This is the book that let me know I was an artist. The longing that Asher feels for his painting is that pinprick of tenacity I feel in my spirit about writing, when I let myself feel it and don't deaden it with my own or other people's expectations of me. Asher's life is every artist's life, and this book gave me the courage to live my own life.
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The book is about Koller's solitude, a solitude she intentionally imposes after receiving her PhD in philosophy from Harvard. She rents a little cottage in Nantucket and spends her days alone - writing, reading, walking, thinking, not thinking. It's a book of reflection, not action, inwardness, not outward relationships. It's a beautiful read for anyone who needs a little space in life, a place to breath and think.
s proof positive that you can readably combine research and reflection. His books studies earthquake myths and the people who create them, including Cloud Man, who believes that certain kinds of clouds are released from the earth’s crust just before an earthquake. But Ulin also delves into the science behind earthquakes and the way that trained scientists, particularly those at the U.S. Geological Survey try to predict and prepare for earthquakes.
Byatt’s settings make her characters, and while most often she leaves dialogue out of the stories, her characters seem to speak to you through their actions, as if we’re invisible confidants. This book whispers of fairy tales and infuses them with practicality. A lovely read.
Nobody can make me smile and cry as much as Anne Lamott. This book, the sort-of sequel to Traveling Mercies, is a beautiful, contrite, and hilarious look at what it means to live as a person who believes that life exists beyond the tangible and measurable.
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My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Andrea Cumbo, May 6, 2008
This is the book that let me know I was an artist. The longing that Asher feels for his painting is that pinprick of tenacity I feel in my spirit about writing, when I let myself feel it and don't deaden it with my own or other people's expectations of me. Asher's life is every artist's life, and this book gave me the courage to live my own life.
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Unknown Woman by Alice Koller
Andrea Cumbo, April 24, 2008
The book is about Koller's solitude, a solitude she intentionally imposes after receiving her PhD in philosophy from Harvard. She rents a little cottage in Nantucket and spends her days alone - writing, reading, walking, thinking, not thinking. It's a book of reflection, not action, inwardness, not outward relationships. It's a beautiful read for anyone who needs a little space in life, a place to breath and think.The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith by David L Ulin
Andrea Cumbo, March 30, 2008
s proof positive that you can readably combine research and reflection. His books studies earthquake myths and the people who create them, including Cloud Man, who believes that certain kinds of clouds are released from the earth’s crust just before an earthquake. But Ulin also delves into the science behind earthquakes and the way that trained scientists, particularly those at the U.S. Geological Survey try to predict and prepare for earthquakes.Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice by A S Byatt
Andrea Cumbo, March 19, 2008
Byatt’s settings make her characters, and while most often she leaves dialogue out of the stories, her characters seem to speak to you through their actions, as if we’re invisible confidants. This book whispers of fairy tales and infuses them with practicality. A lovely read.Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
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Nobody can make me smile and cry as much as Anne Lamott. This book, the sort-of sequel to Traveling Mercies, is a beautiful, contrite, and hilarious look at what it means to live as a person who believes that life exists beyond the tangible and measurable.(1 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)