September 25, 1999: "She's All I Ever Had" by Ricky Martin peaks at Number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 single's chart. "She's All I Ever Had" is the second single taken from the multi-platinum first English-language album by Ricky Martin, called simply Ricky Martin. Ricky Martin (sign up to follow by email) According to the review by Billboard: "There was no doubt that this delectable anthemic ballad was the one to go with as the second single from Ricky Martin." Read more: Wikipedia September 25, 1961: "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" by Barry Mann peaked at Number 7 on the charts. What’s a genre worth if it can’t make fun of itself? In the novelty song “Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)” by Barry Mann, he does just that to doo wop music. The singer claims that the syllables don’t matter, because his girl fell in love with him when she heard those doo wop songs — and is thankful. Read more: Daily Doo Wop September 25, 1965: Barry McGuire's "Eve Of Destruction" hits Number 1, where it will stay for one week. Barry McGuire, former lead singer of the New Christy Minstrels, traveled to L.A. to start a solo career. He was in the studio with legendary session musicians from The Wrecking Crew. Barry McGuire Barry’s voice was tired, but he pulled out scrawled lyrics in his back pocket that were written by 19 year-old singer-songwriter P.F. Sloan. “Eve of Destruction” was recorded in one take. Read more: South Pasadena September 25, 1971: The Dramatics made it into the Top 10 when they peaked at Number 9 with "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get." "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get" was single from the Detroit-based vocal group and their first single through the Stax Records imprint Volt. The Dramatics They were previously signed to the Wingate division of Detroit's Golden World Records until Motown decided to buy out the rival company. Read more: Songfacts September 25, 1979: Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Evita makes its debut on Broadway with Patti LuPone after a successful year on London's West End. The original Broadway production of Evita opened at the Broadway Theatre September 25, 1979. Evita Broadway 1979 playbill The production, directed by Harold Prince with choreography by Larry Fuller, played 17 previews and 1,567 performances before closing June 26, 1983. The production earned 11 Tony Award nominations, winning seven including Best Musical and for stars Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. Read more: Playbill She's All I Ever Had Ricky Martin
by Thrity Umrigar (Author), Nidhi Chanani (Illustrator) Binny is excited to talk to her class about her favorite holiday. But she struggles to find the words.Taking a deep breath, she tells her classmates about the fireworks that burst like stars in the night sky, leaving streaks of gold and red and green. She shares with them delicious pedas and jalebis. And she shows them clay lamps, called diyas, which look so pretty all the children ooh and aah. Featuring a heartwarming story by Thrity Umrigar, enchanting illustrations by Nidhi Chanani, and detailed information about the Hindu festival of lights, Binny's Diwali is a holiday treat. View all Books
Thrity Umrigar's novel is about India's humanitarian crisis — with its depictions of misogyny and scenes of public shaming, mistreatment and torture — but it's also about a transformative journey.
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More than a decade since her bestselling novel, The Space Between Us, Thrity Umrigar continues Bhima's unforgettable story in this stunning sequel."The women at the heart of this novel inhabit the harsh world of the urban Indian poor, and struggle separately and together for dignity and survival. Thrity Umrigar has written a moving human tale that vividly brings to life both the women and the city of Mumbai."--Salman RushdieBhima, the unforgettable main character of Thrity Umrigar's beloved national bestseller The Space Between Us, returns in this triumphant sequel--a poignant and compelling novel in which the former servant struggles against the circumstances of class and misfortune to forge a new path for herself and her granddaughter in modern India.Poor and illiterate, Bhima had faithfully worked for the Dubash family, an upper-middle-class Parsi household, for more than twenty years. Yet after courageously speaking the truth about a heinous crime perpetrated against her own family, the devoted servant was cruelly fired. The sting of that dismissal was made more painful coming from Sera Dubash, the temperamental employer who had long been Bhima's only confidante. A woman who has endured despair and loss with stoicism, Bhima must now find some other way to support herself and her granddaughter, Maya.Bhima's fortunes take an unexpected turn when her path intersects with Parvati, a bitter, taciturn older woman. The two acquaintances soon form a tentative business partnership, selling fruits and vegetables at the local market. As they work together, these two women seemingly bound by fate grow closer, each confessing the truth about their lives and the wounds that haunt them. Discovering her first true friend, Bhima pieces together a new life, and together, the two women learn to stand on their own.A dazzling story of strength, friendship, and second chances, The Secrets Between Us is a powerful and perceptive novel that brilliantly evokes the complexities of life in modern India and the harsh realities faced by women born without privilege as they struggle to survive. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780062442215 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: Harper Perennial Publication Date: 06-25-2019 Pages: 400 Product Dimensions: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.00dAbout the Author Umrigar, Thrity: - Thrity Umrigar is the author of seven novels Everybody's Son, The Story Hour, The World We Found, The Weight of Heaven, The Space Between Us, If Today Be Sweet, and Bombay Time; a memoir, First Darling of the Morning; and a children's picture book, When I Carried You in My Belly. A former journalist, she was awarded a Nieman Fellowship to Harvard and was a finalist for the PEN Beyond Margins Award. A professor of English at Case Western Reserve University, she lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Highlights Thrity Umrigar, who "displays an impressive talent for conceiving multidimensional, sympathetic characters with life-like emotional quandaries and psychological stumbling blocks," (Washington Post Book World) brings her talent to the social struggles of modern day Bombay in THE SPACE BETWEEN US. Author(s): Thrity Umrigar 336 Pages Fiction + Literature Genres, Women Description About the Book Devastating in its power, here is a searing novel that vividly captures the delicate balance of class and gender in contemporary India, as witnessed through the lives of an upper-middle-class Parsi housewife and her stoic, illiterate domestic worker. Book Synopsis Thrity Umrigar, who "displays an impressive talent for conceiving multidimensional, sympathetic characters with life-like emotional quandaries and psychological stumbling blocks," (Washington Post Book World) brings her talent to the social struggles of modern day Bombay in THE SPACE BETWEEN US. "This is a story intimately and compassionately told against the sensuous background of everyday life in Bombay."-- Washington Post Book World "Bracingly honest."-- New York Times Book Review The author of Bombay Time, If Today Be Sweet, and The Weight of Heaven, Thrity Umrigar is as adept and compelling in The Space Between Us--vividly capturing the social struggles of modern India in a luminous, addictively readable novel of honor, tradition, class, gender, and family. A portrayal of two women discovering an emotional rapport as they struggle against the confines of a rigid caste system, Umrigar's captivating second novel echoes the timeless intensity of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible--a quintessential triumph of modern literary fiction. From the Back Cover Poignant, evocative, and unforgettable, The Space Between Us is an intimate portrait of a distant yet familiar world. Set in modern-day India, it is the story of two compelling and achingly real women: Sera Dubash, an upper-middle-class Parsi housewife whose opulent surroundings hide the shame and disappointment of her abusive marriage, and Bhima, a stoic illiterate hardened by a life of despair and loss, who has worked in the Dubash household for more than twenty years. A powerful and perceptive literary masterwork, author Thrity Umrigar's extraordinary novel demonstrates how the lives of the rich and poor are intrinsically connected yet vastly removed from each other, and how the strong bonds of womanhood are eternally opposed by the divisions of class and culture. Review Quotes "Umrigar is a perceptive and often piercing writer.... Her portrait of Sera as a woman unable to transcend her middle-class skin feels bracingly honest." -- New York Times Book Review "[The Space Between Us] is a great book; I love it.... I couldn't stop reading until Bhima had her amazing epiphany of freedom at the edge of the sea. I am so happy for Thrity Umrigar! And proud of her as a woman, too.... It is so precious to have a book about a woman one rarely even "sees" in society, whether Indian or American." -- Alice Walker on THE SPACE BETWEEN US "Remarkable.... What makes The Space Between Us so engrossing is its ability to make readers feel empathy for its subjects.... To read Umrigar's novel is to catch a glimpse of a foreign culture, for better and for worse. Yet while the class divide between Bhima and Sera provides much of the conflict in The Space Between Us, it isn't the only source of disagreement. Class colors everything, but in the end, Umrigar shows, every one of life's ups and downs are available to us all." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Thrity Umrigar has created two wonderfully sympathetic characters who do much to make [India's] complex nature comprehensible.... This is a story intimately and compassionately told against the sensuous background of everyday life in Bombay.... The life of the privileged is harshly measured against the life of the powerless, but empathy and compassion are evoked by both strong women, each of whom is forced to make a separate choice. Umrigar is a skilled storyteller, and her memorable characters will live on for a long time." -- Frances Itani, Washington Post Book World "With humanity and suspense, novelist Thrity Umrigar tackles love, loyalty, injustice - and survival." -- Marie Claire "Umrigar renders a collection of compelling and complex characters, from kind, conflicted Sera to fiercely devoted Bhima. Sadness suffuses this eloquent tale, whose heart-stopping plot twists reveal the ferocity of fate." -- Booklist (starred review) "Set in contemporary Bombay, Umrigar's second novel is an affecting portrait of a woman and her maid, whose lives, despite class disparity, are equally heartbreaking.... A subtle, elegant analysis of class and power. Umrigar transcends the specifics of two Bombay women and creates a novel that quietly roars against tyranny." -- Kirkus Reviews "Poignant." -- Entertainment Weekly "Umrigar's schematic novel illustrates the intimacy, and the irreconcilable class divide, between two women in contemporary Bombay.... Umrigar's writing achieves clarity." -- Publishers Weekly "From page one, Thrity Umrigar's novel thrusts us into a story that's at once heartbreaking and soothing. Chronicling the tumultuous lives of two women, The Space Between Us doesn't flinch from its scrutiny of human suffering; then it gently, gently guides us toward healing." -- Samrat Upadhyay, author of The Royal Ghosts "A deeply affecting novel about a wealthy widow and her maid, who form a bond across the gulfs of class and status in modern-day Bombay." -- Life magazine "Sadness suffuses this eloquent tale, whose heart-stopping plot twists reveal the ferocity of fate." -- Booklist (starred review) "Heartbreaking.... A subtle, elegant analysis of class and power... that quietly roars against tyranny." -- Kirkus Reviews "Intimately and compassionately told.... Sensuous.... Umrigar's memorable characters will live on for a long time." -- Frances Itani, Washington Post Book World "Umrigar is a perceptive and often piercing writer." -- New York Times Book Review "[The Space Between Us] is provocative and disturbing." -- Boston Globe "Umrigar is a highly skilled storyteller...the novel's plot and depth of characterisation provide irresistible momentum." -- Time Out New York "Umrigar's imagery, gorgeous yet unflinching in its realism, creates a rich picture of Indian society in Bombay, from slum to skyscraper. Her symbolism is lovely." -- Charlotte Observer "The Space Between Us is a novel that is hard to forget." -- The Times (London)
“Nina Sankovitch has crafted a dazzling memoir that reminds us of the most primal function of literature—to heal, to nurture and to connectus to our truest selves." —Thrity Umrigar, author of The Space Between UsCatalyzed by the loss of her sister, a mother of four spends one year savoring a great book every day, from Thomas Pynchon to Nora Ephron and beyond. In the tradition of Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project and Joan Dideon’s A Year of Magical Thinking, Nina Sankovitch’s soul-baring and literary-minded memoir is a chronicle of loss, hope, and redemption. Nina ultimately turns to reading as therapy and through her journey illuminates the power of books to help us reclaim our lives. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780061999857 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication Date: 06-19-2012 Pages: 256 Product Dimensions: 5.38(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.64(d)About the Author Nina Sankovitch launched ReadAllDay.org in 2008, and at the end of her year of reading, she was profiled in the New York Times. She continues to review books on ReadAllDay.org and for the Huffington Post. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and four sons.What People are Saying What People are Saying About This Julie Klam “Tolstoy and the Purple Chair will transport you to a time before texts and tweets. Through the stories of her own family, Nina Sankovitch shows how books have the power to refresh, renew, and even heal us. I loved this memoir.” Thrity Umrigar “Nina Sankovitch has crafted a dazzling memoir that reminds us of the most primal function of literature—to heal, to nurture and to connect us to our truest selves.” Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni “Tolstoy and the Purple Chair masterfully weaves beloved and sometimes surprising books into central events in the writer’s life. There is much to learn from this moving book. Sankovitch writes with intelligence and honesty, leading us to respond in a similar manner.” S.J. Bolton “Tolstoy and the Purple Chair is original, uplifting and very moving: a unique celebration of life, love and literature.” Show More Table of Contents Table of Contents Prologue: On the Cliff 1 1 Crossing the Bridge 5 2 Return to the Bookmobile 18 3 Such Beauty in the World 32 4 In Search of Books and Time 46 5 Rearranging the Rhythms 53 6 The Only Balm to Sorrow 62 7 Looking for the Star 75 8 Finding Another Chance 88 9 To Welcome the Interloper 99 10 Hearing Words I'd Missed Before 108 11 Where Warmth Is Found 119 12 The Expansion of Experience 131 13 Bound to the World 140 14 Sex by the Book 149 15 The Man in My Dreams 157 16 Offering a Better View 164 17 Fireflies Dancing Across the Lawn 177 18 The Answers That Mysteries Provide 186 19 Discovering Purpose in Kindness 193 20 Coming off Loulou's Motorcycle 204 21 Tolstoy in My Purple Chair 212 Acknowledgments 223 Complete List of Books Read from October 28, 2008, to October 28, 2009 225 Permissions 237 Show More
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Thrity Umrigar's new novel is about two women with "a mystical connection." Lakshmi is stuck in a loveless marriage. Dr. Maggie Bose decides Lakshmi doesn't need a shrink — she needs an escape.
The Story Hour Book Review and Discussion Questions. Author Thrity Umrigar allows us to invade the most vulnerable and deepest thoughts of two women, their relationships and culture.
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Muitos de meus amigos recomendaram a leitura do livro: A doçura do mundo de Thrity Umrigar (Editora Nova Fronteira, 2008 ) cujo lançamento foi marcado também pela presença da escritora indiana no …
