Vanity FairThe full color companion to the new film version of the Thackeray novel starring Reese Witherspoon and directed by Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Salaam Bombay!). Reese Witherspoon stars as Becky Sharp, one of the greatest female characters ever created. Born into the lower class, Becky can rely only on her wit, guile, and sexuality as she makes her way up through London society circa 1820, alongside her best friend Amelia. As the two heroines make their

the arrival of two dangerous strangers in a small village in England in the early 1900s disrupts the quiet lives of a vicar with a fascination with spiritualism and his naïve young wife

and in the home of her Jewish grandparents

As he tries to bring Jenna to safety

the largest slum in Africa

He cannot afford any distractions

the food and culture writer embarked on an intensive journey of exploration

from World War I to present

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this set includes works from New York Times bestselling authors telling tales of wicked ice-cream trucks

and the couple had a son

which became the subject of an HBO documentary with the same name

Addie’s life takes a mysterious and haunting turn strongly felt by her sister