Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe
by Carl Safina
ALFIE AND ME (9/28/2023)
I was interested in ALFIE AND ME because I had attended a rehabilitation center for owls, and had met a very friendly owl at that time. This book would be interesting to anyone who loves the rehabilitation of any animals, but especially the personalities of owls. This book was extremely informative about the daily life of the owl. It was well described and documented.
What was very difficult to get through was the authors, philosophical, religious comparisons, and evaluations throughout the chapters. Possibly people that have an educational background in philosophy would have been able to relate to these sections in the book, but I found that extremely hard, and it seem to distract from the story of Alfie and his life.
I don't think I would recommend this book to any book clubs. I think it would be liked by a very small audience.
At the Edge of the Haight
by Katherine Seligman
At the Edge of the Haigh (11/1/2020)
The reason I was intrigued by this book was my own experience in San Francisco with our son who was an emergency room resident. As I began to read, I became involved immediately into the lives of the young adults in the story and could visualize what I had seen in San Francisco. The descriptions of the homeless communities, and their daily struggles were very true to what I observed and also my son's experiences living in SF. The story not only gave me the thought process of the homeless youth but also the social systems available to them. I would think this book would be of interest and may be appropriate for our youth interested in social issues of our society. I did enjoy reading this and of course cheering for everyone to find a way out into a better lifestyle.
