The Scapegoat by Daphne Du Maurier
First published 1957, Victor Gollancz Ltd This thriller is a story of stolen identity between an Englishman and Frenchman, John and ...
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kelliebooksblog
- Jan 20, 2020
- 2 min
The Female Brain by Dr Louann Brizendine
2006, Morgan Read Books Are men stronger than women? Some say obviously, others say no way! Michelle Wolf in her stand-up on Netflix...
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kelliebooksblog
- Jan 13, 2020
- 2 min
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
2014, Spiegel & Grau A Story of Justice and Redemption Julia lent me this book which she read for a law class. Bryan Stevenson is a civil...
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kelliebooksblog
- Jan 13, 2020
- 5 min
The Central Park Five by Sarah Burns
2011, Vintage Books 2012, film by Ken Burns, see trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU_kgdeB8yM) I was compelled to read this...
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kelliebooksblog
- Jan 6, 2020
- 5 min
Idiss by Robert Badinter
2018, Librairie Arthème Fayard Not available in English Welcome to 2020. Here's my first post of the year. Some of my readers wish I...
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kelliebooksblog
- Dec 9, 2019
- 6 min
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
2019, Macmillan I highly recommend this book about how our personal data is processed, stored, and made available to governments and...
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kelliebooksblog
- Dec 2, 2019
- 4 min
Un jour, j'irai là by Jacqueline Zuinghedau
L'Harmattan, Paris, 2006 While in her 80s, my husband’s great aunt wrote this book about surviving and surpassing a strict religious...
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kelliebooksblog
- Nov 19, 2019
- 3 min
A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold
Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy Crown Publishers, 2016 A Mother’s Reckoning is written by the mother of Dylan Klebold who, along with...
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kelliebooksblog
- Nov 12, 2019
- 2 min
Anne Frank the Untold Story by Jeroen De Bruyn and Joop van Wijkt
The hidden truth about Elli Vossen, the youngest helper of the Secret Annex 2015, Dutch publication, Bep Voskuihl Producties bv,...
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kelliebooksblog
- Oct 22, 2019
- 1 min
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
Faber & Faber Ltd, UK 2018 HarperCollins Publishers, USA 2018 The first chapter of this book is called "Falling House"; I read just over...
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kelliebooksblog
- Oct 22, 2019
- 3 min
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions 2018, Bloomsbury Circus If you have ever been down, or felt lost,...
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kelliebooksblog
- Oct 14, 2019
- 3 min
Les passeurs de livres de Daraya by Delphine Minoui
Editions du Seuil, 2017 Marie-Aimée told me about this non-fiction book one day while we were having lunch together. The story sounded...
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kelliebooksblog
- Oct 7, 2019
- 1 min
Retour à Birkenau by Ginette Kolinka
Editions Grasset & Fasquelle, Paris, 2019 Ginette Kolinka, 94, was deported to Birkenau from France in 1944. She never spoke of her...
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kelliebooksblog
- Oct 7, 2019
- 2 min
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Bright White Light, LLC, 2008 In earlier posts I admitted my aversion to dialogue between animals and humans; however, I don't take issue...
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kelliebooksblog
- Sep 30, 2019
- 2 min
Cannibale by Didier Daeninckx
Gallimard, Editions Verdier, 1998 My daughter Julia recommended this short book, after reading it for a class. In 1931, natives of the...
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kelliebooksblog
- Sep 25, 2019
- 2 min
The Journey Home and Other Stories by Malachi Whitaker
Persephone Books, 2017 The stories in The Journey Home and Other Stories are from the following collections : Frost in April (1929) No...
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kelliebooksblog
- Sep 25, 2019
- 13 min
O Lost: A Story of the Buried Life by Thomas Wolfe
University of South Carolina Press, 2000 Text established by Arlyn and Matthew J. Bruccoli Original version of Look Homeward, Angel...
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kelliebooksblog
- Sep 4, 2019
- 5 min
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
1929 Little, Brown and Company First published Im Westen Nichts Neues, 1928, Ullstein A.G. Due to some serious lack in my schooling or...
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kelliebooksblog
- Sep 3, 2019
- 2 min
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Stories from a South African Childhood 2016, Speigel & Grau I just finished reading this book (summer vacation 2019 book 2) one minute...
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kelliebooksblog
- Aug 1, 2019
- 2 min
Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro plus other observations on Munro's work
1971, McGraw-Hill Ryerson I didn’t make notes or turn down any pages in this book. I just read on and on until it was, unfortunately,...
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