The Book: The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood, by Bill Bryson
The Story: Although he is known for his travel memoirs, Bill Bryson decided to take us on a trip through his childhood in this one.
Bill Bryson grew up in the 1950’s and 60’s in the midwest. He is nostalgic [...]
The Book: Same Kind of Different As Me: A modern-day slave, an international art dealer, and the unlikely woman who bound them together, by Ron Hall & Denver Moore
The Story: Denver Moore and Ron Hall really could not have led lives that were more opposite than the ones that they were leading: Denver was a [...]
The Book: Operating Instructions: A Journal of my Son’s First Year, by Anne Lamott
The Story: If you’ve ever read Anne Lamott before you know that she has quite the history (drug addict, alcoholic, yadda yadda) and quite the circle of friends. She converted to Christianity later in her life and is still figuring out all [...]
The Book: Stalking the Divine, by Kristen Ohlson
The Story: One Christmas, Kristen Ohlson wondered into a Catholic church in Cleveland. She had wondered away from any type of religion for years and just wanted to go to church on Christmas. It turns out that this Catholic church has a cloister of nuns called the Poor [...]
The Book: Possible Side Effects, by Augusten Burroughs
The Story: This is a book of essays by the same guy who wrote Running with Scissors. If you’ve read that, you have some idea of what to expect from him. If not, let me tell you.
This guy had a crazy (no seriously, his mom was in and [...]
The Book: Honeymoon with My Brother, by Franz Wisner
The Story: Franz is kind of on top of his world: his girlfriend of 10 years is about to marry him, he has this high profile, great job and just a pretty nice set up. Within a week, his fiance calls off the wedding with people already [...]
The Book: Remember the Sweet Things: One List, Two Lives, and Twenty Years of Marriage
The Story: This is the story of a marriage. The couple, Ellen and Marsh, met later in life. They had each been married and had children and been pretty messed up before they met each other. They met at work and [...]
The Book: The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
The Story: This is an autobiographical graphic novel of a teenage girl growing up in Iran during the revolution of ‘79. There was a lot about death and war and the veil, and tough stuff, but there were also big chunks about crushes, normal teenage rebellion, secret parties [...]