Bye bye friends, the visit was enjoyable.
I returned the following four books to the library today for someone else to discover and enjoy.
The Small Backs Of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch
In a war-torn village in Eastern Europe, an American photographer captures a heart-stopping image: a young girl flying toward the lens, fleeing a fiery explosion that has engulfed her home and family. The image, instantly iconic, garners acclaim and prizes—and, in the United States, becomes a subject of obsession for one writer, the photographer’s best friend, who has suffered a devastating tragedy of her own.
For as powerful as this book is, it’s very short and easy to read. In a blink of an eye you’re finished with it and thinking ‘WAIT, what just happened….’ Highly emotional and very vivid descriptions that make you very uncomfortable. Definitely a thinking book. Very well done.
The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Brooklyn, 1947: In the midst of a blizzard, in a two-family brownstone, two babies are born, minutes apart. The mothers are sisters by marriage: dutiful, quiet Rose, who wants nothing more than to please her difficult husband; and warm, generous Helen, the exhausted mother of four rambunctious boys who seem to need her less and less each day. Raising their families side by side, supporting one another, Rose and Helen share an impenetrable bond forged before and during that dramatic winter night.
Reading about family life in the 1950s was really fun. The closeness of these families and the viewpoints told from many of them makes for a very interesting read. The book will make you laugh and cry. the storyline was an interesting way to look at intertwining family life. I imagine this would make for a really good book club discussion.
A 2015 National Jewish Book Award finalist
The inspiring story of Clara Lemlich, whose fight for equal rights led to the largest strike by women in American history
Audacity by Melanie Crowder
Clara Lemlich true story of her fight for woman’s rights in their working environment in New York. In 1909 she led 20,000 to a general strike.
Ms. Lemlich was arrested 17 times on the picket line outside the factory of Louis Leiserson at 26 West 17th Street. One evening in September, she was followed by thugs who broke her ribs and left her bleeding on the street.Blacklisted in the garment industry following the “Uprising,” Clara devoted herself to the women’s suffrage movement. She helped to found the Wage Earners League for Woman Suffrage, but was fired from her job with the organization because her views were too radical for the more moderate suffragists who ran the League.In her eighties, Clara became a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged in Los Angeles. Despite her age, her activist spirit never wavered. She helped the orderlies form a union and persuaded the home’s administrators to participate in the United Farm Workers grape boycott. She died in 1982 at the age of 96.
Read this book about this amazing woman, The book is written just beautifully. You learn so much! Very inspiring read!
Signs Point to Yes by Sandy Hall
This is a very cute little read. I would say high school and up. It’s just pure fun. I read her other book A Little Something Different and enjoyed that as well. I would call this a cleanse the palate read. Quick fun and enjoyable read!
Jane, a superstitious fangirl, takes an anonymous babysitting job to avoid an unpaid internship with her college-obsessed mom. The only problem? She’s babysitting the siblings of her childhood friend and new crush, Teo.
Teo doesn’t dislike Jane, but his best friend Ravi hates her, and is determined to keep them apart. So Teo’s pretty sure his plans for a peaceful summer are shot. His only hope is that his intermittent search for his birth father will finally pan out and he’ll find a new, less awkward home. Meanwhile, at Jane’s house, her sister Margo wants to come out as bisexual, but she’s terrified of how her parents will react.
In a summer filled with secrets and questions, even Jane’s Magic 8 ball can’t give them clear answers, but Signs Point to Yes.
NOW to finish the last stack of library books and then I can get more!
Peace.
