Anonymous
07/16/2023 08:18
Subject: Re:Recommend a good book you’ve read recently
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Anonymous
07/16/2023 08:02
Subject: Re:Recommend a good book you’ve read recently
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Anonymous
07/16/2023 04:47
Subject: Re:Recommend a good book you’ve read recently
"Before We Were Yours", by Lisa Wingate.
It is about a woman who kidnapped the attractive white (preferably blond) children of poor families. She would then bring them to her "orphanage" in Memphis and sell the children to rich people.
Here is the summary from the library web page:
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty.
Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiancé, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family’s long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption.
Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals—in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country—Lisa Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong.
It is about a woman who kidnapped the attractive white (preferably blond) children of poor families. She would then bring them to her "orphanage" in Memphis and sell the children to rich people.
Here is the summary from the library web page:
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty.
Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiancé, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family’s long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption.
Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals—in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country—Lisa Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong.
Anonymous
04/05/2023 07:56
Subject: Recommend a good book you’ve read recently
The buttocks and the banshee
Anonymous
04/05/2023 00:36
Subject: Recommend a good book you’ve read recently
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just finally read Where the Crawdads Sing, highly recommend if you haven't read it.
How much to you need to read before you liked this book? I’ve stared it at least 5 times.
I hated this book and am baffled by its popularity.
I LOVED it. Her way of describing nature is unmatched. I read a lot, and I love nature, and I’ve yet to come across an author who has such a poetic way of describing the natural world. Also, she totally got me to root for someone accused of murder, which imo means she is a skilled author.