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Calebs Crossing
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Geraldine Brooks
Clover88
, January 01, 2013
This is a fascinating account of the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Even better, it is told through the voice and eyes of a young Puritan woman who is both strong-minded and obedient to her social role. Brooks gives us a sense of the fissures in Puritan life, describes the struggle in daily life for survival, and immerses us in the natural and intellectual worlds of the time period.
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I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company A Novel of Lewis & Clark
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Brian Hall
Clover88
, January 01, 2013
This book transported me not just into Lewis and Clark's experience, but also into the worlds of the expedition members, the American towns of the era, and most wonderfully into the lives, language, and culture of the native people encountered. Hall writes not just in different perspectives, but in different voices and mindsets, as he recreates the time of the expedition. I especially loved the descriptions of the natural world and still cannot shake the mental images this created for me, of a clarity of air, a blueness of sky, a wealth of plants and animal life.
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
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David Mitchell
Clover88
, January 01, 2012
I am a big David Mitchell fan; I think his ability to write, in such engaging and living details, about so many different worlds, is amazing. In this novel, he brings alive late 18th c. Japan (and its British and Dutch trading partners). Foreigners are restricted from Japan, but he uses Japanese characters to take us into the interior of the country and expand the perspectives of the story. There was a slightly "magical realist" section in the center of the book that was not to my taste, but overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the novel.
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Parrot & Olivier in America
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Peter Carey
Clover88
, January 01, 2012
Droll, fun roller coaster ride through French and early American history. Very entertaining, but you'll also learn history (painlessly!).
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Invisible Bridge
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Orringer, Julie
Clover88
, January 01, 2012
Engrossing story of a Hungarian Jewish family and community in Paris and at home in Hungary during World War II. Though you will learn a lot of history from it, it is an artfully written novel.
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Blame
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Huneven, Michelle
Clover88
, January 01, 2012
The plot is suspenseful and engrossing: Patsy kills two people while blacked out, drunk. She takes the blame and lives her life with the knowledge of what she did, making decisions and choices in an attempt to atone for her actions. The writing is beautiful and poetic, plain spoken and forthright. But most important, this book makes you think about what your choices mean, what blame is and does, and whether it matters. I plan to use this with my high school senior reading/writing elective; I know it will foster deep discussions about responsibility, guilt and innocence, and life's choices.
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Cloud Atlas
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David Mitchell
Clover88
, October 12, 2011
This was the most exciting, thought-provoking, challenging and beautifully written book I have read in a long time, maybe ever. You can read it as a collection of shorter pieces that eventually are pulled together. But you can also read it as a new type of story, one where the original format of the book is equally interesting and thought-provoking, making you consider "What is a novel?" Read this book!
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
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David Mitchell
Clover88
, September 03, 2011
This novel immersed me in the lives and culture of the shogunate-era Japan it depicts. The story and the characters are always foremost, while at the same time, I learned about the Dutch East India trade with Japan and European competition to trade with Asia. It's told from more than one point of view, which allowed me to get into the minds of varied characters. To be honest, I was slightly put off in the middle with what seemed to be a more "supernatural" turn of events, but I loved the book as a whole.
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Mindfulness In Plain English Updated Expanded Edition
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Bhante H Gunaratana
Clover88
, April 24, 2011
This excellent guide approaches vipassana meditation from a secular and psychological point of view. The writing is clear and strong; the information is illuminating and affirming. I have found it a wonderful support in letting go of ego and illusion.
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Just Like Us The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
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Helen Thorpe
Clover88
, January 01, 2011
Thorpe follows four high-achieving Mexican-American girls in Denver through their senior year in high school and beyond. Two girls are legal residents, two are not, and this makes all the difference for their opportunities. Thorpe has access to their family, school, and peer lives, and provides a rich description of their experiences and the political context of immigration in Denver and in the U.S. I believe that no matter what side of the immigration debate you are on, this book will make you seriously consider the other side, it's that powerful.
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Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot
Clover88
, January 01, 2011
Henrietta Lacks, a poor, African American patient at Johns Hopkins, had cancer cells that were taken in the 1950s and have been used to do scientific research ever since. I was impressed by Skool's clear-headed description of the science and political issues of the situation, and also by her empathy and sense of conscience for all those involved, including the doctors and the Lacks family. It reminded me of Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down in its even-handed yet caring approach.
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They Marched into Sunlight War & Peace Vietnam & America October 1967
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David Maraniss
Clover88
, January 01, 2011
Maraniss describes two days in October, 1967, taking place in three very different worlds: a company of soldiers in Vietnam during a brutal ambush; angry, disillusioned anti-war protesters fighting against Dow Chemical in Wisconsin; and befuddled--even lying--administration officials in Washington. He brings alive the competing feelings of the times through the use of thousands of primary source accounts. I will be using many excerpts from this to teach my high school US history course.
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Let The Great World Spin
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Colum McCann
Clover88
, January 01, 2011
The mood and tone of NYC of the late 1970s is clear and strong. Though there is a very diverse cast of characters (whose lives intersect in expected and unexpected ways), McCann makes each one a well-drawn individual and worth caring about.
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March
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Geraldine Brooks
Clover88
, January 02, 2010
My favorite Brooks work, it describes the life of Mr. March, the father of the sisters in Little Women, during the Civil War. March struggles with racism and war, and also his own righteousness and passion for justice. I cannot manage to get my male colleagues to read it, because of the association with Little Women. Their loss.
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Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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Michael Chabon
Clover88
, January 02, 2010
A rich, textured, entertaining, deep book, in which the author controls extensive information from varied fields and creates interesting, believable characters, and does this all without making you aware of it while you read. Instead, you are just lost in a great story.
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