Summer Booksharing
Sue’s list compiled after an early June discussion around Ruth’s dining table about favorite books we’ve read:
Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Read with Truth & Beauty by Ann Pachett (a memoir about their friendship)
Becoming Stangers by Louise Dean
The $64 Tomato and how one man... by William Alexander
Something by Ivan Doig
The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark
We can keep an on-going list and have a "portable library" if you wish. I think The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a great book to discuss because it relates to many of life's decisions and the results of secrets kept.
Added in August:
From Gail - Rowing Without Oars: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Ulla-Carin Lindquist
“It is a short, exquisite, poignant journal of a Swedish telejournalist's life with ALS--2 years from diagnosis to death--her children, her husband, her "carers," her ideas and questions. A quick memorable read.”
From Barbara H - Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
“A terrific first novel. The world of Shanghai and Pasadena from the 1930s to 50s in detail that complements rich characterizations and a search for one's family.”
From Sue - The Messenger by Daniel Silva
"Lent it to Gail who really enjoyed it. It is a mystery but truly pertinent to today and the Middle East/Saudi situation."
Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Read with Truth & Beauty by Ann Pachett (a memoir about their friendship)
Becoming Stangers by Louise Dean
The $64 Tomato and how one man... by William Alexander
Something by Ivan Doig
The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark
We can keep an on-going list and have a "portable library" if you wish. I think The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a great book to discuss because it relates to many of life's decisions and the results of secrets kept.
Added in August:
From Gail - Rowing Without Oars: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Ulla-Carin Lindquist
“It is a short, exquisite, poignant journal of a Swedish telejournalist's life with ALS--2 years from diagnosis to death--her children, her husband, her "carers," her ideas and questions. A quick memorable read.”
From Barbara H - Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
“A terrific first novel. The world of Shanghai and Pasadena from the 1930s to 50s in detail that complements rich characterizations and a search for one's family.”
From Sue - The Messenger by Daniel Silva
"Lent it to Gail who really enjoyed it. It is a mystery but truly pertinent to today and the Middle East/Saudi situation."