I have big plans to sit in front of the fireplace in my vintage sofa chair and read all the books I can over holiday break. Here are the books in no particular order:
Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz as the secret weapon during the Cold War.
Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna- China Galand: One woman's search for the divine feminine through Nepal to New Mexico.
To the Lighthouse- Virginia Woolf: Family life and all it's messiness reveal the inner world of each.
The Lost Books of the Odyssey- Zachary Mason: Homers tale remained.
Thousand Pieces of Gold- Ruthanne Lum McCunn: A favorite daughter is sold into slavery as a child and ends her life in the Frontier West.
The Anthropology of Turquoise- Ellen Meloy: The color turquoise illuminates the human attachment to landscape.
Parrot and Oliver- Peter Carey: An Improvisation on the life of Alexis de Toqueville and his traveling companion's journey to the New World.
Rules for Aging- Roger Rosenblatt: Basically, a guide on how to never grow up.
Alone with You- Marisa Silver: Stories from the author of God of War
An Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian- Sherman Alexie: A young cartoonist leaves the reservation to attend an all white school.
Little Bird of Heaven- Joyce Carol Oates: A brutal crime and it's aftermath.
Blue Flower- Penelope Fitzgerald: A story set in the age of Goethe.
Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Heart- Tara Bennett Coleman: A thoughtful book about recognizing and transforming emotional patterns.
The Langauge of Trees- Ilie Ruby: A young man returns home to face his past.
How to Love: Choosing Well at Every Stage of Life- Gordon Livingston, M.D.: How to spot a freaking borderline personality at ten paces.
We Are the Stories We Tell- edited by Wendy Martin: Contemporary Women's Fiction.
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