[NFBV-Potomac-Announce] More Potential Book club Reads

[John Halverson]

Hello Colleagues,

Rachel and Leon have given several additional book suggestions.

See below.

We are meeting at 4:00 PM on Sunday September 18 to discuss our 2022-2023 books.

Here is the Zoom information.
https://zoom.us/j/8297256345?pwd=SFAyamlQNU44ZTJ6dUZNMTV4RmhCQT09


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Meeting ID: 829 725 6345

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John

Here are Rachel's suggestions.

There should be questions for each of these.


Fifty words for rain DB 100587

Lemmie, Asha<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnlsbard.loc.gov%2Fnlsbardprod%2Fsearch%2Flastname%2Fpage%2F1%2Fsort%2Fs%2Fsrch%2FLemmie%25252C%252520Asha&data=05%7C01%7C%7C5dc64134b7404449b65408da92dc47f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637983772042552396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=C%2Fux5ED2IpNPxNHWkiA79VUE6HDLlfshetsvuBhS3dg%3D&reserved=0>. Reading time 13 hours, 15 minutes.
Read by Sarah Skaer<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnlsbard.loc.gov%2Fnlsbardprod%2Fsearch%2Fnarrator%2Fsrch%2FSarah%252520Skaer&data=05%7C01%7C%7C5dc64134b7404449b65408da92dc47f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637983772042552396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=A70pwG10DnT9ukGovixJSyQtPQrvyOVzFw8vVjXcJIY%3D&reserved=0>. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress.

Subjects: Historical Fiction<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnlsbard.loc.gov%2Fnlsbardprod%2Fsearch%2Fsubject%2Fpage%2F1%2Fsort%2Fs%2Fsrch%2FHistorical%252520Fiction&data=05%7C01%7C%7C5dc64134b7404449b65408da92dc47f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637983772042552396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3ZwPaz2vkFfWS6xDHHjudQwvK9v9r7A0bEnxIbG5%2Frk%3D&reserved=0>

Description: Kyoto, 1948. Eight-year-old Nori--the daughter of a married Japanese aristocrat and her African-American GI lover--is abandoned at her grandparents' estate. When she meets her older half-brother Akira, she finds in him an unexpected ally, and must battle for her place in the world as she grows up. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.



 A woman is no man DB 95201

Rum, Etaf<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnlsbard.loc.gov%2Fnlsbardprod%2Fsearch%2Flastname%2Fpage%2F1%2Fsort%2Fs%2Fsrch%2FRum%25252C%252520Etaf&data=05%7C01%7C%7C5dc64134b7404449b65408da92dc47f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637983772042552396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BcTMUdpimlXR8J1ukiH%2FbtXdXo5nMRihuabMgG%2BFYBA%3D&reserved=0>. Reading time 10 hours, 17 minutes.
Read by Susan Nezami<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnlsbard.loc.gov%2Fnlsbardprod%2Fsearch%2Fnarrator%2Fsrch%2FSusan%252520Nezami&data=05%7C01%7C%7C5dc64134b7404449b65408da92dc47f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637983772042552396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=akT9jEG1yoYKKdQIBEidFBJxQFoC2CRV1YfBFbeV5Eo%3D&reserved=0>. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Subjects: Human Relations<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnlsbard.loc.gov%2Fnlsbardprod%2Fsearch%2Fsubject%2Fpage%2F1%2Fsort%2Fs%2Fsrch%2FHuman%252520Relations&data=05%7C01%7C%7C5dc64134b7404449b65408da92dc47f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637983772042552396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hX7Wa3dqL0C95lTMxBEXon0GW0mXc8cNuBWMsLM20R8%3D&reserved=0>

Description: Palestine, 1990. All seventeen-year-old Isra wants to do is hide away and read instead of entertaining potential suitors. But in the course of one week, she finds herself betrothed, married, and moving to Brooklyn. Eighteen years later, her daughter Deya butts heads with her grandmother over suitors. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.



A man called Ove: a novel DB 84392

Backman, Fredrik<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnlsbard.loc.gov%2Fnlsbardprod%2Fsearch%2Flastname%2Fpage%2F1%2Fsort%2Fs%2Fsrch%2FBackman%25252C%252520Fredrik&data=05%7C01%7C%7C5dc64134b7404449b65408da92dc47f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637983772042552396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=U9IwV6AqlENTg3ttXewi4zkJZudxkC%2BdnhOsoHJUiEk%3D&reserved=0>. Reading time 9 hours, 7 minutes.
Read by David Hartley-Margolin<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnlsbard.loc.gov%2Fnlsbardprod%2Fsearch%2Fnarrator%2Fsrch%2FDavid%252520Hartley-Margolin&data=05%7C01%7C%7C5dc64134b7404449b65408da92dc47f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637983772042552396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=m%2BUqrIW1UEGrf165H8iJYVZU7l%2B6NkUjvJVaLqXCJC4%3D&reserved=0>. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Subjects: Unified English Braille<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnlsbard.loc.gov%2Fnlsbardprod%2Fsearch%2Fsubject%2Fpage%2F1%2Fsort%2Fs%2Fsrch%2FUnified%252520English%252520Braille&data=05%7C01%7C%7C5dc64134b7404449b65408da92dc47f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637983772042552396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=55d2HgzbZzCgxmuEzyBntltHl7G0gmP4cqiByvQWhcY%3D&reserved=0>; General<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnlsbard.loc.gov%2Fnlsbardprod%2Fsearch%2Fsubject%2Fpage%2F1%2Fsort%2Fs%2Fsrch%2FGeneral&data=05%7C01%7C%7C5dc64134b7404449b65408da92dc47f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637983772042552396%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=votJIZCYqfKeBfdNR6WMD4KyT0MG%2F%2F3hals6wRhUMbs%3D&reserved=0>

Description: Ove has always been a grumpy man, and when he loses his wife and his job, he decides to commit suicide. But a lively family of new neighbors and a stray cat might give Ove a reason to keep living. First published in Swedish in 2012. 2013. Some strong language and some violence.


Leon's books.


1. The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FJeannette-Walls%2Fe%2FB001IGT5FG%3Fref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_2%26qid%3D1662906836%26sr%3D8-2&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4980414ea5654fa1122708da945c9e9e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637985422775040252%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8CJzDKEkhnR0wBfcMekpjZwqupUZPgJ5djVkDQREnnc%3D&reserved=0>
A 2005 memoir
ten hours and twenty' five minutes

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family.

The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.
A memoir

There are discussion questions.

2. A Woman of No Importance; The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War  II;
By: Sonia Purnell; Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson;
Length: 13 hrs and 54 minutes
Biography
2019
 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her."

The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive, the spy organization dubbed Winston Churchill's "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare." She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and--despite her prosthetic leg--helped to light the flame of the French Resistance, revolutionizing secret warfare as we know it. Virginia established vast spy networks throughout France, called weapons and explosives down from the skies, and became a linchpin for the Resistance.
Discussion questions are available.

3.  The Spy and the Traitor.
By: Ben MacIntyre. Narrated by: Ben Macintyre.
Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins.
2018
nonfiction

on a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow, holding a plastic carrier bag. In his grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citizen. The bag alone was mildly conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket.


from deep within the Soviet intelligence machine. No spy had done more to damage the KGB. The Safeway bag was a signal: to activate his escape plan to be smuggled out of Soviet Russia. So began one of the boldest and most extraordinary episodes in the history of spying. Ben Macintyre reveals a tale of espionage, betrayal and raw courage that changed the course of the Cold War forever..

discussion questions are available..

4. The Vanishing half

  *   By: Brit Bennett<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.audible.com%2Fauthor%2FBrit-Bennett%2FB00PZ44052%3Fref%3Da_pd_The-Va_c1_author_1%26pf_rd_p%3Ddf6bf89c-ab0c-4323-993a-2a046c7399f9%26pf_rd_r%3D7DVYRE3T391ZVCF86CRG&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4980414ea5654fa1122708da945c9e9e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637985422775040252%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VGwGxDddYZCUremJvQFoL8IghvoMSfJQFXy43ASDDpU%3D&reserved=0>
  *   Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
  *   2020
  *   fiction
  *   The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, Southern black community and running away at age 16, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities.

Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same Southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' story lines intersect?

Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires and expectations and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins.
discussion questions are available.


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