Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
edited by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser (Harper, $12.00)
A fascinating, addictively compelling, illustrated collection of six-word memoirs that are alternately humorous, sad, and strange, from writers both famous and obscure.
Every month, we pick a title that we believe is deserving of extra attention. The books are available for 10% off at the store, or via email or phone.
Issue: #12
May, 2008
Upcoming Events & Readings
Friday, May 16, 7 PM: Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth (Touchstone, $15.00) discussed by JudyNorsigian, co-editor. The trusted Boston Women's Health Book Collective has written a comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date book for expectant mothers. It balances important facts and scientific data with the voices of actual women, providing expectant mothers with questions to ask, issues to think about, and options to consider and discuss. Topics range from diet and exercise to relationships, motherhood, sexuality, and physical and mental illnesses. Chapters advocating for better maternity care and for improved family policies provide practical resources and serve as a call for action. This is a welcome addition to the Our Bodies Ourselves series.
Friday, May 23, 7 PM: Stella Pope Duarte, author of If I Die in Juarez (U. of A., $16.95).
For more than a decade, hundreds of women from Juarez have disappeared, many brutally murdered by assassins who have gone unpunished. Duarte interviewed relatives of some of the missing women and wrote this brilliantly crafted novel to help bring this story to light. From the red-light districts in Ciudad Juarez to remote villages hidden away in the mountains of Chihuahua, this novel traces the lives of three young women: Evita, a street child; Petra, a maquiladora worker; and Mayela, a Tarahumara Indian girl. Together they uncover Juarez's forbidden secret.
Book Groups
Living Your Best Life Book Group
June 8, 12 noon: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, by Anne Lamott (Riverhead, $14.00).....[more info]
Second Sunday Book Group
June 8, 2 PM: There's a Slight Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble, by Laurie Notaro (Villard, $13.95).....[more info]
Mystery Book Group
June 22, 12 noon: The Ottoman Cage, by Barbara Nadel (Felony & Mayhem, $14.95).....[more info]
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comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date book for expectant mothers. It balances important facts and scientific data with the voices of actual women, providing expectant mothers with questions to ask, issues to think about, and options to consider and discuss. Topics range from diet and exercise to relationships, motherhood, sexuality, and physical and mental illnesses. Chapters advocating for better maternity care and for improved family policies provide practical resources and serve as a call for action. This is a welcome addition to the Our Bodies Ourselves series.
missing women and wrote this brilliantly crafted novel to help bring this story to light. From the red-light districts in Ciudad Juarez to remote villages hidden away in the mountains of Chihuahua, this novel traces the lives of three young women: Evita, a street child; Petra, a maquiladora worker; and Mayela, a Tarahumara Indian girl. Together they uncover Juarez's forbidden secret.
