Hello friends and fellow bloggers,
How are you doing today?
This week I'm reading a lot. I completed The Paris Assignment by Rhys Bowen and have started reading all the other books except for Laura and Emma.
Right now I'm making progress on Crow Mary, inspired by about a real life, 16 year old Crow woman who marries Abe Farwell, a white fur trader. It's the late 1800s and he takes her to his trading post in the Cypress Hills of Saskatchewan Canada.
Reckless Daughter is a biography of Canadian folk icon, Joni Mitchell. I've just gotten through her early years with friends and family, Joni's early forays into art and music and her graduation from high school. Already I would say that Joni Mitchell's early years were not the norm, especially for a young person from Saskatchewan, Canada.
The Three Sisters Bar and Hotel is another book with dual narratives. I purchased it at the thrift story mainly because it is set in Canada and it looked interesting. The first story deals with a family headed by a widowed professor. It is 1911 and they have just arrived in small town, Gateway (real life Canmore), Alberta, Canada where they are lodging at the Three Sisters Bar and Hotel. In the second story set in the current times, we are introduced to an elderly couple who have purchased the very same hotel and informed their 3 grown daughters that this is their gift. Needless to say this is a shock and surprise and not welcomed by all daughters.
No sooner did I get these books home when I received a notification that another book, Miss Morgan's Book Brigade, was on hold for me. I love to walk to the library as often as I can for some exercise so I walked there and picked up the new book on Friday. I began reading it before I got home. It's a book of dual narratives. The first story involves an American woman, Jessie Carson who goes to France during WW1 to establish children's libraries. Then she disappears. The second narrative is set in the late 1980s, when another librarian and aspiring writer, Wendy Peterson learns about Jessie Carson and becomes obsessed by her story.
This is as far as I've read for now. I'll probably reserve Laura & Emma until I've completed the other3 library books. I can take my time reading the thrift store find and once I'm done I can give it to someone else.
What about you dear reader? Have you got any good book recommendations for me or have you read any good books lately?
1 comment:
Have you ever read the English Man's boy (patient). I think the Farwel character was in that story and now I can't remember the name of the story teller.
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