What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Imagine losing the last 10 years of your life. You pass out and when you come to, you think it's 10 years ago. What were you doing then? Who were you? What do you feel and how did you live your daily life? Was it the same as it is now?
This was an engaging book that forced a younger mind to reconcile with the person that she had become. What or who had changed her so dramatically from the person she had been to who she had become? Who will she be when this is all over and she remembers again?
I really liked this book and it started a bit of self-examination of my own. I recommend it to busy moms everywhere as well as anyone else who is interested.
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Death Comes For the Archbishop
Death Comes For the Archbishop by Willa Cather
This is not a story of action. I knew here was a death expected but still I was sad at the loss of the Archbishop and his friends.
This is a slow but engaging saga of two catholic priests who are sent from France to Ohio and then from Ohio to New Mexico. This was in the days when the Comanche still ruled the plains and so the voyage was made long by having to go around Indian territory. New Mexico had only just become part of America rather than Mexico. The arrival of a French Bishop and his French Vicar did not sit well with everyone.
Willa Cather was able to capture the look and feel of the wide open spaces that had not yet been settled. She does this over again and again in her books and this is no different.
I highly recommend this book. I was surprised how fast I was able to get through the book. It was an easy read and very engaging.
This is not a story of action. I knew here was a death expected but still I was sad at the loss of the Archbishop and his friends.
This is a slow but engaging saga of two catholic priests who are sent from France to Ohio and then from Ohio to New Mexico. This was in the days when the Comanche still ruled the plains and so the voyage was made long by having to go around Indian territory. New Mexico had only just become part of America rather than Mexico. The arrival of a French Bishop and his French Vicar did not sit well with everyone.
Willa Cather was able to capture the look and feel of the wide open spaces that had not yet been settled. She does this over again and again in her books and this is no different.
I highly recommend this book. I was surprised how fast I was able to get through the book. It was an easy read and very engaging.
The Bridge
The Bridge by Kay Bratt
There is a bridge in China and the legend says that children left at the bridge will have eternal luck. This means that people who cannot take care of their children, infants even, might leave their children on this bridge with the hope that the child will have eternal luck.
Across the street from the bridge lives a solitary old woman. Over the years she has rescued many children left at the bridge and has taken them to the orphanage across town. Today, a mother has left a four-year old boy who is blind.
This is a short story, a novella. It was a super deal because I bought another book on my kindle. It was a good story but I was dismayed to learn how short it was. I would have liked her to continue the story.
There is a bridge in China and the legend says that children left at the bridge will have eternal luck. This means that people who cannot take care of their children, infants even, might leave their children on this bridge with the hope that the child will have eternal luck.
Across the street from the bridge lives a solitary old woman. Over the years she has rescued many children left at the bridge and has taken them to the orphanage across town. Today, a mother has left a four-year old boy who is blind.
This is a short story, a novella. It was a super deal because I bought another book on my kindle. It was a good story but I was dismayed to learn how short it was. I would have liked her to continue the story.
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