Sentences with phrase «novel after my father»

I read this novel after my father died, and this quote stayed with me and helped me heal.

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Set parallel in time, place and theme to Gilead, her prizewinning novel of 2004, Marilynne Robinson's new novel, Home, takes the reader inside the home of retired Presbyterian pastor Robert Boughton for another perspective on Jack Boughton, the black sheep of the family, who left Gilead as a young man after fathering a child.

Based on a novel of the same name by William P. Young, The Shack tells the story of desperate father Mack Phillip who has an encounter with God after his youngster child, Missy, disappears.

If «The Breadwinner» were a live - action film, it would be virtually unbearable to watch, but as animation, it's not only possible, but somehow inspiring to immerse oneself in this pared - down adaptation of Deborah Ellis» well - regarded young - adult novel, about an 11 - year - old girl who must step up and care for her family after the Taliban raids her home and arrests her father (hence the title).

Along with Firth and Eisenberg, best - actor contenders are Javier Bardem as a dying father in the Spanish - language drama «Biutiful,» which also is up for best foreign - language film; Bridges as boozy lawman Rooster Cogburn in «True Grit,» a role that earned John Wayne an Oscar for the 1969 adaptation of the Western novel; and James Franco in the real - life tale of a climber trapped in a crevasse after a boulder crushes his arm in «127 Hours.»

The novel, which was originally published in 2009, centers on a family, a widow and her four adult children, after the death of their father.

Before the film is over, Hope will find love, will find her father after he has died (and here the screenplay departs from the novel), and will discover her cold inheritance after losing a fortune in misbegotten gold.

The film, based on Eleanor Henderson's novel of the same name, follows Jude (Asa Butterfield) after a personal tragedy takes him from Vermont to New York City and reconnects him with his father (Ethan Hawke).

Berlin Syndrome movie review: Shortland adapting a critically acclaimed novel by Melanie Joosten, focuses on a lot of things after this — Clare's growing frustration, Andi's increasing unpredictability, his father and mother and East Berlin issues, and even the snow and Christmas trees outside.

Based on the novel by James Vance Marshall, Walkabout deals with a teenage girl (Jenny Agutter) and her younger brother (Lucien John, Roeg's then nine - year - old son) who are stranded in the Australian outback after their father kills himself.

Based on the novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman, the film stars Rachel Weisz as a woman who returns to New York after the death of her estranged rabbi father, integrating into the Orthodox Jewish community for the first time after being ostracized.

After a great deal of build - up — including two interviews with the late William Peter Blatty, who wrote the novel and the screenplay of «The Exorcist» — we get down to business, with the woman sitting in a chair as Father Amorth prays over her.

In Cristina Alger's debut novel, This Was Not the Plan, a downtrodden, overworked father finally begins to bond with his 5 - year - old son after becoming a stay - at - home dad.

The novel follows a character who, after his father is killed, makes his way to Washington, D.C. Mengestu drew on family history to imagine the past of his main character.

After all the write - ups and raves about Tinkers, I decided to see why the Pulitzer Prize committee called the novel «a powerful celebration of life in which a New England father and son, through suffering and joy, transcend their imprisoning lives and offer new ways of perceiving the world and mortality.»

The awards are named after the late comic legend Will Eisner, creator of «The Spirit», father of the graphic novel, and super-amazing genius.

But familial criticism in the public forum proves to be even more disastrous for Gabriel Santoro after he publishes a novel about a family friend's 1938 immigration from Germany to Colombia — and his father, a famous professor of rhetoric, gives it a contemptuous review.

Set in New York City in 2002, Zoë Heller's perceptive third novel explores the disintegration of the well - to - do Litvinoff family after the father — a reputable lawyer — has a stroke.

She is also the author of A Few Fair Days (1971), a collection of short stories for children set on a Cumberland farm, and two novels for teenagers: A Long Way From Verona (1971), which explores a wartime childhood in Yorkshire; and The Summer After the Funeral (1973), a story about a loss of innocence after the death of a faAfter the Funeral (1973), a story about a loss of innocence after the death of a faafter the death of a father.

Marcus and his younger brother confront their father after years of abuse in this layered, suspenseful novel.

In 2003, I completed a draft of a novel but abandoned it after the death of my father.

Based on Hiromu Arakawa's manga adaption of the novel The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Arslan: The Warriors of Legendis a hack - and - slash adventure based on the prince of Pars, Arslan, as he is forced out of his kingdom after his father is defeated.