A story about the essential connection of culture and heritage to wellbeing and self-esteem Reviewed by Sharon Broughton (First published August 15, 2019) From the Ashes: My Story of being Metis, Homeless and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle, Simon & Shuster, August 6, 2019, 368 pp., $19.80 From the Ashes is the compelling first-person memoir of Jesse … [Read more...] about From the Ashes climbs up the bestseller list
Literary Circle
Malcolm Gladwell, Ziya Tong, Binyamin Appelbaum: How we know what we know
Talking to Strangers, What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm GladwellThe Reality Bubble by Ziya TongThe Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society by Binyamin Appelbaum We weren’t always complete strangers By Maryann Kerr (September 12, 2019) Talking to Strangers, What We Should Know About the People … [Read more...] about Malcolm Gladwell, Ziya Tong, Binyamin Appelbaum: How we know what we know
Kate Mulgrew, Zluddin Yousafzai, Timea Nagy: Stories we need to hear from people we want to know
As an avid reader, you know stories are compelling and that stories we are hearing for the first time can make us turn away—or draw us in. Here are three riveting books reviewed by three compelling reviewers: How to forget: A Daughter's Memoir, Kate MulgrewLet Her Fly: A Father’s Journey, Zluddin Yousafzai with Louise CarpenterOut of the Shadows, Timea Nagy with … [Read more...] about Kate Mulgrew, Zluddin Yousafzai, Timea Nagy: Stories we need to hear from people we want to know
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, We Live for the We and From the Ashes: Books we want to hear about from people we want to know
From the Ashes: My Story of being Metis, Homeless and Finding My Way, Jesse Thistle A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, Alicia ElliottWe Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, Dani McClain Stretched past the breaking point by Sharon Broughton (August 15, 2019) From the Ashes: My Story of being Metis, Homeless and Finding My Way, Jesse … [Read more...] about A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, We Live for the We and From the Ashes: Books we want to hear about from people we want to know
Mistakes to Run With & Maid: Two page-turning summer reads
This week we’re bringing you two great summer reads that will have you riveted to the page. Mistakes to Run With by Yasuko ThanhMaid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s will to Survive by Stephanie Land An engrossing memoir, devastatingly told by Katherine Verhagen Rodis (July 25, 2019) Mistakes to Run With, Yasuko Thanh, Hamish Hamilton, April 2, 2019, … [Read more...] about Mistakes to Run With & Maid: Two page-turning summer reads