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... did lead to real changes, so I'm being super-flexible!)
Indiana:
The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres
Iowa:
Ubik by Philip K. Dick
American Gothic: A Life of America's Most Famous Painting by Steven ... I've added Jesus Land to my wishlist. Thanks for the vivid description. ... book too. I was surprised that there were so many differences - mainly that Manuel is not a major character in the book.
Jesus Land was amazing. If you're a fan of non-celebrity memoirs, you need to read this. Having lived in California all my life, I was shocked at the level of racism still ... ... - The Land I Came Through Last
Chloe Hooper - The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island
Dmetri Kakmi - Mother Land
Jacqueline Kent - An Exacting Heart: The Story of Hephzibah Menuhin
Christina Thompson - Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All
The Chri ... ... Codes: Of Three Girlhoods--My Mother's, My Father's and
Mine" - Noelle Howey (Jan.)
4. "Jesus Land" - Julia Scheeres (July)
5. "A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love and Faith in Stages" - Kristin Chenoweth (June)
6. "Th ... ... this year:
Three Cups of Tea by Craig Motenson
Lush Life by Richard Price
The Razor's Edge W. Somerset Maugham
Jesus Land Julia Scheeres
Tender is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bagombo Snuff Box Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Nicholas Nickelby Charles Dickens
Einstein Walter Isaacson ... ... this year:
Three Cups of Tea by Craig Mortenson
Lush Life by Richard Price
The Razor's Edge W. Somerset Maugham
Jesus Land Julia Scheeres
Tender is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bagombo Snuff Box Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Nicholas Nickelby Charles Dickens
Einstein Walter Isaacson ... ... by Cammie McGovern
Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates - from my wishlist!
The Faith Club by Ranya Idliby
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
Perfect Madness by Judith Warner
Author, Author by David Lodge 56. Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
I heard about this a few years ago on NPR, so when it showed up on BookMooch, I snatched it. Very interesting memoir about two siblings surviving a Christian reform school in the Dominican Republic. I took this to court with me for jury duty. Ugh. Didn' ... I was just looking at Have a Nice Doomsday and decided to take a look at Jesus Land and (I guess for the first time) noticed that I had to go to the search tab to do it. I'm surprised that there isn't a 'Search Works' box on the work page. (A simple 'Search' box that would search works, authors ... ... 2. From a Sealed Room, Rachel Kadish
3. A Woman in Jerusalem, A.B. Yehoshua
C. NON-FICTION
1. Jesus Land, Julia Scheeres
2. Sin in the Second City, Karen Abbott
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D. AWARD WINNERS
1. March, Geraldine Bro ... ... read The Blue Girl recently and enjoyed it. I finally finished Emma. I've also read One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Jesus Land, Wide Awake, Cry, the Beloved Country, and Powers(by Le Guin) plus non-fiction. Good start to the year. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams
Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body by Armand Marie Leroi
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn I really read more nonfiction in 2007 also. Included in my line up of top 5:
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
The Girls who Went Away by Ann Fessler
Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Dispatches from the Edge by Anderson Cooper
Here if You Need Me by Kate Braestrup I'm in, I'm always looking for a new reading challenge, and this will help me knock off some books on my TBR Pile.
Here's the topics/books I've come up with so far...
1001 Books to Read Before I Die:
1. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
2. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
3. Alias Grace by Ma ... I just finished Jesus Land and now I'm on to Caramelo, and it's coming along slowly. I've been feeling a bit melancholy these past couple days, and its crazy, familial antics aren't hitting home like they should. tropics: I read by The Glass Castle and Jesus Land this year and thought they were very memorable and I couldn't believe that parents actually behaved this way. ... Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
2. Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress (I think this is non-fiction)
3. Jesus Land: a memoir by Julia Scheeres
4. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
5. Paper Trails by Pete Dexter
Honorable mention, non-fiction: What ... ... Who Went Away by Ann Fessler
Landsman by Peter Charles Melman
The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres ... the new one by PJ Tracy, Snow Blind. Maybe. Trying for something a bit lighter in my favorite genre after reading Jesus Land.
Also, through my dh, who continuously reads from the book to me, The Year of Living Biblically which is funny, thoughtful and just barely irreverent. :o) ... 37. Finished Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres.
Although I liked it quite a bit, I think I'm going to steer clear of any more memoirs for a time. Reading about others' painful childhoods isn't good for me on a regular basis. :o/
I was pleasantly relieved with how Scheeres handled the terribly ... ... Wind
53. Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryham
54. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
55. Mr. Darcy's Diary
56. Jesus Land
57. Midnight Magic
58. One Thousand Paper Cranes
59. Noble Intentions
60. I am the Messenger
61. City of Dreaming Books
62. Slaughterhouse Five
... ... how their relationships with each other and with the other people in their lives are so complex and multifaceted.
#216: Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
A memoir about a lot of things - racism, adoption, sibling friendship, abuse, troubled-teen programs... The author's childhood seems quite bad, ... From an Amazon gift certificate:
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
When the Trees Say Nothing : Writings on Nature by Thomas Merton
At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by ... I guess I am going through a memoir period...really liked Jesus Land...kinda stayed with me and I even did quite a bit of googling about the fundalmentalist school in the Dominican Republic. For those fans of Glass Castle, Dry, or Running with Scissors. Since it is the start of football ... Just finished Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres and now into It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium by John Ed Bradley. Working on Jesus Land and then on to Jean Thompson's Throw like a Girl. Have a Christopher Moore stuck in there also. I refuse to do any heavy reading as I just passed nursing boards and have spent the past four months reviewing medical/surgical nursing crap. And yes, my touchstones aren't ... ... and The Big Question by Chuck Barris. Up next, In the Tenth House by Laura Dietz, anyone read this? Also, how is Jesus Land? Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres bettyjo -- what do you think of Jesus Land? I finished it a few weeks ago and would love to hear someone else's opinion on it.... Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres ... extraordinarily difficult childhood (and that of her three siblings), at the mercy of eccentric and thoughtless parents.
Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres was also memorable, as was
Daughter Of The Queen Of Sheba by Jacki Lyden. ... been wanting a copy of my own for forever!)
Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
American Gospel by Jon Meacham
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kinsolver
True Light by Terri Blackstock
A Mom After God's Own Heart: 10 Ways to Love Your Childre ... ... Brin, winner of the 1986 John W. Campbell Memorial Award
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres, winner of the 2006 Alex award
Donorboy by Brendan H ...... library mystery by Ian Sansom, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress, Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres, Looking for Alaska, All Over but the Shoutin', The Road, Ethan Frome and Gramercy Park. And who knows what I could add by the ... ... 2007, which is proving to be difficult. I was disappointed a lot this year.)
Slackjaw by Jim Knipfel (1) Not 2007
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres (1)
The Exes by Pagan Kennedy (2) The book I wanted Jonathan Lethem's You Don't Love Me Yet to be. Jesus Land sounds really interesting, although I didn't realize it would be so depressing. I think I will go ahead and add it to my TBR list.
Picoult--I like her, but she definitely has her problems. I get the impression that she has reached the point where she is coasting a bit on her ... Finished Jesus Land: a memoir which I loved. It was a very painful read though as I find it hard to believe that people treat their children like that and that their "religion" is more important than their children - not sure exactly how they justify that in their own minds. I am currently ... 23. Jesus Land: a memoir by Julia Scheeres - a story of a teenage girl and her adopted brother (who is black) and the problems they have with the town they live in, the school they go to and their parents, who eventually ship them off to a religious boarding school in the Dominican Republica ... I enjoyed that book Jesus Land very much. We discussed it at my bookclub a few months ago. One of the members went to school with the author's older sister. We ended up having a telephone conference with Julia and being able to ask her questions, which was really great. She is working on her ... ... but the character of Bessy more than makes up for it. I hope we see more from her soon.
>9: I'm glad you're liking Jesus Land. It's extremely powerful, and just like with The Glass Castle, you spend most of your time wishing that it wasn't true while being unable to tear your eyes ... I am currently reading Jesus Land: a memoir by Julia Scheeres - about a girl being raised by her ultra-religious parents with two black adopted brothers (her older siblings have left home by this time). It is a very good book although it is disturbing to read because her dad was more ... ... for them in my head, but it's definitely time for me to take a break from those type memoirs.
Encompassed: I now have Jesus Land on my to-be-read list, for whenever I feel like I can pick up a memoir again. Thanks for the recommendation! Leebot, Thanks for the recommendation of Jesus Land. You're the second person to mention in so many days, so when I come back around to reading memoirs again, I'll definitely have to check it out.
... mix them up with other things or there is that "burn-out" factor. However, one other memoir I really found compelling was Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres. Her parents sent her and her brother to a religious "reform school" in the Dominican Republican, and her experience there was quite shocking. ... ... for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good..."
As for the recent biographies, I've been urged to read Jesus Land about siblings who suffered horrible abuse. I also like bios by Holocaust survivors, such as Zvi. The results are in...
The Glass Castle 8
Hitler Youth 5
Nickel and Dimed 4
Jesus Land 3
Voice that Challenged a Nation 2
The Radioactive Boy Scout, Dear Miss Breed, Life & Death of Adolf Hitler, The Girl with the White Flag, and I have Lived One Thousand Years all with 1 ... I vote for Jesus Land and The Girl with the White Flag. The Glass Castle and Jesus Land are Alex Award Winners, and Nickel and Dimed was on a YALSA booklist. So while they're not necessarily intended for YAs, they should appeal to a YA audience. The Glass Castle or Jesus Land
edited to add Jesus Land ... all of your suggestions!!
Come Back to Afghanistan by Said Hyder Akbar
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
Diary of Ma Yan
The Girl With The White Flag by Tomik ... ... books at libraries because at least at the library I work at they aren't high circulators :)
Others I had in mind...
Jesus land
Hole in my life
On the graphic novel front...should we do graphic novels in May? We can devote the month to graphic novels and pick two (sense they ... ... I had too high of expectations.
I have really enjoyed The Glass Castle. It's one of my favorite memoirs. I also loved Jesus Land, Julie and Julia and Name all the Animals. ... Bar by J.R. Moehringer, the former slightly more than the latter. Other enjoyable memoirs I've read recently include Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres and Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. I don't usually read many graphic novels, but Fun Home is one of the best books I've read all year.
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