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Summer Reading
July 9, 2007
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you've played your cards right and will be able to spend some time away from work relaxing, here are some books you might take a peek at. Please feel free to add your recommendations by scrolling to the bottom of this page and clicking on the "Comment on this article" link. To check back from time to time to see what books others have recommended, go to our home page, www.ChildCareExchange.com, and either click on the title of today's issue, or Previous Issues, if you are checking back in a day or so.
Some fun, off-beat reading:
- A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
- How I Became Stupid by Martin Page
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahrii
- A Thousand Splendid Nights by Khaled Hosseini (second novels are not always disappointing!)
- The Fountain at the Center of the Universe by Robert Newman
- Brick Lane by Monica Ali
- The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
- The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
- The Angel of Montague Street by Norman Green
- The Death of a Clown by A.C. Baantjer
- Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
- I See By My Outfit: Cross Country by Scooter by Peter S. Beagle
- Fugitive Days by Bill Ayers
- A Continent for the Taking by Howard French
- Off The Map: Tales of Endurance and Exploration by Fergus Fleming
- Big Bang: The Origins of the Universe by Simon Singh
- Maximum City (Mumbai) by Suketu Mehta
- A Death in Brazil by Peter Robb
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I will definitely have alook at some of the books you have recommended, I really enjoyed one of your previous recommendations 'The History of Love' by Nicole Krauss. I would recommend 'Ugly'
(life story) by Constance Briscoe. She was one of the first black women to sit as a judge in the UK. This was an amazing achievement as her mother was so cruel and described her as an "ugly waste of space". It was published in 2006 so its not really new but its so good!
United States
I also loved "The Namesake" and the movie of it as well. Both a mild PG rating.
As for dusting off a classic- "Farenheit 451" which I had never read before.
On a more off beat track I read "In Search of Captain Zero," "Winter's Bone" (by a local author) which was really quite compelling and a fairly short read, and also by my teen's recommendation "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." The last was thought provoking. I don't know of any other book where you get such a clear picture of another person's perspective.
Nantucket, Ma, United States
Two books that are a must read if you like historical fiction and liked the Red Tent- try Queen Maker and Wisdoms Daughter by India Edghill.
(about king Soloman and the Queen of Sheba)
A few other suggestions
Wisdom of our Fathers by Tim Russert
Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
One Foot Water Fall by Fred Mandell
One thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
United States
The name of the book is A Thousand Splendid Suns (not Nights)
I agree, though, it was as good as The Kite Runner.
United States
Don't forget a book I just started and can't seem to put down. I can't remember the name of the author, but the book is called, "Water for Elephants". Run to your favorite book store and buy the paperback that just got released. You'll be sorry if you don't!
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