Your bookish event sounds so fun! There's something so special about hearing an author talk about their book, and even more so when it takes you back to a time and place in your own life. Love your digests, Jaymi - thanks for sharing!
I placed this one on hold when I saw that it had made the Women's Prize for Nonfiction long list - I'm glad to hear you loved it! Your comment is making me wonder if I want to seek it out on audio instead - would you recommend that version?
The author does not narrate but the narration choice was fantastic. There’s also an interview between the author and narrator at the end so don’t miss that.
For Women's History Month -- just off the presses and getting good reviews:
DEAR MISS PERKINS: A Story of Frances Perkins's Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany.
Perkins was arguably the New Deal's most influential woman, second only to Eleanor Roosevelt in getting FDR's ear. (Eleanor's bosom buddy was Mary McLeod Bethune, the leading woman among the Black Brains Trusters.)
Zora Neale Hurston, also mentioned in today's post on women's history, was not just a novelist but a superb anthropologist, e.g., Mules and Men. BTW: Her last novel, The Life of Herod the Great, is seeing print for the first time ever and now available.
US cover hands down! That orange and the single bold leaf. I'm curious how they came to that cover for a "winter" book, but it caught my attention. (And I loved the book itself.)
You know I’m looking forward to CC’s docuseries…
Gosh I wonder who mentioned it in their stories? 🤔
Your bookish event sounds so fun! There's something so special about hearing an author talk about their book, and even more so when it takes you back to a time and place in your own life. Love your digests, Jaymi - thanks for sharing!
Raising Hare was simply a lovely listen. A reminder of the gift of nature and animals.
I placed this one on hold when I saw that it had made the Women's Prize for Nonfiction long list - I'm glad to hear you loved it! Your comment is making me wonder if I want to seek it out on audio instead - would you recommend that version?
The author does not narrate but the narration choice was fantastic. There’s also an interview between the author and narrator at the end so don’t miss that.
Oooh, thank you for the tip!
For Women's History Month -- just off the presses and getting good reviews:
DEAR MISS PERKINS: A Story of Frances Perkins's Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany.
Perkins was arguably the New Deal's most influential woman, second only to Eleanor Roosevelt in getting FDR's ear. (Eleanor's bosom buddy was Mary McLeod Bethune, the leading woman among the Black Brains Trusters.)
Zora Neale Hurston, also mentioned in today's post on women's history, was not just a novelist but a superb anthropologist, e.g., Mules and Men. BTW: Her last novel, The Life of Herod the Great, is seeing print for the first time ever and now available.
Thank you so much 😊 I am off to check them out!
US cover hands down! That orange and the single bold leaf. I'm curious how they came to that cover for a "winter" book, but it caught my attention. (And I loved the book itself.)
I love how the US covers of her two books Enchantment and Wintering are so complimentary (have you read that one too?)
My non-fiction book is a finalist in the category of Family/Relationships in an Indie Books contest I didn’t have to pay to enter. That feels great. https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/finalists/2024/family-and-relationships/