Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood Fiction suggested by Lisa This book is part of the Hogarth Shakespeare Series, where well-known authors are writing modern takes on Shakespeare’s series. Hag-Seed is Margaret Atwood’s ‘retelling’ of The Tempest. I highly recommend this book for anyone who loves Shakespeare and Margaret Atwood’s novels. From Goodreads: When Felix is deposed […]
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance Non-fiction suggested by Janice Former marine and Yale Law School graduate describes growing up in a poor Rust Belt town, his chaotic family history, and offers a compassionate analysis of the struggles of America’s white working class.
A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalom Non-fiction from Janet & Shirley The author lives in BP. 464 pp
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]