Now the wide-ranging Allegra Goodman has crafted a novel in a more ... commanding — carries us powerfully through nearly 400 pages: from a spoiled, sassy childhood (“I was wicked”) to ...

The Art in the Park chalk art competition is returning to Jacksonville for its fifth year in March, and artists of all ages are invited to compete. The theme for 2025 is “Full STEAM Into The ...

Author Allegra Goodman. Courtesy Nina Subin. Inspired by the real life of Marguerite de la Rocque, writer Allegra Goodman’s new novel “Isola” tells the story of the 16th-century orphaned ...

The pages of Allegra Goodman’s historical novel, “Isola,” turn and turn beneath the readers’ fingers, as if one were spinning through an old-fashioned Rolodex to search for a name.

Susan Melton will complete her 5,000th consecutive day of sidewalk chalk art on Feb. 5 in Cheboygan. Melton began the project in 2011 as a way to cope with depression and spread positivity.

10. Isola by Allegra Goodman (The Dial Press: $29) A French noblewoman is marooned on an island in a tale inspired by a real-life 16th century heroine. 1. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins (Hay ...

What does it mean to be alone? Is it physical solitude, or mental isolation? Allegra Goodman’s “Isola” asks these questions through the trials of Marguerite de la Rocque de Roberval.

In it, Phunne described how, as a child, she snorted sidewalk chalk to mimic her dad ... While she admitted that the funk artist was not the most present father, she is adamant that her parents ...

“Someone told her story to a queen in the 1500s and this amazing author, Allegra Goodman, wrote it into the most fascinating historical fiction novel,” she continued. “It’s so good you got ...