Nevermore 5-19-26 Reported
by Rita
Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern
America by Karenna Gore Schiff
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, who was born a slave and fought against
lynching; Mother Jones, an Irish immigrant who organized coal miners and
campaigned against child labor; Alice Hamilton, who pushed for regulation of industrial
toxins; Frances Perkins, who developed key New Deal legislation; Virginia Durr,
who fought the poll tax and segregation; Septima Clark, who helped to register
black voters; Dolores Huerta, who organized farm workers; Dr. Helen
Rodriguez-Trias, an activist for reproductive rights; and Gretchen Buchenholz,
one of the nation’s leading child advocates. Gore Schiff delivers an intimate
and accessible account of the nine trail-blazing women who deserve not only to
be honored but to have their example serve as beacons.
It was
educational yet easy to read. Very well-written. -KM
4 stars
Toxic Designs by Kristi Holl
Nothing hits as close to home as having a loved one get sick,
which means double trouble for Kate Stevens when her daughter, Vanessa and her
best friend, Vivi Lawrence, both become deathly ill within hours of each other.
Vanessa is home for two weeks over summer break, and a shared meal between the
three of them seems to be the source of the food poisoning. But why doesn't
Kate herself become ill? Is it just luck, or is something more sinister afoot?
Kate becomes all the more suspicious when Vivi has several recurrences of
illness, and doctors cannot find the cause. Kate is sure that someone is out to
harm -- or worse, eliminate -- her friend, but no one will listen to her
protestations, not even Vivi.
I thought
it was kind of trite - it felt juvenile.
-BH 3 stars
The
Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum by Valerie Wilson Wesley
At the darkly glamorous height of the Roaring 20s, an
independent Black intellectual and her bi-racial foster child are immersed in
the vibrant world of the Harlem Renaissance – and a shocking murder on
Striver’s Row.
It's very
well-written. The language is wonderful.
-AH 5 stars
Other
Books Mentioned
Victor T. Vulture by Roger
Jones
Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
Letters of a Woman Homesteader by
Elinore Pruitt Stewart
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by
Melanie Benjamin
The Amazing Mrs. Polifax by
Dorothy Gilman
New
Books
Meet the Neighbors: Animal Minds and Life in a
More-than-Human World by Brandon Keim
Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs by
Antony Beevor
A Terrible Intimacy by
Melvin Patrick Ely
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