Reported by Christy
First
up, we had Homes: A Refugee Story by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah with Winnie
Yeung. Homes tells the story of
the al Rabeeah family and their journey to Syria from Iraq for a safer life –
just before the Syrian civil war broke out. Though our reader thought it was a
little biased in favor of Sunnis, she also found it intriguing and the
descriptions of hearing a war advancing “block by block” memorable.
Our
next reader picked up Norman Lewis’ A Goddess in the Stones: Travels in
India. Lewis traveled to India and hoped to record as much as he could
about the tribal colonies there. Our reader admired the beauty of the writing
and Lewis’ sympathy for the native people.
Lady
First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk
by Amy S. Greenberg is a biography of the wife of President James K. Polk.
Sarah Polk, unlike other women of her time, was raised to discuss politics and
business. She was also a trusted confidant and advisor to her husband during
his presidency. Polk lived for many years after her husband died, and devoted
her life as a widow to being a hostess. However, our reader wasn’t entirely
sure her story was worth a biography.
Joe
Biden’s Promise Me, Dad is a memoir of the months leading up to and
following the death of his son Beau from brain cancer. Though our reader had
not finished it yet, she admired the family values espoused in the book and
called it a “must read."
In Mama’s
Last Hug by Frans de Waal, de Waal explores the rich emotional complexity
of animals by discussing facial expressions and animal sentience among other
topics. Our reader found it moving and “really interesting.”
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