Esta autora explora las complejas intersecciones de poder, ética y sociedad. Su escritura a menudo profundiza en dilemas morales y las ramificaciones de las decisiones políticas. Empleando un agudo intelecto y una observación perspicaz, descubre las dinámicas y motivaciones ocultas que dan forma a nuestras vidas. Sus obras invitan a la reflexión sobre la responsabilidad y la integridad en el mundo contemporáneo.
The book, first released in hardcover in 1997 by Random House Canada, explores themes of identity and belonging through its richly developed characters. Set against a backdrop of cultural tension, it delves into personal struggles and societal expectations. The narrative weaves together poignant moments of introspection and vivid imagery, inviting readers to reflect on their own experiences and connections. Its engaging prose and thought-provoking content make it a compelling read for those interested in contemporary issues and human relationships.
Somewhere between single girl Bridget Jones and working mother Kate Reddy is Frannie MacKenzie -- baffled, beleaguered and undeniably pregnant. The one thought blazing through Frannie’s formerly trendy, savvy, sharp-tongued New York brain is that she wants to keep this baby -- despite her ultra-small apartment and not being completely sure how to spell the father’s name. Being pregnant is so out of character: how will she break it to her boss, her mother, let alone the father, Calvin Puddie (or is it Pudhey)? Frannie’s problems multiply as she dives headlong into one hilarious complication after another: from being banned from the U.S. and marooned in Toronto, to actually falling in love with her baby’s father. “You don’t find the one, do you?” Frannie muses. “The best one, the Perfect One. You just keep running like Wil E. Coyote, until all of a sudden you’re off the cliff. You fall into your life with the man who is running beside you.” In Playing House, Patricia Pearson has written a witty, heart-touching look at falling by accident into life’s most profound commitment. She deftly captures the self-doubt, messy bodily fluids and inconceivable love that accompany being a mother, and the trepidation and joy with which two people step across the threshold of parenthood and into a realm that is at once alien and completely right. From the Hardcover edition.
Eine berührende, faszinierende Erkundung jener Einblicke in die jenseitige Welt, die viele von uns in Todesnähe erfahren. Nach den erstaunlichen Ereignissen um den plötzlichen Tod ihres Vaters und das Sterben ihrer krebskranken Schwester will die Journalistin und Autorin Patricia Pearson wissen, was es mit den außergewöhnlichen Erfahrungen auf sich hat, die Menschen im Bannkreis des Todes erleben. Dabei stößt sie auf eine überwältigende Fülle von Berichten, Studien und persönlichen Gesprächen, die von der spürbaren Anwesenheit unsichtbarer Wesen berichten, von übersinnlichen Wahrnehmungen und vor allem von der Begegnung mit einer alles überstrahlenden Transzendenz und Liebe.
