Near to the Wild Heart opens with a scene of the child Joana playing in the garden, making up poems for her father. Joana's wildness and barely suppressed violence, along with her linguistic creativity, are her most notable features. She is frequently compared to animals: over the course of the book Lispector compares her to a bird, a snake, a wildcat, a horse, and a dog. She commits transgressive acts—as a child she throws a book at an old man's head, for example, and as a married woman she leaves her husband, Otávio, and greets the news of his adultery—he has made another woman, his
In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) Bad)", peaked at No. 25 on the US "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart. Adapted from the album liner notes. Album Singles In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) is the third solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on February 3, 1969, by RCA Victor. In the title song, Parton looks back on her impoverished upbringing, concluding that while she values the lessons it taught her, she would not want to go back. The humorous "He's a Go Getter" plays on an unexpected pun, "When his wife