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Anne's Pick: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Annette's Pick: The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
Felicia's Pick: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Kathy's Pick: The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Lia's Pick: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Margaret's Pick: Following Atticus by Tom Ryan
Mary Jo's Pick: City Dharma: Keeping Your Cool in the Chaos by Arthur Jeon
Rosalie's Pick: Confederates in the Attic: dispatches from America's unfinished Civil War by Tony Horowitz
Sarah's Pick: Cemetery John : the undiscovered mastermind of the Lindbergh kidnapping by Robert Zorn
Susan's Pick: The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Revert to the Classics
I have recently reverted to re-reading, and for the first time reading, books that are considered "classics." For my book club, I picked East of Eden, a Nobel Prize winning book, by John Steinbeck because I have always loved books by him, yet had never read it.
Goodreads states:
Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity; the inexplicability of love; and the murderous consequences of love’s absence.
East of Eden does play on the Cain and Abel story. You can clearly see the grappling between good and evil throughout the book, and you even come to have compassion and empathy (some) for both sides. You can see throughout the book that the good, and the evil share in the brutality, drama, and sin.
However, it also is a warm and touching story about family and friends, how their lives intertwine, and what they would do for each other.
It is not a short book but if you are looking to head back to classics, this is a wonderful read!
Goodreads states:
Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity; the inexplicability of love; and the murderous consequences of love’s absence.
East of Eden does play on the Cain and Abel story. You can clearly see the grappling between good and evil throughout the book, and you even come to have compassion and empathy (some) for both sides. You can see throughout the book that the good, and the evil share in the brutality, drama, and sin.
However, it also is a warm and touching story about family and friends, how their lives intertwine, and what they would do for each other.
It is not a short book but if you are looking to head back to classics, this is a wonderful read!
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