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I tried so often to raise this issue with you, but I was too embarrassed, and you made it difficult for me. It may be a difficult topic for you, too. I don’t know how to step out of this dark madness. Meanwhile my expenditure on you creeps up and up. I feel helpless, but you cannot see a problem. … [Read more...] about A letter to… my psychiatrist, who exploits me

The answers 1 George Eliot.2 Ski jumping.3 Henry VIII’s efforts to end his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.4 Extinction Rebellion.5 Toucan.6 Hubble Space Telescope.7 The Admirable Crichton (by JM Barrie).8 China (development strategy).9 Cheated at the Olympics: chariot racing, AD67; modern pentathlon, 1976; 100m, 1988; show jumping, 2008.10 Official languages of Singapore.11 Google search “Easter eggs”.12 Mole (various definitions).13 Husbands of Judy Garland.14 Literary trilogies: Paul Auster; Roddy Doyle; Olivia Manning; Pat Barker; Hilary Mantel.15 TV Supers: Supernanny; Supervet; Supersizers … [Read more...] about In Tudor England, what was the ‘King’s great matter’? The Weekend quiz

Only four books by the publishing giant Hachette make the top 100, books industry newsletter Publishers Lunch points out: Michael Koryta’s Those Who Wish Me Dead, which comes in 29th place, Joshua Ferris’s award-winning To Rise Again at a Decent Hour (54), Megan Abbott’s The Fever (96), and Tom Rob Smith’s The Farm (97). “All four are the only hardcovers offered at full retail price, without any discount,” said Publishers Lunch. Hachette and Amazon have been embroiled in a dispute over ebook prices since the summer, with the retailer delaying delivery on some of Hachette’s titles, and a group of hundreds of writers appealing to Amazon “to stop harming the livelihood of the authors on whom it has built its business”. … [Read more...] about Everything I Never Told You tops Amazon’s 100 best books of 2014