Our narrator tells the sad tale of her marriage, marred by a husband who breaks her heart spending their money in disreputable establishments, while she, Barbara, slowly withers away. Her beauty fading, she moves inevitably closer towards her only form of escape - to her death. A melancholy and tragic tale, masterfully told.
She had not seen him since he found out how young she was and kicked her out. I thought about it, ... And then one night, her last in New York after her Daily Show appearance, on her way to a party, there he was. It had been so long.
Uplifting and devastating, charming and haunting, They Both Die at the End is a tour de force from acclaimed author Adam Silvera, whose debut novel the New York Times called “profound.” It’s a story that reminds us there’s no life ...
Brief Chronicles
Mme Melba's early American appearances recall her few experiments with Wagner. ... La Bohème was the last of these to be added, and she first sang in it at Philadelphia in 1898, having studied it with the composer in Italy earlier in ...