Category Archives: Multicultural
Year of Impossible Goodbyes
“Year of Impossible Goodbyes” by Sook Nyul Choi I guess August was the ‘month of impossibly short reads’ for me because here’s another little book that I thought was deeply moving. It’s shelved with children’s fiction in the library, but … Continue reading
“Bad Boy: A Memoir”
Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers Another quick book that I read this summer was “Bad Boy: A Memoir” by Walter Dean Myers. Myers is a well-known (and well-loved) author of young adult fiction and has written several … Continue reading
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi The subtitle of this work—“A Memoir in Books”—shows us that Nafisi plans to discuss not only her life in post-revolutionary Iran under Islamic rule and the Ayatollah Khomeini, but also the books … Continue reading
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“The Secret Life of Bees”
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Well, normally I write up a little review of the book, but since I know that this entry is primarily for those of you who are reading “The Secret Life of … Continue reading
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“In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer”
Many of the books that are popular with young adults have a life crisis as their theme. All teenagers can relate to trauma and good novels and biographies often help the reader to see through the anguish. They can show … Continue reading
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A Long Way Gone
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah Perhaps you saw the movie “Blood Diamond.” If so, you may recognize the place, the names and some of the action of this first-person account of the civil war in Sierra Leone, Africa. … Continue reading
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
How does an author make us feel connected to a narrator who has Asperger’s Syndrome–who can’t understand others’ emotions, who can’t deal with anything out of his ordinary routine, who, as a part of his compulsive behavior, will eat red … Continue reading
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Inheritance of Loss
Here we have another good book about India and the residual effects of colonialism. The novel is set Kalimpong, a Himalayan town that is on the border with Nepal. It’s the mid-1980s and a judge, who had been educated in … Continue reading
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