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mnhtnbb

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17. Just finished Toni Morrison's God Help the Child

Wed Oct 28, 2015, 12:37 PM

Oct 2015

What a superb story and piece of writing.

From the book jacket: "...the first novel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current moment--weaves a tale
about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult."

I'm at the beach and brought a sackful of books from the library to read while here.

I caught up with two of Sue Miller's most recent novels:

The Lake Shore Limited and Lost in the Forest.

Both are carefully crafted stories about individuals dealing with loss of someone important
in their lives as the result of accident or terrorism.

Next up is The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout (author of Olive Kitteridge)

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What are you reading this week of October 25, 2015? [View all] hermetic Oct 2015 OP

"Tooth and Nail" Ian Rankin TexasProgresive Oct 2015 #1

I liked all the Rebus books I read hermetic Oct 2015 #2

Not much shenmue Oct 2015 #3

Hope you are feeling better hermetic Oct 2015 #10

Thank you shenmue Oct 2015 #14

Hi hermetic! Thank you for the thread! scarletwoman Oct 2015 #4

Hi scarlet! hermetic Oct 2015 #11

My small public library can get inter-library loans from larger area libraries Number9Dream Oct 2015 #15

I can do that, too hermetic Oct 2015 #18

Still reading "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from last week Number9Dream Oct 2015 #21

Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, hermetic. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #5

Still reading Ivan Doig's The Bartender's Tale and I really love these characters. The japple Oct 2015 #6

Hi, japple! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #7

Yes, the 700 pages threw me off a bit, but then I plowed right through all those Stephen King japple Oct 2015 #8

Hi japple! hermetic Oct 2015 #12

Oh NOOOOOOO! Not a fan of vampires. My friend didn't tell me about that. She just japple Oct 2015 #16

A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami pscot Oct 2015 #9

That sounds like fun hermetic Oct 2015 #13

Just finished Toni Morrison's God Help the Child mnhtnbb Oct 2015 #17

How lovely, hermetic Oct 2015 #19

The weather hasn't been very good the last couple of days... mnhtnbb Oct 2015 #20