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Prizmz 08-09-2011 09:30 PM

A Terrific Read! Best I Have Read This Year
 
Lawrence Hill's Someone Knows My Name is a very powerful story of a strong woman's odyssey through slavery in the 18th century.

You will not want to be disturbed once you begin reading.

jblum315 08-10-2011 06:36 AM

If you like that book, read A Widow's War and Bound by Sally Gunning about an indentured servant's life during the same period. Fascinating.

vclaes 08-10-2011 06:57 AM

Thanks....
 
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Originally Posted by Prizmz (Post 379974)
Lawrence Hill's Someone Knows My Name is a very powerful story of a strong woman's odyssey through slavery in the 18th century.

You will not want to be disturbed once you begin reading.

Just put in a library request for your book recommendation and am currently reading another TOTV recommendation, 24 Hours and also Unbroken. Recently finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Pink Boots and a Machete, The American Heiress, and Culture Shock! China by Angela Eagan. Looking forward to joining a book club in TV....actually just looking forward to returning!

salpal 08-10-2011 07:02 AM

another one
 
Another recommendation:
Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Story of a refugee from Nigeria who escapes to UK

KatzPajamas 08-24-2011 08:41 PM

This summer I read "Bonhoeffer-Pastor, Martyr,Prophet, Spy"...Biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who became part of the German resistance against Hitler and Nazism in his home land. Excellent read! :BigApplause:
If you are looking for a historical classic, read "The Hiding Place". My all time favorite book-the story of the Ten Boom family, especially Corrie, who hid Jews during the Nazi occupation of Holland and survived a Nazi concentration camp.


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