Someone asked me for book recommendations, which is like asking an alcoholic to take a drink.
These are the best of the best:
The King of Mulberry Street (Donna Jo Napoli) A nine-year old Italian immigrant arrives alone, forsaken, and penniless in New York City, not speaking a word of Engish. How does he survive? You'll be surprised and delighted. Based on a true story.
Everyday Holiness (Alan Morinis) A handbook for bringing the sacred into one’s daily life. Very nurturing and life-changing book.
Watership Down (Richard Adams) If you haven’t read this yet, turn off the computer right now, run out, and get it. Hypnotic, mythical in impact. I almost named my first-born Hazel.
Bury the Chains (Adam Hochschild) How a small group of concerned citizens changed the world. (If nothing else, just read the first two pages of the introduction. Amazing!)
China Boy (Gus Lee) A skinny little boy learns how to defeat bullies. The ending will make you stand up and cheer.
Three Cups of Tea (Greg Mortenson) Fighting terrorism one school at a time. Perseverance facing down the impossible.
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Way better than when you read it in high school. The luscious poetry:(here speaking of Manhattan) “I became aware of the old island here that once flowered for Dutch sailor’s eyes--a fresh green breast of the New World. Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby’s house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams...”
Ah, I swoon.
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This post made me think about books that made a difference in my life. The short list includes: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. All of these books are kind of heavy, but, they are kind of like listening to the blues. It makes you feel better!
Yes. I like those too. In the same vein: So Far From the Bamboo Grove(Yoko Watkins) and No Pretty Pictures (Anita Lobel)
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