This beautiful, haunting novel is a retelling of Charles Dickens David Copperfield placing it in the modern day Appalachian Mountains in Virginia instead of city life in Victorian England. It shows that the effects of grinding poverty, especially on the young has not improved enough in the past century and a half.
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Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
This is a book about family; William never really had one – his parents had checked out when we was just a few days old – and the once strong bonds between Julia, Sylvie, and the twins are broken. William continues to have connections with Julia’s three sisters. We witness their individual journeys toward rebuilding a future.
Reading the Bible Again for the First Time by Marcus J. Borg
Marcus J. Borg is one of the founders of the “New Paradigm” of Christianity where study of the bible is done through the lens of the first century Christians. This approach yields a rich metaphorical context where “setting biblical passages in their ancient context makes them come alive. It enables us to see meanings in these ancient text that would otherwise be hidden from sight”.
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The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
This is a strong, beautiful novel about life of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas in 1950s South Dakota when Congress considered terminating the reservation and kicking out all the Native Americans. Two main characters are Patrice, and her uncle Thomas who fights against the termination bill.
Louise Erdrich won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2021 with this work.
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The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
History is inevitable; so is love. When you know so much more about a future together, how much should you share? Even though knowing won’t change anything, how much should you tell?
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