The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery is French fiction that leaned heavily into personal philosophy. The story alternates between two characters: Renée, a middle-aged concierge of an apartment and Paloma, a 12-year old resident who has pledged to kill herself on her 13th birthday. These 2 characters have rich inner lives but show […]
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The book The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh touched at least 2 points in my life. The story is about a group home girl when she is emancipated at age 18. She had significant problems in her life and had difficulty connecting with people. She loved flowers and the meaning of each flower. The
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is a roller coaster of plot, point-of-view, and personality disorders. Many of the book club members had read it and Goodreads recommended it to me based on my previously read books. I liked Part 1 of the book when the wife goes missing and we don’t know what happened to
The two books Divergent and Insurgent, by Veronica Roth are young adult novels and the first 2 books of the Divergent Trilogy. The stories are set in future dystopian Chicago where society is divided into 5 factions depending on their virtues: Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite
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Molokai by Alan brennert is a touching story about Rachael, a 6 year old Hawaiian girl who contracts Leprosy i.e. Hansen’s Disease, is removed from her family and sent to a leper colony on Molokai. One would think that she was sent there to die but it was on Molokai where she really began her
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