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Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth (fiction)
The author of this superbly crafted Booker Prize-winning novel about
the 18th century slave trade successfully combines suspenseful
storytelling with a serious moral message about power and greed.
Nobody’s Fool by Richard Russo (fiction)
A close and loving look at the lives of some all-too-human characters
in a has-been sort of town in upstate New York. This is a funny,
intelligent, and compassionate novel.
The Southern Gardener’s Book of Lists by Lois
Trigg Chaplin
The more than 200 lists of plants for specific uses in the Southern
garden will help end costly plant-choice mistakes. The featured
tips and anecdotes from horticulturists and landscape designers
from across the South are helpful and fun to read. Two other good
Southern gardening books are: Garden Bulbs for the South
by Scott Ogden and Orchids for the South by Jack Kramer.
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
(history)
You don't have to like horses or racing to love this compelling
true story of an underdog racehorse that becomes a champion as well
as a cultural icon of the '30s. The stories of Seabiscuit's self-made
millionaire owner, enigmatic trainer, and hapless jockey read like
fiction, and an era when 40 million people tuned in to listen to
a horse race is brought to life as well.
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Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and Feminism by
Katha Pollitt
This book’s title comes from Mary Wollstonecraft writing in A
Vindication of the Rights of Women: "I wish to see women
neither heroines nor brutes, but reasonable creatures." Katha
Pollitt, some of whose essays from The Nation, The New Yorker, and
The New York Times are gathered here, is clear-headed, funny, intelligent,
and just a most reasonable creature. Her arguments are fresh, logical,
and a joy to read.
Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters’ First 100 Years
by Sarah L. Delaney and A. Elizabeth Delaney with Amy Hill (biography)
This warm and lively book chronicles the lives and accomplishments
of the by-now famous Sadie and Bessie Delaney who were born in Raleigh,
N.C., the daughters of a freed slave, more than 100 years ago. Just
as delightful is their newer book, The Delaney Sisters Book of
Everyday Wisdom, in which they share some of the secrets of
their long and productive lives, as well as some of their favorite
recipes, including one they still use for making their own soap.
Wild Life by Molly Gloss
Wild Life, a historical novel, is set in the 1900s and is the story
of a freethinking woman's adventure book writer who becomes lost,
and then found, in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. This
beautifully written and haunting book won the 2002 Seattle Public
Library "If All Seattle Could Read the Same Book Contest."
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