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June 16, 2023
The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
-Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), English author
In response to our recent Instapoll, some of you shared your favorites for casual summer reading. With two avid readers suggesting Lessons in Chemistry, I’ve already put that one on my list! Here's some of what you suggested:
- So many I could list, but one I recently read and loved was Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus (2022). It's a funny look at a woman in the 1950s, limited by society's norms. I laughed out loud reading this!
- Impossible to pick one but loved Lessons in Chemistry. Humor, social commentary, and wonderful character development in this story about a brilliant scientist Elizabeth Zott whose career goals are constrained by societal norms in the 1950s. She refuses to accept the limits placed on her and carves her own path.
- Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman (2020) "is an ingeniously constructed story about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope—the things that save us, even in the most anxious times."
- The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse, by Charlie Mackesy (2019), also adapted into an Academy Award® winning animated short film) It's a short, illustrated gift book for readers of all ages about vulnerability, kindness, hope, friendship and love.
- Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver (2022), offers an eye-opening and heart-felt first-person look into the life of a resilient boy growing up in Appalachia, in a community besot by poverty, drug abuse and loss. The allusion to David Copperfield brings that story into the 21st century.
- All Jojo Moyes. These books hit all the emotions.
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Schaffer and Annie Barrows (2007). The writing is witty and compassionate, and the story reminds me of the value of caring relationships with people during hard times and the power of books to connect us.
- Anything by Ruth Ware
Have another recommendation? Add it in the comments below!
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Displaying All 3 CommentsUnited States
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is my favorite summer reread full of humor, heart and neurodivergence
University of Phoenix/ Red Rocks Community College
Denver, Colorado, United States
I am late to this activity, but recently have read several interesting books (I always read when I travel). One I recommend is "Killers of the Flower Moon", by David Grann. It details the lives of Osage First Americans in the 1920s who discovered oil on their land in Oklahoma and became some of the wealthiest people in the world. The book describes the death of many of these Indians (due to their wealth), the development of the FBI who investigated these crimes - because the state police were involved - and is an excellent account of the official White man's view of First Americans at that time in our history. (A movie of the book is coming out in the fall).
Spring Arbor University
Spring Arbor , MI, United States
I am not sure if you have recommended this book but I think everyone, especially educators, should read Jodi Picoults book
"Bad Honey". A timely topic, well researched, and presented in a well written thought provoking manner.
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