Nevermore: Hang the Moon, The Four Agreements, Day They Fell From the Sky

 

Reported by Rita

Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls is set in a small town in Virginia during Prohibition. Young Sallie Kincaid comes from a life of privilege until she’s blamed for an accident involving her younger step-brother and sent away. She returns a few years later and takes over her father’s moonshine empire. An enjoyable and interesting story. NH

 

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz offers readers a guide to help overcome self-limiting beliefs based on ancient Toltec wisdom. The Four Agreements are: Be Impeccable With Your Word, Don't Take Anything Personally, Don't Make Assumptions, Always Do Your Best. The book explores each agreement and how they can make a difference in one’s happiness.  Our reader made lots of notes and took away many lessons from this spiritual self-help title and highly recommends it. GG

 

The Day They Fell From the Sky: 10 Lone Survivors and Their Harrowing and Incredible True Stories of Plane-Crash Survival by Oliver Martin Cass tells the horrific but brave stories of people who beat the odds and survived not only plane crashes but the elements of the crash sites. The book also includes a chapter on how to increase your odds of surviving a plane crash. The stories are incredible and inspiring according to our reader. CD

 

Also Mentioned:

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 by Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo

Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy―and the Sister She Betrayed   by Jim Poppin 

Where We Meet the World: The Story of the Senses by Ashley Ward

Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

A Journey with Clay: On the Road to Iron Mountain Stoneware by Nancy Patterson Lamb

Beach Music by Pat Conroy

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

 

New books:

 

Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang

The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee

A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power, Susan Power