Friday, November 26, 2010

BLISS, REMEMBERED by Frank Deford

Elderly, captivating Sydney Stringfellow tells her son the story of her life, beginning with the Berlin Olympics in 1936… bliss remembered

SAVAGE LANDS by Clare Clark

In the early 18th century, women traveled from France to Louisiana to marry – sight unseen – the colonists struggling to survive there.  You might also try Clark’s earlier historical fictions:  THE GREAT STINK and THE NATURE OF MONSTERS.

BORN UNDER A MILLION SHADOWS By Andrea Busfield

Precocious and endearing 11-year-old Fawad narrates his story, set in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban.

born under a million shadows

Thursday, November 18, 2010

ROOM by Emma Donoghue

room
 

The room in which they live is a prison for Ma, but it’s five-year-old Jack’s whole world.  Jack narrates this remarkable story of love and survival.

 

 

 

You might like some of Donoghue’s other titles:

BURNING BRIGHT by Ron Rash

 

Short stories set in the author’s native Appalachia, from the Civil War to the present, illustrate the stark beauty of the land and the heartache of many of the people.  Written with spare elegance by Rash, who is also a poet.

burning bright

 

Try some of Rash’ s earlier novels, too.  You won’t be disappointed.