Reported by Garry
Cinderella’s Dress by
Shonna Slayton is a re-imagining/continuation of the classic Cinderella story.
Kate is a young woman working in the shops in New York in the 1940s. War tears
Europe apart and Kate’s displaced Polish Aunt and Uncle arrive on her doorstep
with a mysterious steamer trunk in tow – a trunk that contains the wardrobe of
the real Cinderella. Protecting the
trunk and its coveted contents is a task the women of Kate’s family have done
for generations, and now it is Kate’s turn – whether she wants it or not. “Delightful,
imaginative, and fun” were the words our reader used to describe this first in
the Fairy-Tale Inheritance series of
six books, all featuring twists on the classic Grimm’s fairy tales. SH
At Night All Blood is Black by David
Diop is the Booker Prize winning debut novel that follows the journey of Alfa
Ndiaye, a Senegalese man who fights with the French in the trenches of World
War I. Alfa’s best friend is shot and mortally wounded, and begs Alfa to kill
him, sparing him a painful and prolonged death. Alfa can’t bring himself to do
so, and the conflict between killing his friend and letting him die slowly
begins to tear Alfa apart, even as he tries to make amends that are at once
horrific and understandable. Our reader was amazed by the “hypnotic writing” in
this multi-award winning, harrowing novel of a descent into madness, and very
highly recommends it. SC
Tennessee Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside
Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff by Kristin Luna. Did you know that the town of Erwin once
hanged an elephant? That Camden is the location of the only fresh-water pearl
farm in North America? These and myriad other weird, quirky and intriguing
entries make this one very fun book that has struck a fire under our reader to
go visit as many of the sites as possible.
KM
Also mentioned:
Leviathan
Falls by
James S.A. Corey
Nine
Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks
Spirits
and Smoke
by Mary Miley
The
Lioness
by Chris Bohjalian
Walking
to Wijiji: A Journey Overcoming Loneliness by Bunny Medeiros
Cloud
Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr
Something
in the Water
by Catherine Steadman
Black Water
Sister by
Zen Cho
Chivalry (Graphic Novel) by Neil
Gaiman and Colleen Doran
The Lost
World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian by Heather Ewing
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