Baby Doll

Author : Hollie Overton
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473536103
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baby Doll written by Hollie Overton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ______________________________________________ A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK Read the novel that kept Tess Gerritsen transfixed and entertained until the very last page You’ve been held captive in one room. You’ve been mentally and physically abused every day since you were sixteen years old. Then, one night, you realise your captor has left the door to your cell unlocked. For the first time in eight years you’re free. This is what happens next. ______________________________________________ Praise for Baby Doll ‘What a compulsive read! A brilliant first novel that kept me transfixed and entertained until the very last page.’- Tess Gerritsen 'An incredibly powerful debut' - Sunday Mirror ‘Compelling psychological thriller.’ - Daily Express ‘With a narrative that can only be described as 'nuclear', the story of newly freed Lily and her daughter Sky moves at breakneck speed ... It's a really good read.’ - Stylist ‘Compelling first novel ... Overton throws in enough twists, turns, and surprises to keep the reader wondering what on earth can happen next.’ - Publishers Weekly ‘If Overton’s debut is anything to go by, she’ll soon be up there with the best of them!’ - Peterborough Evening Telegraph ‘Riveting from the first line.’ - Woman's Own ‘Gritty, captivating thriller.’ - Love Reading ‘A gripping page-turner that will make you think about what it means to be free.’ - Glamour South Africa ‘Riveting and difficult to put down.’ - News Gazette ‘You’ll feel the sudden urge to check the locks on your front door.’ - The Line Up ‘A fast paced and intense story that once I started I found I could not put down... the sheer heartbreak and horror of this story will keep you hooked...’ - Feminisia Libros Reviews ______________________________________________ If you love Baby Doll, try Hollie Overton's chilling latest novel, THE RUNAWAY

Author : Kim Marie Vaz
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 080715072X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 'Baby Dolls' written by Kim Marie Vaz and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first women's organizations to mask and perform during Mardi Gras, the Million Dollar Baby Dolls redefined the New Orleans carnival tradition. Tracing their origins from Storyville-era brothels and dance halls to their re-emergence in post-Katrina New Orleans, author Kim Marie Vaz uncovers the fascinating history of the "raddy-walking, shake-dancing, cigar-smoking, money-flinging" ladies who strutted their way into a predominantly male establishment. The Baby Dolls formed around 1912 as an organization of African American women who used their profits from working in New Orleans's red-light district to compete with other Black prostitutes on Mardi Gras. Part of this event involved the tradition of masking, in which carnival groups create a collective identity through costuming. Their baby doll costumes -- short satin dresses, stockings with garters, and bonnets -- set against a bold and provocative public behavior not only exploited stereotypes but also empowered and made visible an otherwise marginalized female demographic. Over time, different neighborhoods adopted the Baby Doll tradition, stirring the creative imagination of Black women and men across New Orleans, from the downtown Trem area to the uptown community of Mahalia Jackson. Vaz follows the Baby Doll phenomenon through one hundred years with photos, articles, and interviews and concludes with the birth of contemporary groups, emphasizing these organizations' crucial contribution to Louisiana's cultural history.

Author : Laura Lane McNeal
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143127497
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dollbaby written by Laura Lane McNeal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A big-hearted coming-of-age debut set in civil rights-era New Orleans—a novel of Southern eccentricity and secrets When Ibby Bell’s father dies unexpectedly in the summer of 1964, her mother unceremoniously deposits Ibby with her eccentric grandmother Fannie and throws in her father’s urn for good measure. Fannie’s New Orleans house is like no place Ibby has ever been—and Fannie, who has a tendency to end up in the local asylum—is like no one she has ever met. Fortunately, Fannie’s black cook, Queenie, and her smart-mouthed daughter, Dollbaby, take it upon themselves to initiate Ibby into the ways of the South, both its grand traditions and its darkest secrets. For Fannie’s own family history is fraught with tragedy, hidden behind the closed rooms in her ornate Uptown mansion. It will take Ibby’s arrival to begin to unlock the mysteries there. And it will take Queenie and Dollbaby’s hard-won wisdom to show Ibby that family can sometimes be found in the least expected places. For fans of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt and The Help, Dollbaby brings to life the charm and unrest of 1960s New Orleans through the eyes of a young girl learning to understand race for the first time. By turns uplifting and funny, poignant and full of verve, Dollbaby is a novel readers will take to their hearts.

Author : Carroll Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780863790522
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baby Doll written by Carroll Baker and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Divine G
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 9781933967455
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baby Doll written by Divine G and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proud, ambitious, and determined in her quest for wealth, beautiful Breana "Baby Doll" Winbush finds her life transformed forever by an encounter with Big Daddy Blue, a reformed gangster, who teaches her a valuable lesson in what is really important in life. Original.

Author : Tennessee Williams
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780811211673
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baby Doll ; & Tiger Tail written by Tennessee Williams and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A taut, vivid drama of a voluptuous child-bridge who refuses to consummate her marriage to an older, down-on-his-luck cotton-gin owner.

Author : Millisia White
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1684709709
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Krewe of New Orleans Baby Doll LadiesÕ Homecoming written by Millisia White and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dance has been instrumental to the development of New Orleans' jazz culture since the bourgeoning "jass" days and is a fundamental feature of the doll-masking and street-parading phenomena of the early twentieth century. Established in March 2005 by New Orleans native and choreographer Millisia White, the New Orleans Society of Dance Baby Doll Ladies provides girls and women between the ages of seventeen and sixty plus a fun, productive place to get physically active, enrich their lives, and make connections with their peers. In Krewe of New Orleans Baby Doll Ladies' Homecoming, White presents a collection of photographs and biographies painting a portrait of the Baby Doll Ladies for 2019. A brief introduction is followed by the biographies of twenty-four dancers that offer short histories of each dancer, along with a list of personal details, such as birthdate, year of induction, hobbies, favorite color, and favorite dish.

Author : Ulrike Möntmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110547929
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THIS BABY DOLL WILL BE A JUNKIE written by Ulrike Möntmann and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the portrait of a fringe group, this book invites the reader to engage with the phenomenon of outcasts; it orders the rich material – which has grown out of numerous projects of artistic research with female drug users in European prisons and therapy institutions – and sets it into context. In this way, the conditions which have become structurally embedded in social processes are laid open and made perceptible as a matter of public concern. The biographical and artistic work with the inmates, the correspondence, the interventions in the isolated, public, and cultural sphere, the minutes, reflections, and results of the interdisciplinary exchange with scientists are comprehensively documented and illustrated.

Author : Komal Bhanushali
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 9352062337
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Baby Doll to Lady Love written by Komal Bhanushali and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Komal has been deeply hurt by a past love. This colours every relationship as she discovers that the love that she has lost is the only love that she desires. Anuj is handsome, desirable and wants Komal. But he is unable to break into her heart. For in her heart resides Ranbeer and only Ranbeer. Anuj and Komal become fast friends, Best Friends Forever. Anuj also finds his true love in Leeza and suddenly announces his marriage in Goa. Leeza arrives there with a group of her friends, which is a surprise, surprise includes Ranbeer. Komal is stunned. What happens next? Does Komal find her love again? "

Author : Debbie Behan Garrett
Publisher : Debbie Behan Garrett
ISBN 13 : 9780875886534
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls written by Debbie Behan Garrett and published by Debbie Behan Garrett. This book was released on 2003 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collectors will delight in acquiring the first and only Black dolls book that is completely published in Full Color! Author Debbie Garrett has written an extensive book of reference on vintage, modern, fashion and artist Black dolls. Featured in this book are Black dolls made from cloth, bisque, celluloid, composition, rubber, wood, and hard plastic. Fashion dolls, modern artist dolls and other doll categories are covered. This long overdue, insightful book includes a price guide and tips.