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I'm about halfway through "The Imposter's Daughter" and love it!!
Also started "The Warmth of Other Suns" on recommendation from Juney and it's a fascinating read. From the New York Times review of "The Warmth of Other Suns": In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. With stunning historical detail, Wilkerson tells this story through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney, who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago, where she achieved quiet blue-collar success and, in old age, voted for Barack Obama when he ran for an Illinois Senate seat; sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem, where he endangered his job fighting for civil rights, saw his family fall, and finally found peace in God; and Robert Foster, who left Louisiana in 1953 to pursue a medical career, the personal physician to Ray Charles as part of a glitteringly successful medical career, which allowed him to purchase a grand home where he often threw exuberant parties. Wilkerson brilliantly captures their first treacherous and exhausting cross-country trips by car and train and their new lives in colonies that grew into ghettos, as well as how they changed these cities with southern food, faith, and culture and improved them with discipline, drive, and hard work. Both a riveting microcosm and a major assessment, The Warmth of Other Suns is a bold, remarkable, and riveting work, a superb account of an “unrecognized immigration” within our own land. Through the breadth of its narrative, the beauty of the writing, the depth of its research, and the fullness of the people and lives portrayed herein, this book is destined to become a classic.
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i just finished reading Banished A Memoir by Lauren Drain and loved it so much.
i just picked up Vanessa & Virginia by Susan Sellers It is a novel about the lifetime relationship between sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf. It is written in the form of love letters between sisters. i look forward to the read. i also purchased Queen of Bohemia The Life of Louise Bryant by Mary Dearborn Louise was the wife of John Reed and they are the two whom the movie Reds fleshes out. She is an interesting woman and very much ahead of her time.
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The book is beautifully written this is a great book for anyone thinking about going vegan. Lots of information , great true stories of lots of people recovering from diseases. Liking it.....
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Right now I have been focused on reading all of the requirements/course descriptions for starting school soon!! I think My inner nerd is very excited.
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i just finished Queen of Bohemia The Life of Louise Bryant by Mary Dearborn Louise was the wife of John Reed and they are the two whom the movie Reds fleshes out. This is a marvelous read about a woman far and away ahead of her time.
i have in my mind to do some rereading and this one is at the top of my list. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood But this one seems to be calling me as well. i guess i will have to reread both. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother is the autobiography of James McBride first published in 1995; it is also a tribute to his mother. The chapters alternate between James McBride's descriptions of his early life and first-person accounts of his mother Ruth's life, mostly taking place before her son was born. McBride depicts the conflicting emotions that he endured as he struggled to discover who he truly was, as his mother narrates the hardships that she had to overcome as a white, Jewish woman who chose to marry a black man 1942.
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Thanks to those who recommended The Impostors Daughter. Good book, funky format, nice insight.
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Finished "Imposters Daughter" and agree with Kobi's assessment! Great read.
Started "Sharp Objects" by Gillian Flynn on audiobook this morning and love it so far. Listened to "Gone Girl" last week and am really loving this author. Her books are fast-paced and she is a great storyteller. Will be reading or listening to "Dark Places" as soon as this one is finished!
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I have just started reading Summer World by naturalist, Bernd Heinrich
How can cicadas survive—and thrive—at temperatures pushing 115°F? Do hummingbirds know what they're up against before they migrate over the Gulf of Mexico? Why do some trees stop growing taller even when three months of warm weather remain? With awe and unmatched expertise, Bernd Heinrich's Summer World never stops exploring the beautifully complex interactions of animals and plants with nature, giving extraordinary depth to the relationships between habitat and the warming of the earth. If my brain gets fried and needs simple amusement, I will also be reading Summer Sisters by my childhood favorite, Judy Blume. It is a novel for grown ups. Summer Sisters unfolds over almost twenty summers in the lives of two young women - from 1977 when they're twelve to 1995 when they celebrate their thirtieth birthdays. There's a love story at the center, and the story of a friendship more intense and longer lasting than many love affairs. My mother told me to read this specifically...and gave me the book to ensure I did...what can I say, I still have to listen to my mom!
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Just started Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. Excellent writer can't wait for Gone Girl to come out in paperback
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11/22/63: Stephen King.
I gave a copy to my father for father's day and then ran to the library to get a copy for myself. Stephen King is both a shared love and a family joke. We were on a vacation when I was 6 or 7 years old and I ran out of reading material. Going through my parents books I had either my mother's romance novels or my father's Stephen King novels. That summer I read Cujo and Pet Cemetery. My mom thought I was fake reading so she didn't say anything, but I was fully reading them. I learned to read freakishly early. I still love Stephen King. My father doesn't talk much but I think he is secretly proud of me for having been drawn to the books so early. |
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I just finished The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
What a very good read about Butch/femme in the 40's and wartime.
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I am currently reading The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis. It's fiction laced with historical fact. Not too bad.
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Rereading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I started reading the series 10 years ago and made it to the 5th book. Now the 8th book is out, and there are plans to make it into a TV series... so time to get reacquainted.
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