The Dream by Harry Bernstein

Biography

A very interesting biography of the life of the 98 year old author as
his family moves from England to Chicago in the 1920s. Experiencing the
adjustment to a big city, the depression, and falling in love with his
wife of over sixty years, is a touching and good story of the immigrant
experience.

Submitted by The Queen of the Hop

Ten Degrees of Reckoning by Hester Rumberg

Memoir



A gripping story of the hit-and-run collision of a merchant ship and a 47 foot sailboat with a family aboard. The mother's survival and coping with her life make up most of the book. One of the worst cases of post-traumticstress she was able to sue the company who owned the ship and create a foundation to improve maritime safety. Reading it reminds one of the strength of the human spirit.

Submitted by Queen of the Hop

Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken

Memoir


A touching memoir by the popular fiction writer about the stillborn baby she delivered in the ninth month. It's an honest moving story of her emotions dealing with the loss and the world as she faces the future. Very moving.


Submitted by Queen of the Hop

Deaf Sentence by David Lodge

Fiction

A retired linguistics professor faces the challenges of retirement, progressive hearing loss, and advising a flirtatious odd-ball graduate student on her thesis about suicide notes. A good book for those who like strong character development and nuanced, introspective, subtly satirical writing.

Submitted by Judith