Liliane gave me this book. I like the writer so looked forward to it, not knowing what it was about. It was a type of memoir about his mother, who I didn't know but is a famous woman who was president of the French Academy (Académie Française). At first I felt like, why do I care about this man's mother's life. It's not my mother and I don't care much about the Académie Française. I felt like I was reading the memoir of any person who I didn't know. Even though his mother was an...

Dear readers, this is my last post on kelliebooks.com . Thank you for reading over the last few years. I'll let you know what happens next. History Matters by David McCullough 2025, Music Street LLC You've probably heard of David McCullough (1933-2022) and his numerous books on history ( John Adams, 1776, and The American Spirit , to name three.) My brother is a fan, which is why this book caught my eye. McCullough thought history was not only fascinating in its exploration of "two of the...

1940, Harper & Brothers Muriel Lester was born into a privileged English family of Baptist Protestants. Her religious and social convictions led her to give up her comfortable surroundings to live among and serve the poorest working-class people of London. She later became a pacifist and a friend to Gandhi, traveling around the world to speak against war and encourage peace. Learn more about her here . Dare You Face Facts? , published under the approaching bombs of WWII, dares us to seek...