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11-28-2015, 09:58 AM
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The lioness in winter : writing an old woman's life / Ann Burack-Weiss.
"Ann Burack-Weiss, a gerontologist with more than forty years of experience, analyzes and engages with the writings of a dozen well-known authors for insights into old age. Featured are Maya Angelou, Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, Joan Didion, M.F.K Fisher, Doris Grumbach, Carolyn Heilburn, Doris Lessing, Florida Scott-Maxwell, May Sarton, Anne Roiphe, and Alexis Kate Shulman, among others, all of whom wrote about essential issues in old age including physical changes and disability, living alone, reflecting on and revaluing the past, generativity, public life, and the changing roles of family and friends. Burack-Weiss frames the reading of these texts in relevant theory and research including an introduction that discusses narrative theory and developmental, gerontological, and feminist perspectives on the older woman" -- Provided by publisher.
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11-28-2015, 10:01 AM
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11-28-2015, 12:35 PM
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 This book had me on the edge of my seat, needless to say. I was near vomiting in many parts of this book because WARNING: It is very explicit. The survival instinct kicks in and the rest is history. Here is a link below for more information about Lori and her book and the horrendous journey she had to endure. True story. http://www.loris-song.com/
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11-28-2015, 01:06 PM
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I'm reading French Broad by Wilma Dykeman
Its a factual narrative about a local river, the French Broad, and its history beginning in the 1700s. So far I have learned much. I didn't anticipate that so many local "heroes" would be guilty of genocide (of the Cherokee) though. It does relate how the river helped with trading and is the main reason why towns (like Asheville) came into existence so long ago when settling here was such a difficult thing. I'm immersing myself in local history. I'm hoping this will be the first book of many on the subject.
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11-28-2015, 03:49 PM
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Tender Bar by J. R. Moehringer Hot Money by Dick Francis Nothing very challenging but enjoyable nonetheless. |
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11-28-2015, 07:11 PM
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Deadly Proof: A Victorian San Francisco by M. Louisa Locke
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
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11-29-2015, 11:11 AM
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Reread of an old friend .......
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11-29-2015, 12:33 PM
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There aren't many books that I can honestly say I've done this with. The only one that comes to mind is Little Women. Sometimes I just need its comfort. This discludes poetry of course. That can be re-read infinitely and you still get a different feel from it. Any which way, I figure that books that people return to have a higher merit than others. Just my happy little opinion 
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12-08-2015, 09:11 AM
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Just beginning for a book club meeting later this month...
Sula by Toni Morrison |
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