Comments on: Summer Reads and Happy Hour

By: tracy

tracy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:37:40 +0000

I love that you continue to share your travel adventures Jacquie, you are really embracing each moment and finding so many gems along the way. Your making memories girlfriend !! The book sounds wonderful! We are there in spirit as Bonnie said ! I know your enjoying every moment !! T xo

By: jacquie

jacquie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:06:50 +0000

I sort of remember hearing about the story on the news and in discussion groups. It’s from 2006 and has won several literary distinctions. Jeannette Walls tells the story of her life ‘without an ounce of self-pity’ as it says on the back cover. I don’t think I would have survived and thrived the way she did under the same circumstances. No one knows how they’d react in different situations, though. Great story about survival and the power of intention.
Thanks Bonnie.

By: Heidi McCurdy

Heidi McCurdy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:59:50 +0000

I am reading “Rose Daughter” by Robin McKinley. I fell in love with her writing style when I read “Sunshine” – a brilliant vampire novel with a fresh, unlikely hero & heroine. ( I am a “Twilight Mom” but this was WAYYY better!) I learned that she retells fairy tales for adults and had to pick one up. Gorgeously descriptive and magical.

By: Bonnie Johnson

Bonnie Johnson — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:29:10 +0000

Ah Jacquie…you’ve discovered one of my all time favourite books. I read it a few years ago now and it had a lasting effect on me. I loved Jeannettes raw honesty telling this strange but true story. I would highly recommend it to all. In fact, I may just pick it up and read it again.
I love it when I hear about others loving the same books as I have. It feels like a unique bond somehow. I’m with you on that porch in spirit! xo