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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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We Are Called to Rise
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McBride, Laura
Ellen Pullen
, August 13, 2015
WE ARE CALLED TO RISE by Laura McBride When I started this book, on a friend’s recommendation, it seemed so simply written that I considered quitting. But I stuck with my “read 50 pages before you chuck it” rule and am glad I did. The setting is Las Vegas, but not the glitzy, glamorous side we think of. The characters are varied ��" an 8-year-old immigrant boy from Albania and his family, veterans of the Iraq war in different modes of suffering, a wife with a failing marriage, teachers, social workers, CASA, addicts and police. Most experience some sort of trauma and pain; some are defeated by it, but most handle their pain with strength and compassion, illustrating that small acts of kindness and caring can produce great results.
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The Housekeeper and The Professor
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Yoko Ogawa
Ellen Pullen
, March 01, 2014
I loved this book primarily for the gentle tone and the kind and courteous way the Housekeeper and her son treated the Professor, who had a severe memory loss resulting from an accident years earlier. He could not remember anything more than 80 minutes, so kept notes pinned to his clothing, reminding him what day it was, at what point he had paused in working his mathematical problems. Every morning the Housekeeper told him her name and why she came to help because he couldn't recall anything about her. However, when he learned her son had to stay home alone after school he insisted the boy (whom he called "Root" because his flat haircut reminded the Prof of the square root symbol) come to his cottage afternoons. The two became friends, based on mutual love of baseball and mathematics.
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The Housekeeper and The Professor
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Yoko Ogawa
Ellen Pullen
, January 01, 2012
I enjoyed this book because it was so unusual -- it covers memory loss, mathematics, baseball, genuine love between characters, though not sexual. A gentle story about extraordinary people. It is truly difficult to choose one favorite book from so many good ones!
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