Vision in White is the first book of the Bride Quartet series of romance novels, written by Nora Roberts (pictured). After its April 2009 release, it spent two weeks atop one of the New York Times bestseller lists and reached number three on the USA Today bestseller list. In her career, Roberts has published more than 225 novels. Vision in White was one of ten Roberts novels published in 2009, including five new releases and five reprints. It marked her return to contemporary romance. Like several other Roberts novels, Vision in White explores how a protagonist balances a successful career with a dysfunctional family environment. The hero is a typical representation of the romance novel archetype of the professor, but in an unusual twist for a romance novel, he is the character who is ready for a commitment but must help the heroine overcome her fears. A downloadable casual-play computer game based on the book was introduced by I-Play in 2010.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1853:
The first passenger train of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, a predecessor of the modern-day Indian Railways, travelled from Bombay to Tanna. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway
1963:
In response to an open letter written by white clergymen four days earlier, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail, defending the strategy of nonviolent resistance against racism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_from_Birmingham_Jail
2014:
The ferry MV Sewol sank 1.5 km (0.93 mi) off Donggeochado, South Korea, killing 304 of 476 passengers on board, most of whom were students from Danwon High School. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_MV_Sewol
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
boiling frog: (idiomatic, often attributively) A person who, or thing which, is in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril until it is too late. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boiling_frog
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
We that acquaint ourselves with every zone, And pass both tropics and behold the poles, When we come home, are to ourselves unknown, And unacquainted still with our own souls. --John Davies https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Davies_%28poet%29