Book of the Week: DARKNESS VISIBLE: A MEMOIR OF MADNESS by William Styron
From hopeless to hopeful; the novelist’s terrifying tale about his depression.
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Holiday Reading for Kids
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee HIDDEN FIGURES by Margot Lee Shetterley THE DRUM OF DESTINY by Chris Stevenson LIKE A RIVER: A CIVIL WAR NOVEL by Kathy Cannon Wiechman HOMESICK by Jean Fritz ON TO OREGON by Honore Morrow IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS by Karen English ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY (a […]
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December 2018 Book Recommendations
Betty White’s BETTY & FRIENDS; the actress’s stories about her animal pals. William Styron’s DARKNESS VISIBLE: A MEMOIR OF MADNESS; from hopeless to hopeful; the novelist’s terrifying account of his depression. Pearl S. Buck’s THE GOOD EARTH; 1920s China before the mid-century social upheavals, and the first work by a woman to win the Nobel […]
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Book of the Week: BETTY & FRIENDS by Betty White
The actress’s stories about her animal pals.
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Book of the Week: BABY DOLL by Tennessee Williams
A voluptuous flirt refuses to consummate her marriage to an older man.
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Book of the Week: CHAMBER MUSIC by Doris Grumbach
Doris Grumbach’s CHAMBER MUSIC; a ninety-year-old widow reflects on her marriage to a famous composer.
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Book of the Week: THE HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A gothic novel based–in part–on the 17th century Witch Trials.
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Book of the Week: MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS by Richard and Florence Atwater
A couple’s life changes when 12 penguins turn their household upside down.
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November 2018 Book Recommendations
Richard and Florence Atwater’s MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS; a couple’s life changes when 12 penguins turn their household upside down. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s THE HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES; a gothic novel based–in part–on the 17th century Witch Trials. Doris Grumbach’s CHAMBER MUSIC; a ninety-year-old widow reflects on her marriage to a famous composer. Tennessee Williams’s BABY DOLL; a […]
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Book of the Week: MAY SARTON: A BIOGRAPHY by Margot Peters
The author’s life and works–poems, journals, novels, and non-fiction–are examined.
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Book of the Week: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CALVIN COOLIDGE
All about the 30th President of the United States.
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Book of the Week: BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES by David Niven
From Hollywood of the 1930s to the age of television; volume two of the actor’s memoirs.