Brand-new non-fiction I'd read...if I had the time:
Buying In: the secret dialogue between what we buy and who we are by Rob Walker.
Advertising and marketing have changed drastically in the last 20 years with the genesis of the Internet, corporate sponsorship, You Tube videos, Second Life--all ways new ways of increasing brand recognition. Walker "demonstrates the ways in which buyers adopt products, not just as consumer choices, but as conscious expressions of their identities." Hmm...maybe I will having to find the time.
Advertising and marketing have changed drastically in the last 20 years with the genesis of the Internet, corporate sponsorship, You Tube videos, Second Life--all ways new ways of increasing brand recognition. Walker "demonstrates the ways in which buyers adopt products, not just as consumer choices, but as conscious expressions of their identities." Hmm...maybe I will having to find the time.
Governess: the lives and times of the real Jane Eyres by Ruth Brandon.
As a huge fan of historical novels, particularly England in the 19th century, this book really peaked my interest. This is the story of the English governess, "marooned within the confines of other people's lives, neither servants nor family members, governesses occupied an uncomfortable social limbo." Who can forget the fate of Ms. Testvalley in Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers--uncomfortable social limbo indeed!
As a huge fan of historical novels, particularly England in the 19th century, this book really peaked my interest. This is the story of the English governess, "marooned within the confines of other people's lives, neither servants nor family members, governesses occupied an uncomfortable social limbo." Who can forget the fate of Ms. Testvalley in Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers--uncomfortable social limbo indeed!
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