Book Members Recommend:

Joann: This cold and snowy winter I have found and read a lot of great books. I recommend all of the following books:

The 42'nd Parallel, by John Dos Passos is a novel that covers the first twenty years of
the twentieth century in novel format. Each chapter begins with a quote and a "newsreel".

A Persian Requiem, by Simin Daneshvar is the unforunate story of a Muslin bride during
World War II in Iran which at the time is under English domaine.

The Year of Reading Proust, by Phyllis Rose is the writer's memoir of reading all the works
of Proust and how it related to her current life experiences.

The Dowry Bride, by Shobhan Bantwal is the frightening story of a Hindu dowry bride in
current day India who discovers that her mother-in-law and husband want to burn her to
death because she hasn't given them a baby and her father hasn't fulfilled the promise of
the monetary dowry.

The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova is a 909 page thriller that takes you on a hunt thru time
and geography to discover the real Vlad Drakulya in Romania and Translyvania who was the
real inspiration for Bram Stoker's book, Dracula.

The Master Butchers Singing Club, by Louise Erdrich is a delightful novel that has tons of
interesting characters doing strange things in Argus, North Dakota.

The Twelve Little Cakes, Memoir of a Prague Childhood, by Dominika Dery is a great memoir of growing up under USSR and communism in the 1970's and 1980's. Fascinating.