Iolanthe Woulff
Autor von She's My Dad
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Woulff, Iolanthe
- Andere Namen
- Wouk, Nathaniel (Birth name)
- Geburtstag
- 1950-03-06
- Begräbnisort
- If I had my druthers, the Challenger Deep.
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Sterbeort
- To be determined
- Wohnorte
- Palm Springs, California, USA
- Ausbildung
- Princeton University (BA|English|1973)
- Berufe
- Litterateur
- Beziehungen
- Quality, not quantity
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Ms. Woulff's novel, SHE’S MY DAD, has been honored as a Finalist in the GLBT category of the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
2010 Rainbow Awards - Winner: Best Bisexual/Transgender Contemporary.
Finalist: Mystery/Suspense, 2011 Global eBook Awards.
Gold Medal: Fiction/Intrigue, 2011 Reader's Favorite Awards.
2012 Indie Excellence Book Awards - Winner: Best LGBT Fiction. - Kurzbiographie
- I’ve occasionally been described as indescribable. I suspect there may be some truth to this. A brief rundown: Iolanthe “Lannie” Woulff came into the world as a male during the fifth year of the Truman presidency, which means that she is officially an antique. In 1958 her family moved from Manhattan to the island of St. Thomas, where “Nate”, as Lannie was then called, enjoyed swinging from jungle vines and swimming on beautiful unspoiled beaches. Moving back to the mainland as Vietnam protests convulsed the nation, Lannie gained admission to Princeton, and graduated in 1973 with a degree in English. For a while she lived in New York City, then Israel, then Virginia, but finally settled in the California resort town of Palm Springs. Eventually, fulfilling a lifelong imperative, Lannie commenced the complex and emotionally turbulent process of gender transition. She enjoys reading, fishing, target-shooting, cooking, doing absolutely nothing, and grilling steaks for her 102-year-old father, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk. Lannie has thus far published two novels: SHE’S MY DAD, and most recently, STAINER. Lord willin’ and the Creek don’t rise, more will follow.
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She's My Dad von Iolanthe Woulff
It’s a beautifully written story of love, honesty, life decisions that can never be taken back, and pride in who you are and what you are, no matter who says you can’t be or shouldn’t be. It’s also… unfortunately…a story of hate, and the destructiveness of intolerance and betrayal. The author shares so much of her real life experiences with her fictional character of Nickie Farrell. There are parts of the story that will make you laugh and smile… parts that will make you want to scream… parts that will make you cry …and parts that you will smile at the courage shown by this professor who dared to say “I am who I am and proud of it”. Not a book that everyone will enjoy, or agree with… but it brings a message that will stay with you forever. One of the most unforgettable books I have ever read.… (mehr)
This book was interesting to me because I work on a college campus, and I see kids like Steiner everyday who are just trying to figure out who they are. Steiner is an observant Jewish college student at an Ivy League college, and he is good looking enough to be able to have two girl friends at once but not mature enough to figure out what kind of relationship he wants. He tries drinking and partying, and finds that he is not that person but he can't make himself stop lying to the one girl he really loves. So this is a very Jewish story because it is about atonement, and how much difficult American Jews have dealing with their Jewish identity. My only issues with the book is that the model is supposed to be from San Antonio, but she is a "Southern belle" which is not Texas, and she sounds like she is from Georgia. It was a very stereotypical shallow portrait of a Southerner, and not a portrayal of a Texan at all.… (mehr)
College student Steiner considers himself “more American than Semitic” for all that he lodges in the Jewish house. He’s observant, just not a fanatic. And he sees nothing wrong with making non-Jewish friends, though he must admit, “Babylon can be deadly impressive.” One long summer, just as he’s about to embark on his first serious relationship with a beautiful, and available, Jewish girl, he finds himself falling for mesmerizing vices instead. Drink was part of his life before. Now sexual temptation and drugs offer ease as he tries to fit himself into a different scene. Work suffers. Beauty betrays. And it’s all just so terribly alluring.
Steiner feels real. He agonizes over breaking the Sabbath—can he really not light a woman’s cigarette—then he slips and falls inexorably, though always escaping disaster. Rather like a romance novel written from a man’s point of view, the story throws obstacles in the way of a failing love that must surely have been true, and leaves the reader wanting to beg the protagonist, no don’t do it! Rather like a romance novel too, the characters and plot offer a sense of hope, even as they flail, with genuine humor and honest trials keeping the story fast-moving and intriguing to read. Surely this tale will turn out alright, one way or another, but you’ll have to read it to find out.
I loved the humanity of characters good and bad, the immediacy of their now-distant world, the relevance of their trials, and the promise of their hope. Stainer rises above its material and reads like a classic tale of temptation, decline and fall, with true love in the wings. I really enjoyed it.
Disclosure: I was given an ecopy as a gift and I offer my honest review.… (mehr)
Steiner feels real. He agonizes over breaking the Sabbath—can he really not light a woman’s cigarette—then he slips and falls inexorably, though always escaping disaster. Rather like a romance novel written from a man’s point of view, the story throws obstacles in the way of a failing love that must surely have been true, and leaves the reader wanting to beg the protagonist, no don’t do it! Rather like a romance novel too, the characters and plot offer a sense of hope, even as they flail, with genuine humor and honest trials keeping the story fast-moving and intriguing to read. Surely this tale will turn out alright, one way or another, but you’ll have to read it to find out.
I loved the humanity of characters good and bad, the immediacy of their now-distant world, the relevance of their trials, and the promise of their hope. Stainer rises above its material and reads like a classic tale of temptation, decline and fall, with true love in the wings. I really enjoyed it.
Disclosure: I was given an ecopy as a gift and I offer my honest review.… (mehr)
“It is a poignant truth of our heedless youthful years, that the events and encounters of a single night can so alter the course of a young person’s life that it will be changed forever”.
Benjamin Steiner, spoiled Columbia undergraduate, devout Orthodox Jew and virgin meets two women who will change his life forever.
P.T. Deighland, snarky Princeton undergraduate, drug dealer, player and Benjamin’s means of rebellion.
Rebecca Glaser, new N.Y.U. transfer to Columbia, intelligent, Jewish, and is leaving for Israel for a month to Benjamin’s surprise and frustration.
Anthea Montague, Ford model, Southern, beautiful and Benjamin’s yaitzer ha’ra (Hebrew for ‘evil inclination’).
See my complete review at The Eclectic Review … (mehr)
Benjamin Steiner, spoiled Columbia undergraduate, devout Orthodox Jew and virgin meets two women who will change his life forever.
P.T. Deighland, snarky Princeton undergraduate, drug dealer, player and Benjamin’s means of rebellion.
Rebecca Glaser, new N.Y.U. transfer to Columbia, intelligent, Jewish, and is leaving for Israel for a month to Benjamin’s surprise and frustration.
Anthea Montague, Ford model, Southern, beautiful and Benjamin’s yaitzer ha’ra (Hebrew for ‘evil inclination’).
See my complete review at The Eclectic Review … (mehr)
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- Mitglieder
- 44
- Beliebtheit
- #346,250
- Bewertung
- 4.8
- Rezensionen
- 17
- ISBNs
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