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As they say around here, "I'm happy to be looking down at grass and not up at roots TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #1
TexasProgresive, I cannot remember, are you of Irish heritage? Enthusiast Jun 2015 #5
No, I am mostly French,with German and English to make for a contentious mix TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #7
Thank you for sharing that! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #8
Ditto, what euthusiast said! japple Jun 2015 #9
Thank you scarletwoman. Happy Summer Solstice to you. And thank you for the thread. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #2
Emily St. John Mandel was interviewed by Scott Simon on NPR Saturday Weekend Edition japple Jun 2015 #10
Edit to add: Peter Geye's The Lighthouse Road was a marvelous read. japple Jun 2015 #11
We will put our order in for that one at the library. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #14
Hope you enjoy Wilderness. I thought it was a great work and thoroughly japple Jun 2015 #15
It was interesting to hear her speak of her book that way. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #13
I hope Mrs. E likes Lighthouse Island as much as I did. I read somewhere that Paulette Giles was japple Jun 2015 #12
Thank you for the beautiful sentiments, scarletwoman. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #3
Rekjavik Nights by You-know-who pscot Jun 2015 #4
Wow! Suite Francaise sounds amazing, for the perspective alone. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #6
Agree. ananda Jun 2015 #20
Thank you, ananda. There are a million untold stories of WWII. I'm so glad this one survived. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #21
Me too. I'm very grateful to this site. ananda Jun 2015 #22
It's a theme. Manifest Destiny has been repeated many times in the past Enthusiast Jun 2015 #23
"Memory Wall" by Doerr hermetic Jun 2015 #16
Thank you, hermetic. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #17
Bedside book: "Naoko" by Higashino Keigo Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2015 #18
"Touch" by Claire North. SheilaT Jun 2015 #19
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