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."