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Book Three: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx, 352 pages
When Quoyle's two-timing wife meets her just desserts, he retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters and family members all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As Quoyle confronts his ( Read more... ) -
A Million Little Pieces
I've calmed down a lot over night. Everyone who knows me knows how much I loved this book, so I feel I have to comment more on this scandal.
My friend called me last night & asked if I was watching tv. I wasn't. James Frey was being heralded as the man who fooled millions, including Oprah Winfrey! At that point, we were thinking he made the ( Read more... ) -
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A Million Little Lies
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Book Two: A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey, 400 pages
The electrifying opening of James Frey's debut memoir, A Million Little Pieces, smash-cuts to the then 23-year-old author on a Chicago-bound plane "covered with a colorful mixture of spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood." Wanted by authorities in three states, without ID or any money, his face mangled ( Read more... ) -
Book One: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, 448 pages
Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into ( Read more... ) -
50 Book Challenge - The Big List
Like there is any way in hell I can possibly read that much! I'm lucky if I get FIVE books read in a year & even that is a stretch. Even so, there are so many books out there that I want to read. This just might motivate me to get it done. Since I am a slow reader, I will let myself have a tiny head start. I also know when summer rolls around, I ( Read more... ) -
Crush Calculator
Have you guys seen this one yet? It worked for me!
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Another pet post, Americans
Taken from my friend, alltheflowers
Room Desperately Needed For the Animal Victims of Katrina - Transport Provided to Anywhere
Please feel free to pass on this information everywhere. Every forum, every list, every community.
Contact: Lynda V. at: 203 515 3024 (cell)
Home: 203 227 5308
Email: Lynda@portone.com
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Take Action Now to Defend Canadian Radio Programs
Thanks to recent CRTC decisions, two huge American satellite radio companies will soon be flooding Canada with American programs. Years of effort to build Canadian programming and artists, especially Canadian music, are at risk. The federal government can ask the CRTC to set aside its decisions - but only has until early September to act ( Read more... )