Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Nevermore: The Art of Power, Endurance, Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed

 

Nevermore 4-22-25

Reported by Rita

 


The Art of Power by Nancy Pelosi

The first woman to ascend to the most powerful legislative role in our nation, passing laws that save lives and livelihoods, tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker, becoming a prophetic voice on the major moral issues of the day who's not afraid of a good fight.

I found it to be very informative and interesting.     -  KM     5 stars

 


Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Describes how polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship became immobilized in ice for ten months on his 1914 expedition to Antarctica, resulting in an 850-mile journey back to civilization with only a skeleton crew remaining.

Incredibly tedious, but fascinating and enjoyable.    - CD     4 stars

 


The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed by Lee Smith

Recounts the last summer of innocence for nine-year-old Susan, who witnesses the disintegration of her parents' marriage, and learns of people's cruelty from the visiting nephew of a neighbor.

Lee Smith is an extraordinary writer, and this book is absolutely amazing!    - MD    5 stars

 

Other Books Mentioned

 

Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn

The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri

The Shadow Girls by Henning Mankell

Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex: The Extraordinary and Distressing Memoir That Inspired Herman Melville's Moby-Dick by Owen Chase

The Thread That Runs So True by Jesse Stuart

Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

1984 by George Orwell

The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

The Faculty Lounge by Jennifer Mathieu

Afterward by Jennifer Mathieu

The Girl on Legare Street by Karen White

The Third Girl by Nell Goddin

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabella Wilkerson

Ernie's War by Ernie Pyle

 

New Books

 

Kate & Frida by Kim Fay

The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue

Penitence by Kristin Koval

Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah

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