Wilder, Laura Ingalls (2014) Pioneer Girl: The annotated autobiography, edited by Pamela Smith Hill. South Dakota Historical Society Press. Laura Ingalls Wilder's never before published autobiography reveals true stories behind her pioneering life. Pioneer Girl served as the historical foundation for Wilder's fictional world. Out of the period, places and people in the manuscript sprang the characters and settings… Continue reading March Picks
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February Picks
Norton, Graham (2014) The life and loves of a He Devil. Hodder & Stoughton. Graham Norton's memoir is inspired by love, premised by "it is really the things you love that inspire and drive you". Although his approach is largely eclectic he shares his love of his career, dogs, the divas he has met, booze and boys, and his homeland… Continue reading February Picks
Jan’s Holiday Reads – January 2015
Koch, Herman (2012) The Dinner, translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett. Atlantic. Brothers Paul and Serge Lohman, and their wives Claire and Babette, meet at a fashionable Amsterdam restaurant to discuss their 15 year-old sons. Initially the conversation is banal and trivial, but slowly as the dinner reaches its culinary climax the horror of… Continue reading Jan’s Holiday Reads – January 2015
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