Narrated by Barbara Caruso. "The author describes her struggles with divorce and single parenthood before meeting her husband, Marsh, whose many kindnesses she would jot down and make into a cause for thanks and celebration every Valentine's Day."
Friday, May 15, 2009
LISTENING: Remember the Sweet Things: One List, Two Lives, and Twenty Years of Marriage by Ellen Greene
Recorded Books Inc., 2009. 
Narrated by Barbara Caruso. "The author describes her struggles with divorce and single parenthood before meeting her husband, Marsh, whose many kindnesses she would jot down and make into a cause for thanks and celebration every Valentine's Day."
Narrated by Barbara Caruso. "The author describes her struggles with divorce and single parenthood before meeting her husband, Marsh, whose many kindnesses she would jot down and make into a cause for thanks and celebration every Valentine's Day."
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
READING: I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor by Laura Hillman
Miraleste Library Book Club selection for May 2009.From the book jacket: "Laura Hillman (nee Hannelore Wolff) was born in 1923 in Aurich, Germany, near the North Sea. She was the third of five children born to Karoline and Martin Wolff. Five years after Hitler came to power, Laura was separated from her town and family. The events Laura witnessed in the camps kept her from writing for many years, but she finally set out to write her memoir, facing for the first time the circumstances that led to her survival. Laura now lives in Los Alamitos, California, and devotes her time between talking in high schools and colleges about her experiences and being a docent at the Long Beach Museum of Art."
Friday, May 1, 2009
LISTENING: Unaccustomed Earth: Stories
by Jhumpa Lahiri, read by Sarita Choudhury & Ajay NaiduFrom Publishers Weekly
"The gulf that separates expatriate Bengali parents from their American-raised children—and that separates the children from India—remains Lahiri's subject for this follow-up to Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake. In this set of eight stories, the results are again stunning."
Monday, April 20, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
LISTENING: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Translated from the German by Carol Brown Janeway. Read by Scott Campbell.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
READING: The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco
An Illustrated Novel, 2005, Harcourt Books. Translated from the Italian by Geoffrey Brock.
My book-club member, Tom, pointed out this novel to me - and besides the fascinating topic of reconstructing one's memory by reviewing boxes with old newspapers, comics, photo albums and diaries, what really sold me is the illustrated part - with comic strips, posters, etc. and all in Italian.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
READING: Greene & Greene for KIDS by Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen
Art, Architecture, Activities. 2004, Gibbs Smith, Publisher.A delightful overview of the famous architects from their childhood in Ohio through their life and career in Pasadena, CA. Interesting for kids and adults alike.
Kathleen Thorne Thomsen web page.
About the Author (from the dust jacket) - K. grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She attended the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where she received a degree in visual design and photography. K. is the author of many books for children including Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids. She lives in a Greene and Greene house in Pasadena, California.
