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Guests | May 2, 2012

Julia Alvarez: IMG Chichiguas



I wouldn't have met Piti if it hadn't been for a chichigua. To translate chichigua as a kite does not do justice to these beautiful creations of... Continue »
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    A Wedding in Haiti

    Julia Alvarez 9781616201302

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At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
At Home: A Short History of Private Life

jojesshol, January 19, 2012

My kind of nonfiction....entertaining, informative, personable and thoroughly engrossing. I LOVED it.
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People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
People of the Book

jojesshol, January 1, 2010

A book for people who love books! Surprisingly I burst into tears as I finished reading the book. I am not the sort of person that cries at films or books. My friend, Sarah, pointed out that I was crying about a book, not people. See, I do have a sensitive side! I highly recommend this book. I also recommend A Voyage Long and Strange by her husband Tony Horwitz....history made accessible and, at times, humorous.
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