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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
An excellent book about an unusual childhood (8/13/2018)
Walls writes about a childhood that was affected by her father's drinking and her mother's odd behavior. She missed more than a few meals, did not always have a place to lay her head, and felt like she was the most responsible adult in the family. Still, her love for hermore
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
by Irene Gut Opdyke
A Remarkable Story of Courage (8/12/2014)
This autobiography shows how the author fought the Germans. As she states, it began with small steps, she began by feeding the Jews under the eyes & employment of German officers. Later, she joins the resistance movement. She was an extremely brave person. A young Corrie Ten Boom.
A Permanent Member of the Family
by Russell Banks
A Great Storyteller (7/23/2014)
Russell Banks is a very gifted writer. I fell in love with many of the characters!
No Biking in the House Without a Helmet
by Melissa Fay Greene
A Great Book on International Adoption (5/31/2013)
The author already has several children, but when they begin leaving for college; instead of facing an empty nest, she adopts children from other countries. The author's portraits of the children are terrific!
Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love
by Myron Uhlberg
A boy's remarkable story of growing up with deaf parents (12/11/2010)
Myron talks about how having 2 deaf parents may have made his life harder, but he still shows how remarkable his parents were. His father held a steady job as a newspaper printer and loved his wife and sons fiercely. Myron may have been somewhat embarrassed by having tomore
Cockeyed: A Memoir
by Ryan Knighton
I loved this book! (11/23/2007)
This was a very enlightening book. The author writes about his experience going from seeing to blind as a teenager. He describes driving (something he shouldn't have been doing -- but he was still unaware of how serious his problem was) & ending up in several accidents,more
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by Walter Mosley
An Excellent Depiction of Slavery with a Unique Twist (7/13/2007)
This was one of the best YA books I read! The depiction of the abuses of slavery was very realistic. The main character was a slave boy who was sent to work in the fields after he finally reached a certain age. Before he had been in the main house, where he had a closemore
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
Not the Greatest book Despite Oprah's Recommendation (7/13/2007)
I love these type of books, sci fi, end of the world themes. However, this book was so poorly written. There was almost no dialogue. The characterizations were relatively poor, father/son type. Father will do anything for son, blah blah blah. Nothing made these charactersmore
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