The Doctor and the Diva

The Doctor and the Diva
Title The Doctor and the Diva PDF eBook
Author Adrienne McDonnell
Publisher Penguin
Pages 394
Release 2010-07-22
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1101190272

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A breathtaking novel of romantic obsession, longing and one woman's choice between motherhood and her operatic calling It is 1903. Dr. Ravell is a young Harvard-educated obstetrician with a growing reputation for helping couples conceive. He has treated women from all walks of Boston society, but when Ravell meets Erika-an opera singer whose beauty is surpassed only by her spellbinding voice-he knows their doctor-patient relationship will be like none he has ever had. After struggling for years to become pregnant, Erika believes there is no hope. Her mind is made up: she will leave her prominent Bostonian husband to pursue her career in Italy, a plan both unconventional and risky. But becoming Ravell's patient will change her life in ways she never could have imagined. Lush and stunningly realized, The Doctor and the Diva moves from snowy Boston to the jungles of Trinidad to the gilded balconies of Florence. This magnificent debut is a tale of passionate love affairs, dangerous decisions, and a woman's irreconcilable desires as she is forced to choose between the child she has always longed for and the opera career she cannot live without. Inspired by the author's family history, the novel is sensual, sexy, and heart-stopping in its bittersweet beauty. Watch a Video

The Diva and Doctor God

The Diva and Doctor God
Title The Diva and Doctor God PDF eBook
Author Caroline De Costa
Publisher Xlibris Corporation
Pages 262
Release 2010-10-28
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1453583149

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The Diva's Guide to Divorce

The Diva's Guide to Divorce
Title The Diva's Guide to Divorce PDF eBook
Author Traci Smith
Publisher Traci Smith
Pages 124
Release 2006-11
Genre Family & Relationships
ISBN 9780977691029

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The Diva’S Guide to an Acne-Free Life

The Diva’S Guide to an Acne-Free Life
Title The Diva’S Guide to an Acne-Free Life PDF eBook
Author Dawn Amador
Publisher Author House
Pages 147
Release 2012-06-05
Genre Health & Fitness
ISBN 1477207007

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The Divas Guide is about the journey of girl who became so obsessed with wanting clear skin again that some would say it took over her life. In the authors desire for acne-free skin, she has read pretty much every skin care and nutrition book published. She has tried nearly every remedy suggested and tested every product invented. She even invented homemade products, which she diligently tested on any willing friend. Join her on this journeya culmination of tireless research and a true passion to live a happy and acne-free life.

The Diva's Ruby

The Diva's Ruby
Title The Diva's Ruby PDF eBook
Author Francis Marion Crawford
Publisher
Pages 486
Release 1908
Genre
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The Diva's Gift to the Shakespearean Stage

The Diva's Gift to the Shakespearean Stage
Title The Diva's Gift to the Shakespearean Stage PDF eBook
Author Pamela Allen Brown
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 308
Release 2021-11-25
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0192638084

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The Diva's Gift traces the far-reaching impact of the first female stars on the playwrights and players of the all-male stage. When Shakespeare entered the scene, women had been acting in Italian troupes for two decades, traveling in Italy and beyond and performing in all genres, including tragedy. The ambitious actress reinvented the innamorata, making her more charismatic and autonomous, thrilling audiences with her skills. Despite fervent attacks, some actresses became the first international stars, winning royal and noble patrons and literary admirers in France and Spain. After Elizabeth and her court caught wind of their success in Paris, Italian troupes with actresses crossed the Channel to perform. The Italians' repeat visits and growing fame posed a radical challenge to English professionals just as they were building their first paying theaters. Some writers treated the actress as a whorish threat to their stage, which had long minimized female roles. Others saw a vital new model full of promise. Lyly, Marlowe, and Kyd endowed innamorata parts with hot-blooded, racialized passions, but made them self-aware agents, not counters traded between men. Shakespeare, Jonson, Webster and others followed, ringing changes on the new type in comedy, tragedy, and romance. Like the comici they recycled actress-linked theatergrams and star scenes, such as cross-dressing, the mad scene, and the sung lament. In this way, the diva's prodigious virtuosity and stardom altered the horizons of playmaking even on the womanless stage. Capitalizing on the talents of boy players, the best playwrights created bold new roles endowed with her alien glamour, such as Lyly's Sapho and Pandora, Marlowe's Dido, Kyd's Bel-Imperia, Webster's Vittoria, and Shakespeare's Beatrice, Viola, Portia, Juliet, and Ophelia. Cleopatra is not alone in her superb theatricality and dazzling strangeness. As this book demonstrates, the diva's gifts mark them all.

What the World is Reading 2012 Sampler

What the World is Reading 2012 Sampler
Title What the World is Reading 2012 Sampler PDF eBook
Author Various
Publisher Penguin
Pages 249
Release 2011-08-16
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1101647604

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More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.