Monthly Archives: April 2011

Arizona Beans

Posted on April 27, 2011 by dianeledet

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver is a story about a fatherless Kentucky girl in her early 20’s who changes her name, gets into her broken down VW bug,  and drives west until the car breaks down and she can’t … Continue reading →

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Revolution

Posted on April 20, 2011 by dianeledet

Mulberry Child by Jian Ping is the moving memoir of a young girl’s experiences during the Cultural Revolution in China during the 1960’s.  I have read other books about this time of upheaval, but this book, written on such a … Continue reading →

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What to do?

Posted on April 15, 2011 by dianeledet

Many a Green Isle by Agnes Sligh Turnbull is another gem I found while searching for another book.  The story is heartwarming and has a happy ending which I was very glad of after reading so many sad stories. The … Continue reading →

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What If . . .

Posted on April 14, 2011 by dianeledet

The premise behind Alfred and Emily, written by Nobel Prize winning author Doris Lessing, really got my mind moving. In the first half of the book, Lessing fictionalized her parents lives.  The second half of the book tells their real … Continue reading →

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A New England Classic

Posted on April 10, 2011 by dianeledet

Ethan Frome, written in 1911 by Edith Wharton, came to my attention thanks to the Friendswood Library’s list of the top 150 English Language Novels of the 20th Century (http://www.friendswood.lib.tx.us/bookinfo/frpubtop150.htm). Wharton, a Pulitzer Prize winner, has written a number of … Continue reading →

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The Old West

Posted on April 5, 2011 by dianeledet

A Lost Lady by Willa Cather is a bittersweet story told by a young man in Colorado in the days after the Burlington railroads were built connecting the East to the West.  The book was written in 1923. The young … Continue reading →

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