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Subtitle: Some thoughts on faith I stumbled across this book while looking for a quote about forgiveness. I usually find Anne Lamott’s books laugh-out-loud funny, reassuringly insightful, or disturbingly insightful. This book, a series of autobiographical essays about faith and religion, left me cold. Maybe it was the large daily consumption of alcohol and other drugs [...] Subtitle: Making Room For What Really Matters Sarah Susanka is a renowned architect, author of the “Not So Big House” series. This book is beautifully architected with parallels between life remodeling and house remodeling. For the target audience of people with plenty of money and a shortage of time, the book offers substantial, detailed advice [...] Subtitle: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are Addtional subtitle: Your guide to a wholehearted life Recommended by: Brene Brown’s Ted talk on vulnerability Brene Brown studies shame resilience and wholehearted living by collecting people’s stories and searching for patterns of what works and what doesn’t. It turns out [...] Recommended by: rushthatspeaks This is Margaux Fragoso’s matter-of-fact memoir of growing up in Union City, New Jersey with an angry father who is a jeweler, a mentally ill mother who is often hospitalized, and a very complicated relationship with a pedophile, Peter. I skipped whole chapters in the middle of this book, unable to read the detailed, oily [...] Subtitle: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book Recommended by: Found on the library shelf in the self-publishing section, and renewed several times. This is a quirky book with practical, detailed advice about self-publishing and designing books. I appreciate the information on choosing a page layout and some good typographical options. I’m less enthusiastic about [...] Subtitle: A transsexual woman on sexism and the scapegoating of femininity An illuminating book. Julia Serano describes her own experience as a transsexual woman, including the identities she explored before deciding to transition, and the internal and external changes she noticed during transition. She uses her experiences, carefully supported with research, to call out some [...] A thought-provoking book, more profound than I expected. Refreshingly, both same-gender and opposite-gender couples are used for the examples. The authors warn several times to be sure a relationship is not abusive before using it as a crucible for personal work. This is a warning that’s missing from most relationship books I’ve read, which instead [...] Subtitle: A Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures Recommended by: Emily Ross This is a beautifully written history of the Hmong people from Laos in the 20th century, interwoven with the story of one Hmong family who took refuge in Merced, California. Their daughter Lia Lee had her first epileptic seizure at [...] Subtitle: The Networking System That Produces Bottom-Line Results… Every Day! Recommended by: Karen Wehrman A quick and amusing read, this book teaches a method of getting referrals and building business, illustrated with fictional vignettes. The vignettes are slightly dated in their attitudes toward women, but at least women are shown as successful business owners. The system is based [...] Recommended by: veleda_k in 50books_poc A series of impressions of the legends, history, and personal experiences of the Kiowas, a Native American tribe living in Oklahoma. Scott Momaday’s grandmother Aho attended the last full Sun Dance of the Kiowas as a child, and shared stories and traditions with him as he grew. Each image is bright, clear, [...] |
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