon, she went in search of the book-and ultimately its author. Nathan found Dare Wright living out her last days in a decrepit public hospital in Queens, New York. Over the next five years, Nathan pieced together a glamorous life. Blond, beautiful Wright had begun her career as an actress and model and then turned to fashion photography before stumbling upon her role as bestselling author. But there was a dark side to the story: a brother lost in childhood, ill-fated marriage plans, a complicated, controlling mother. Edith Stevenson Wright, herself a successful portrait painter, played such a dominant role in her daughter's life that Dare was never able to find her way into the adult world. Only through her work could she speak for herself: in her books she created the happy family she'd always yearned for, while her self-portraits betrayed an unresolved tension between sexuality and innocence, a desire to belong and painful isolation. Illustrated with stunning photographs, The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll tells the unforgettable story of a woman who, imprisoned by her childhood, sought to set herself free through art.

The Lonely Doll

Author : Dare Wright
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395901120
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Lonely Doll written by Dare Wright and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lonely doll named Edith finally finds friendship with two visiting teddy bears.

Dare Wright And The Lonely Doll

Author : Brook Ashley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733431217
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Dare Wright And The Lonely Doll written by Brook Ashley and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant biography of Dare Wright, the beautiful and enigmatic photographer and author of The Lonely Doll children's book series, illustrated with over five hundred photographs. As Dare Wright's godchild, author Brook Ashley grew up in a magical world of dolls, bears and fairy tales helping create the scenes for Wright's children's books.

I, Doll

Author : Arthur Killer Kane
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 156976297X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book I, Doll written by Arthur Killer Kane and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the New York Dolls' bassist died suddenly at age 55 in 2004, he left behind not only their timeless music--and many thousands of fans and friends--but a memoir of the Dolls' early years. This distinctive and extroverted voice of an undisciplined showman is presented with an introduction and epilogue by his widow, Barbara. This up close and personal perspective of the band's early days and late nights--including an instance where he locks himself out of the studio in full drag while tripping on LSD--chronicles the glorious, glamorous era of high times, high drama, and low comedy that captures the music, the style, and the life of the all-too-brief existence of the New York Dolls.

Holiday for Edith and the Bears

Author : Dare Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615757223
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Holiday for Edith and the Bears written by Dare Wright and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edith and her friends, Mr. Bear and Little Bear, vacation on Ocracoke Island, N.C., enjoying the beach and getting into mischief in a rowboat. Illustrated with photographs.

Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand

Author : Dare Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996582711
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand written by Dare Wright and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Bear thinks that he needs to take Edith ("The Lonely Doll") and Little Bear away from their beloved New York City to escape the dirty air and streets. But Edith and Little Bear don't want to move to the country, so they take up the cause of cleaning up the city. They carry signs protesting the city's dirty condition as they march in front of City Hall. Later, they find themselves on the evening television news, much to the shagrin of Mr. Bear. But even with their publicity, the protest does not seem to draw the attention of the city's Mayor. So Edith and Little Bear write a letter and send it directly to the Mayor. And the Mayor sends a letter back, urging Edith and Little Bear to do a little bit every day to clean up the city themselves, and to keep watch for any polluters. Edith and Little Bear follow the Mayor's advice, and they begin to clean up their neighborhood themselves. They even report a nearby building's very dirty plume of smoke rising from a chimney. Mr. Bear, seeing how much Edith and Little Bear care for their home and their streets, happily decides they can remain in their home in the city.

Dolls in the Attic

Author : Dina Sprenger
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1504903862
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Dolls in the Attic written by Dina Sprenger and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The muddied jeep flew off the cliff and Chancey floated above questioning if Rake meant to kill her. Chancey Coolidge, a forty something stay-at-home mom, trades in her dream for fame and fortune in exchange for her perception of the American dream. Struggling to be noticed by her husband, she ponders her purpose in life, and volunteers at the Humane Society, hopeful her encounter there will prove to be more fulfilling than her relationship with her husband. In search of companionship, she meets Rake, twenty years her junior, and forms a connection she never knew two souls could share. Bonded by their views on life and death, Chancey begins an affair that can only end one way. On the eve of her passing her husband discovers her poetry, revealing her inner most thoughts and feelings. Mortified her secrets are revealed, her journey as an angel flourishes while nine dolls, tucked away in attics, come to life, as symbols of the abuse and torture Chancey experienced as a child. She relives her pain and torment through these dolls and finally realizes what love truly looks like. While her spirit begins to make amends to her husband, the nine dolls become one.

The Secret Life of Squirrels

Author : Nancy Rose
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316257761
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of Squirrels written by Nancy Rose and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irresistible photographic story featuring wild squirrels in homemade miniature domestic settings -- taking a bath, doing laundry, and barbecuing -- will surprise and amuse readers and animal lovers of all ages! Adorable squirrels as you've never seen them! You may think you know what squirrels do all day...but Mr. Peanuts is no ordinary squirrel. Instead of climbing tress, he plays the piano. ("Moonlight Sonutta" is his favorite.) Instead of scurrying through the woods, he reads books (such as A Tail of Two Cities). But everything is more fun with company, so Mr. Peanuts writes a letter to Cousin Squirrel and invites him for a visit! Featuring candid photographs of wild squirrels in handcrafted, homemade miniature settings, this irresistible book is sure to delight readers young and old!

The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl

Author : Rosemary Kingsland
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307422321
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl written by Rosemary Kingsland and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl is an extraordinary memoir—a jewel. Rosemary Kingsland was born in India during the dying days of the British Raj. While there, she and her family lived a life of privilege. But with the fall of the Raj, they were forced to return to England, where their fortunes took a decided turn for the worse. In London, then in Cornwall, then back in London, the simmering tension between Rosemary’s parents erupted into outright warfare fueled by alcohol and her father’s persistent, unrepentant womanizing. It was a lonely, dangerous childhood. But one day Rosemary’s life changed forever. At a café where she had gone to escape from a party her father had insisted she attend with him, she met Richard Burton, the dashingly handsome Welsh actor who was then the toast of the London stage. She had seen him in Under Milkwood some months before. She was an adolescent schoolgirl. He was twenty-nine. The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl is a deeply felt evocation of first love, and of family bonds forged in intense isolation. It is made all the more remarkable by the luminous quality and riveting narrative voice of Rosemary Kingsland.

On Dolls

Author : Kenneth Gross
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1912559617
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book On Dolls written by Kenneth Gross and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the greatest thinkers and writers of our age meditate on play and the mysteries of inanimate life. This unusual literary collection contains writings from Baudelaire, Kleist, Rilke, Freud, Kafka, Walter Benjamin, Bruno Schulz, Elizabeth Bishop, Dennis Silk, and Marina Warner. The essays and reflections explore the seriousness of play and the mysteries of inanimate life - 'the unknown, spaces, dust, lost objects, and small animals that fill any house' - which have provoked many writers to take the side of these dead or non-human things, resulting in some of the most profound passages in literature. The collection is introduced and edited by Kenneth Gross. On Dolls includes contributions from: Heinrich Von Kleist 'On the Marionette Theatre', Charles Baudelaire 'The Philosophy of Toys', Sigmund Freud 'The Uncanny', Rainer Maria Rilke 'On the Dolls of Lotte Pritzel', Frank Kafka 'The Cares of a Family Man', Bruno Schulz 'Tailor's Dummies', Walter Benjamin 'Old Toys: The Toy Exhibition at the Markisches Museum', Elizabeth Bishop, 'Cirque d'Hiver', Dennis Silk 'The Marionette Theatre', and Marina Warner 'On the Threshold: Sleeping Beauties'.

A Gift From The Lonely Doll

Author : Dare Wright
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547529643
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book A Gift From The Lonely Doll written by Dare Wright and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Behind the Attic Wall

Author : Sylvia Cassedy
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0380698439
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Behind the Attic Wall written by Sylvia Cassedy and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1985-03 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the bleak, forbidding house of her great-aunts, neglected twelve-year-old orphan Maggie hears ghostly voices and finds magic that awakens in her the capacity to love and be loved.

Lona, a Fairy Tale

Author : Dare Wright
Publisher : Dare Wright Media, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780996582780
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book Lona, a Fairy Tale written by Dare Wright and published by Dare Wright Media, LLC. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, when magic was common and princesses were many, there lived a powerful wizard named Druth. He could transform a prince into a toad, or a shepherd boy into a sheep by a mere flick of his finger. But no matter how hard he tried he could not enchant a princess by any magic at all. Enraged and humiliated, Druth took revenge upon three kingdoms whose princesses he was unable to enchant. He flooded their lands and imprisoned the people in a deep, unending sleep. He saved one princess alone, however. She was a baby named Lona whom Druth planned to raise himself until she was old enough to enchant. Some new spell, he was certain, would eventually succeed. But when she grew up, Lona showed surprising courage, challenging the mighty wizard's power. Through Dare Wright's rich descriptions and superb photographs, readers will breathlessly follow each moment of Lona's remarkable struggle to remove Druth's spell over the three kingdoms.

The Lonely Nest

Author : Concetta Falcone-Codding
Publisher : Shetucket River Press
ISBN 13 : 9781736908907
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Lonely Nest written by Concetta Falcone-Codding and published by Shetucket River Press. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It would be some time until the steel encasement sealing my lonely nest cracked. Some might say I was too damaged to know any better, having lived with an abuser so long. The truth is hard to accept and far more egregious when I say, we learn to sacrifice the ones we love in order to survive." The secret you buried thirty years ago comes banging at your door. You refuse to open, as you have a new life and remain speechless whenever someone asks, "How did your mother and sister die?" The events described in The Lonely Nest take place in a small New England town and reveal what hides behind time and shame. With a sense of urgency, Concetta Falcone-Codding takes the reader through her family history, narrating four decades of secrets, deadly betrayals, and harm that destroyed the women in her family. Written from the perspective of her child-self, Falcone-Codding's sensitive prose exposes the translucent line between witnessing abuse and being complicit in it. The Lonely Nest is a story of domestic violence, incest, childhood loss, and courage written for all whose stories have yet to be heard. Concetta Falcone-Codding https: //www.facebook.com/TheLonelyNestSeries/ [email protected]

Broken Dolls

Author : Tyrolin Puxty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Broken Dolls written by Tyrolin Puxty and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-18 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ella doesn't remember what it's like to be human - after all, she's lived as a doll for thirty years. She forgets what it's like to taste, to breathe...to love.She helps the professor create other dolls, but they don't seem to hang around for long. His most recent creation is Lisa, a sly goth. Ella doesn't like Lisa. How could she, when Lisa keeps trying to destroy her?Ella likes the professor's granddaughter though, even if she is dying. Gabby is like Ella's personal bodyguard. It's too bad the professor wants to turn Gabby into a doll too, depriving her of an education...depriving her of life.With time running out and mad dolls on the rampage, Ella questions her very existence as she unearths the secrets buried in her past; secrets that will decide whether Gabby will befall the same fate...

The Lonely Doll Learns a Lesson

Author : Dare Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615827841
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (278 download)

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Download or read book The Lonely Doll Learns a Lesson written by Dare Wright and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-10 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lonely doll, Edith, is obsessed with her kitten. Then she learns that Little Bear, who shares his new puppy, is her true best friend. Illustrated with photographs.

Ocracoke in the Fifties

Author :
Publisher : John F. Blair, Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9780895874535
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book Ocracoke in the Fifties written by and published by John F. Blair, Publisher. This book was released on with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Half a century after the publication of The Lonely Doll, Dare Wright remains a subject of fascination. A strikingly attractive woman-child--a model and fashion photographer who always saw the world through the eyes of a girl--she was the author of nineteen children's books that are still remembered fondly by a legion of fans. Ocracoke in the Fifties, now in print for the first time, is Dare Wright's only book for adults. First and foremost, it is a tribute to one of Dare's favorite places. It is also a time capsule of a unique island culture just past the midpoint of the twentieth century. And surprisingly, it is a testament to the timelessness of Ocracoke--which would please Dare immensely. Ocracoke has seen its share of changes, to be sure, but readers will have no trouble recognizing the durable little island off the North Carolina coast.