'Mixing memory with desire, this marvelous and original book once more reminds us of ways through which the imagination becomes a refuge from the uncontrollable cruelties of reality.'
On Hitler's Mountain
: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood
by
Irmgard Hunt
Hardcover: Mar 2005
Paperback: 1 Feb 2006 Publication information
A powerful and riveting account of a seemingly halcyon life lived mere paces from a center of evil and madness; a remarkable memoir of
an "ordinary" childhood spent in an extraordinary time and place.
An autobiographical narrative in which the author describes his experiences in Nazi concentration camps, watching family and friends die, and how they led him to believe that God is dead.
The Glass Castle
: A Memoir
by
Jeannette Walls
Hardcover: Mar 2005
Paperback: 9 Jan 2006 Publication information
A tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that, despite its profound flaws, gave the author the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
The Children's Blizzard by
David Laskin
Hardcover: Nov 2004
Paperback: 1 Oct 2005 Publication information
Stranger than fiction, blending tragedy and farce, How to Create the Perfect Wife is an engrossing tale of the radicalism, and deep contradictions, at the heart of the Enlightenment.
Z, the novel about the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is at points charming and; like another reviewer, I kept thinking of the movie, "Midnight...
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Although heavy on the scientific details, which slowed down the story for me (OK, I admit, I was one of those liberal arts majors who skipped out on...
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Loved this book. Magical, quirky, enchanting I could go on. All books do not have to be literary fiction, sometimes it is just so comforting to read...
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