Recommended by Jean A really interesting take on married life in the 1950s. The book examines closely the marriage of one suburban couple , as well as taking a hard look at women's rights in that era. Worth reading.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Monday, February 02, 2009
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
Recommended by IreneFIC Baker
This novel grabs you from the beginning. Truly is a very large baby, destined to be an enormous grown woman. Her mother dies giving birth, and her father dies when she is twelve, leaving her and her petite sister to be taken in by local families. Their divergent lives further deepen the gap between them and Truly forges an existence on a run down farm as her sister marries the doctor's son.
A story of great cruelty, and great fortitude, it is difficult to get it out of your head.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Recommended by IreneFIC Ford
This debut novel set in Seattle, tells the story of two youngsters, a Chinese American boy, and a Japanese American girl who meet in 1942 and suffer the disapproval of his family and the internment of her's during those dark days of World War II in this country. Forty years later, Henry Lee searches from traces of his first love in a recently discovered cache of left behind belongings found in the basement of a Japanese American hotel.
Having visited Manzanar several years ago, and read Farewell to Manzanar, I found the subject matter engaging and poignant.
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