Another “thank you” to MomLive for recommending Peace Like a River. I just finished it, and it blew me away. What a beautifully told story.
I highly recommend [The</a> Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Search for His Extraordinary Son](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Moon-Understand-Extraordinary-ebook/dp/B004H1TQAS/ref=kinw_dp_ke?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2]The”>http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Moon-Understand-Extraordinary-ebook/dp/B004H1TQAS/ref=kinw_dp_ke?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2), by Ian Brown. The author’s son, Walker, was born with Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome (CFC), a rare genetic condition that left Walker severely disabled. The book is heart-breaking in parts, but also inspiring and even funny at times, and the writing is wonderful. The father’s love for his son just shines through.
I just finished “Please Look After Mom” and it was so moving. I think it is a perfect book for women our age - we can appreciate as daughters and as mothers. I really loved it.
Another vote for Unbroken– I thought it started kind of slow but then wow my heart was racing. At one point I screamed while reading it! And it’s a true story…
My book club chose “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein. If I had known that that the narrator is a dog and that the main (human) character is a race car driver (I’m not giving anything away), I would have voted to pass. However, I loved it! Great book and a quick read.
^newjersey- I’m glad that you are enjoying “Unbroken”. I bought it for my mom for Mother’s Day and I don’t think she was that thrilled. So I called her yesterday and she has now gotten around to reading it and cannot put it down!
I was also surprised at how much I enjoyed “The Art of Racing in the Rain”.
I am reading Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh. Wonderful story, and the language just immerses you in a pidgen of Hindi, sailor talk, British/Indian slang…halfway through I discovered there is actually a glossary in the back! But I was doing ok by relying on context. I think.
I just finished State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. I think that it’s the best book I’ve read i a year or so. Spellbinding story about medical researchers in South America. Very different, very interesting.
I read Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. I was forced to read it in my African Studies class, and I ended up absolutely loving it. It’s kind of old, but that should have any effect on the quality of it! Definitely recommend it!
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I am reading The Girls by Lori Lansens. It is a fictional account written in the first person point of view of conjoined twins- Rose and Ruby. It is sweet, sad, and funny. Rose is writing her own autobiography. She won’t allow Ruby to read it and as Ruby feels excluded, she decides to contribute a few chapters of her own. It is facinating to read each sister’s version of the same events and experiences as they have shared every moment of their lives. Highly recommend The Girls!
The Emperor of all maladies - long book , great read
The art of choosing - very interesting take on choices
Finally read Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns. Great read!
I love books written in Southern dialect. Or in this case, several different ones.
“Okay For Now”, by Gary Schmidt.
It’s a children’s novel–maybe best classified as young adult–about an 8th grade boy whose dysfunctional family moves from Manhattan to a small upstate NY town. Funny, poignant, well-written, and in the end uplifting. Some excerpts from the enthusiastic NYT review:
I am so looking forward to reading this book. It’s next on line on my kindle. I’m a big Ann Patchett fan. She’s a wonderful writer.
Bookiemom - great recommendation for “State of Wonder.” I absolutely loved it! Hurry up and start reading it, MomLive!
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Strongly recommended.
“Travels in Siberia” by Ian Frazier. I hate the thought of finishing it. He’s just what I want in a writer - great company, so insightful and SO funny. I have also loved his “Great Plains” and “On the Rez.” And there’s still lots of his stuff I haven’t read yet - lucky me.
The Distant Hours by Kate Morton.
Just read Water for Elephants and loved it! It may have helped that I was on a plane and then had an unexpected 3 hour delay, so I had lovely uninterrupted reading time. 
Have not seen the movie so I didn’t know how it would end. Very satisfying.
Also read Unbroken. Amazing story.
I just finished “Rabbit, Run” the other day, and it was fantastic; I love Updike’s style. I’m currently back in the middle of “War and Peace,” but Tolstoy is an either love-it or hate-it type author.