Their children Alice, Lilly and David are on their own. Her husband Robin runs the family plumbing supply store in Baltimore. She has a studio outside of her home and is feeling the need for independence now that her children are grown. Mercy has a fledgling career as an artist painting house portraits. “Mercy had a plan in mind….On Monday morning, as soon as Robin had left for work, Mercy went to her closet and retrieved a …Sunkist carton…and started filling it with clothes. Plus, I’ve been to Baltimore several times so I can clearly picture the setting. Plus, each book lately has supposedly been her “last.” Her books have such normal people. There were years when I was busy as a Mom or in grad school and I missed some. I’m still working through her backlist–I’ve read many, but not all. Won’t you please also click and read her review? Thanks My InterestĪnne Tyler is a must-read author for me. Belated thank you–I learned of this book via this post at A Life In Books blog.
0 Comments
In this follow-up to 2020’s The One and Only Bob, Ruby the elephant is still living at Wildworld Zoological Park and Sanctuary. The beginning of a trilogy, this tale is valuable for both its recounting of a historical tragedy and its immersive Choctaw perspective Storyteller Tingle’s tale unfolds in Isaac’s conversational voice readers “hear” his story with comforting clarity and are plunged into the Choctaw belief system, so they can begin to understand it from the inside out. But the Choctaw barrier between life and death is a fluid one, and ghosts follow Isaac, providing reassurance and advice that allow him to help his family and others as well as to prepare for his own impending death. As Isaac and his family set out on the Choctaw Trail of Tears, these visions begin to come true, as some are burned to death by the Nahullos and others perish due to smallpox-infested blankets distributed on the trail. Even as the Choctaw prepare to leave their homes, Isaac begins to have unsettling visions: Some elders are engulfed in flames, and others are covered in oozing pustules. I am not a ghost when this book begins, so you have to pay very close attention.” Readers meet Isaac, his family and their dog, Jumper, on the day that Treaty Talk changes everything. He begins his story with a compelling hook: “Maybe you have never read a book written by a ghost before. A 10-year-old Choctaw boy recounts the beginnings of the forced resettlement of his people from their Mississippi-area homelands in 1830. Humans are social creatures: In this simple and obvious fact lies both the problem and the solution to the current crisis of loneliness. The book we need NOW to avoid a social recession, Murthy's prescient message is about the importance of human connection, the hidden impact of loneliness on our health, and the social power of community. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of When and Drive By revealing America's epidemic of loneliness-and then offering an array of remedies for the condition-Murthy has done a great service, and made Together the most important book you'll read this year."-Daniel H. "Together made me rethink much of what I believe about physical health, public policy, and the human condition. Together is fascinating, moving, and essential reading."-Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal And as his gripping stories of the science and suffering make clear, we can do something about it. It is as harmful to health as smoking and far more common. "We have a massive, deadly epidemic hidden in plain sight: loneliness. The New York Times Bestseller from Surgeon General, Vivek H. |