A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalom Non-fiction from Janet & Shirley The author lives in BP. 464 pp
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Books that have been recommended by our members, but that we are not currently considering for a future discussion.
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda Non-fiction suggested by Terry As a class assignment, American teenager Caitlin wrote to Martin, a boy in a Zimbabwe slum. This dual memoir spans their six year correspondence, one that changed their lives. Inspiring.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and An American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson Non-fiction from Terry History of Germany Pre WWII, reads like a fiction.
In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner Fiction suggested by Janet From Amazon: You are about to read an extraordinary story, a PEN Hemingway Award finalist “rich with history, mythology, folklore, language and emotion.” It will take you to the very depths of despair and show you unspeakable horrors. It will reveal a […]
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Non-fiction suggested by Shirley From settler-colonialism, manifest destiny, white supremacy, theft and genocide to our current state of permanent war, mass incarceration, and the constant use and threat of state violence. From Amazon – Today in the United States, there are more than five […]
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Infidel
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Non-fiction from Janet & Terry Janet and Terry recommend two books by this author: Infidel (2007), and Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations (2010)
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro Non-Fiction suggested by Ruthann (paraphrasing Amazon) – Through a genealogy website to which she submitted her DNA for analysis, Dani Shapiro discovers that her father is not her biological father. A story of secrets kept in the name of love and a woman’s search […]
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Lake Success
Lake Success: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart Fiction suggested by Barbara Mostly from Amazon — Darkly comic. Narcissistic, hilariously self-deluded, hedge-fund manager Barry, stressed by an SEC investigation and by his three-year-old son’s diagnosis of autism, flees New York on a Greyhound bus in search of a simpler, more romantic life with his old college […]
The Lapp King’s Daughter: A Family Journey Through Finland’s Wars by Stina Katchadourian Non-fiction from Janet WWII. Lebanese man, Finnish woman, 3 wars in Finland during WWII. story of a Finnish family during World War II, combining a gripping correspondence between the author’s parents; separated by the war, interspersed with memories of the author. While […]
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James Loewen Non-fiction from Terry 2007 ed. James Loewen spent two years at the Smithsonian surveying twelve leading high school textbooks of American history only to find an embarrassing blend of bland optimism, blind nationalism, and plain misinformation, weighing in at an […]