She also considers her fifth grade teacher the first person to encourage her to become a professional writer. Hopkins believes most of her writing talent originates from her own talent and also from her adoptive mother. She started out freelancing newspaper and magazine articles, then moved from there into children’s nonfiction. While in Nevada, she decided to write for a living. In 1990, Hopkins and her family moved to northern Nevada. They also adopted their daughter Cristal's son, Orion. Around 1991, she married John Hopkins, her current husband. He was abusive and kidnapped Kelly, keeping her in secrecy for three years. Following her divorce, she had a daughter, Kelly, with a man she considered to be a 'rebound'. When her marriage failed, she sold her business and began freelance work. Hopkins dropped out of university before graduation to start a family and business. Hopkins graduated from a high school in the Santa Ynez Valley, then studied journalism at Crafton Hills College and the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her first poem was published in the Palm Springs Desert Sun when she was nine. Hopkins was adopted by Albert and Valeria Wagner when they were 72 and 42 respectively. Ellen Louise Hopkins (born March 26, 1955) is a novelist who has published several New York Times bestselling novels that are popular among the teenage and young adult audience.
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Despite how much I didn’t enjoy this book’s inspiration, I found Nelly Dean redeemed the characters for me. It is the story of a woman who is fated to bear the pain of a family she is unable to leave, and unable to save.Īs someone who detested Wuthering Heights after reading it for an English Literature course at my college, I decided to give this book a try to see if it would be any better. Nelly Dean is a wonderment of storytelling and an inspired accompaniment to Emily Bronte’s adored work. But when a new heir is born, a reign of violence begins that will test even Nelly’s formidable spirit as she finds out what it is to know true sacrifice. As death, illness, and passion sweep through the house, Nelly suffers heartache and betrayals at the hands of those she cherishes most, tempting her to leave it all behind. But when the benevolence of the master brings a wild child into the house, Nelly learns she must follow in her mother’s footsteps, be called “servant” and give herself over completely to the demands of the Earnshaw family.īut Nelly is not the only one who finds her life disrupted by this strange newcomer. Young Nelly Dean has been Hindley’s closest companion for as long as she can remember, living freely at the great house, Wuthering Heights. It was like being able to major in eating chocolate."Īfter graduation, her big break occurred in 2007 with the publication of her first mainstream novel, Garden Spells, a modern-day fairy tale about an enchanted apple tree and the family of North Carolina women who tend it. In college, she majored in literature - because, as she puts it, "I thought it was amazing that I could get a diploma just for reading fiction. Born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Sarah grew up with a love of books and an appreciation of good food (she credits her journalist father for the former and her mother, a fabulous cook, for the latter). New York Times Bestselling novelist Sarah Addison Allen brings the full flavor of her southern upbringing to bear on her fiction - a captivating blend of magical realism, heartwarming romance, and small-town sensibility. Christian Rodska's narration is delightful. Midshipman Hornblower in both paper and Audible. Forester wrote 10 other books in the Hornblower series. Commented by the San Francisco Chronicle as 'one of the great masters of narrative' C.S. I appreciate Audible's review:įorester's hero is singular in his unrelenting feelings of self-doubt and reserve, which render him a more likeable and relatable leader and protagonist. Unspectacular and untested, the young midshipman navigates the challenges of manhood while at the same time life at sea. Hornblower was a mere 17 when he set sail on his nautical career. Hornblower, his life, and the late 18th century period of Great Britain's Navy resonated with the former First Lord of the Admiralty. However, as I "turned the pages," I could see why Churchill, lover of the sea, was attracted to Forester's tale. as much to understand Churchill as enjoy the story. As a Churchill admirer, I was intrigued by what he read. The British Prime Minister read Captain Hornblower R.N. Midshipman Hornblower.We took the nautical route and were pleasantly surprised at how Forester drew us into the early life and adventures of Horatio Hornblower, his multi-book protagonist.Ĭhurchill introduced me to the midshipman. On a recent 1000 mile road trip, Shannan and I had the option of driving with Agent Zero or C.S. |