Nevermore 6-4-24
Reported by Rita
Things Past Telling: a Novel by
Sheila Williams
Loosely based on the author's real-life female ancestors, this
story of Maryam Prescilla Grace, a midwife, born in West Africa around 1758,
charts her journey across an ocean of years, as she gains and loses family, her
culture, a husband, lovers and children
Excellent read –
highly recommend. - KN 5 stars
Summer Crossing by Truman Capote
Seventeen-year-old Manhattan society girl Grady McNeil is free
to pursue her illicit romance with Clyde Manzer, a Jewish parking lot attendant
from Brooklyn when her parents decide to leave her alone for the summer.
Loved it – will be reading
more Capote. – DC 4 stars
After World: a Novel by
Debbie Urbanski
A sentient AI determines that all humans must be eliminated as
the root of climate change and leaves a woman named Sen as a“witness” to record
her observations on the end of humanity as the world begins to rewild.
Enjoyed the creativity, but it is a very bleak story. – PP
3.5 stars
Other
Books Mentioned
Into the Wilderness by Sara
Donati
Know My Name: a Memoir by
Chanel Miller
The Lost City of Z: a Tale of Deadly Obsession in
the Amazon by David Grann
British Killers by Guy Hadleigh
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers: a novel by
Samuel Burr
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Reclaiming Desire: 4 Keys to Finding Your Lost
Libido by Andrew Goldstein
What a Fool Believes: a Memoir by
Michael McDonald
The Hawk's Done Gone by
Mildred Haun
The Great Society to the Reagan Era, 1964-1990 by
William Loren Katz
The Maid: a Novel by Nita
Prose
The Man Who Died Twice by
Richard Osman
New Books
The Museum of Lost Quilts by
Jennifer Chiaverini
Throne of Grace : A Mountain Man, an Epic
Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West by Bob
Drury
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