Read any good books in the past?

[wondersofwine]

The mention of "Tin Drum" by Gunter Grass made me think of "Going after Cacciato" by Tim O'Brien. Alternates between hallucination or fantasy and reality in relation to American soldiers in the Vietnam War. Excellent writing and received National Book Award for fiction but is a little tricky to follow.

Also will recommend a nonfiction book by a woman who is a former neighbor of my mother,
"The Middle of Everywhere" by Mary Pipher.
Mary is a psychologist and therapist (and N.Y. Times bestseller author) and has worked with refugee families in the schools and community of my hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska. Read about the lost boys of Sudan or the all-female family from the Middle East or the Kurdish boy whose village was destroyed by Saddam or the Afghan woman who was imprisoned by the Taliban, and you will count your blessings. I found it very gripping reading because the refugees had been through so much in their home countries and were facing such obstacles in the United States. Here is a link to an excellent review of the book: http://www.americamagazine.org/BookReview.cfm?articletypeid=31&textID=2425&issueID=397



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