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| Re: August 2009 recommendation thread [message #19330 is a reply to message #18904 ] |
Tue, 11 August 2009 18:02   |
 librarykat
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Stitches: A Memoir by David Small will be published by W. W. Norton in September. I just read an advance copy loaned to me by a friend. Some here may know him as a wonderful children's book illustrator (Imogene's Antlers, So You Want to Be President, etc.). That's how I know him. I had NO idea what his earlier life was like. It was horrible, absolutely horrible. In Stitches, he very quietly, matter-of-factly narrates and shows in this graphic novel memoir how dysfunctional his family was, and the abuse he suffered. Yet, somehow, mostly because he has grown up and become a successful artist, the reader knows he survived everything that happened to him. He never sensationalizes anything. The reader has to look at the faces sometimes to see what is really happening; the faces are incredibly expressive.
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| Re: August 2009 recommendation thread [message #19833 is a reply to message #18904 ] |
Mon, 24 August 2009 15:13 |
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Beauty/Anna
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The Crimson Thread by Suzanne Weyn. It is a retelling of the story Rumpelstiltskin. Usually I do not enjoy the Rumpelstiltskin story much, but this verson was fantastic.
[Updated on: Mon, 24 August 2009 15:14]
"You are your best resource for success"
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| Re: August 2009 recommendation thread [message #19952 is a reply to message #18904 ] |
Thu, 27 August 2009 12:56 |
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L.R.K.
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Eva Ibbotson: "Which Witch?" - Arriman the Awful is sick and tired of dastardly deeds and wants to retire. Unfortunately he has no successor, and decides - very reluctantly - that he must marry to have an heir. And, of course, he can only marry a witch. So a contest is held to determine which witch is most suitable - and can perform the most powerful magic.
P G Wodehouse: "Something Fresh" (Re-read) - "Without at least one impostor on the premises, Blandings Castle is never itself." - The first Blandings novel.
Garth Nix: "Sabriel" - "Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was."
Susan Cooper: "The Boggart and the Monster" - Sequel to "The Boggart"
Kiran Desai: "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" - To get some peace and quiet, Sampath Chawla takes up residence in a guava tree in a deserted orchard. In stead of being left alone, however, he becomes known - far and wide - as a wise guru, Babaji, attracting many followers. And then, of course, there are the monkeys...
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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