With all the controversy and commotion over Amy Chua's new memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Penguin, 2011), I am so excited to feature guest blogger and artist Chandrika Marla's review of this book.Here's Chandrika:I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and more or less … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Matterhorn
Last week while I posted snippets from my trip to Vietnam 20 years ago, I was also engrossed in Karl Marlantes' debut novel, Matterhorn (El Leon/Atlantic Monthly, 2010).The story follows US Marine Lieutenant Waino Mellas, a naive Ivy-educated patriot who's plopped down on … [Read more...]
Book of the week–If You Lived Here
About a year ago I spent a long weekend with my husband in San Francisco. On that trip I brought Dana Sachs's memoir, The House on Dream Street (Seal Press, 2003) with me everywhere. On BART, MUNI, on the ferry across the bay, at the Napa train station. I read it during every … [Read more...]
Book of the week–In a Strange Room
In this state travel isn't celebration but a kind of mourning, a way of dissipating yourself. He moves around from one place to another, not driven by curiosity but by the bored anguish of staying still.So writes Damon Galgut in In a Strange Room (Europa Editions), a 2010 … [Read more...]
Book of the week–First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria
After reading Robyn Scott's memoir last week, I felt anxious to start another book about Africa. But I wanted one that was a little more upbeat (which certainly isn't a complaint about Scott's book; I thoroughly loved it and am still thinking about it).Enter Eve … [Read more...]
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