I've been doing Throwback Thursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. One of my blogger friends always posts the reviews of one month but that would be too much. So, these are my reviews for the first part of April 2012.
Danticat, Edwidge "Breath, Eyes, Memory" - 1994
The world of Sophie Caco, her world starts in Haiti with her aunt Atie while her mother lives in the United States. We follow her from the age of twelve into adulthood where she has to battle with her mother's past, her mother's ghost.
Follett, Ken "World Without End" - 2007
The follow-up to "The Pillars of the Earth" which I absolutely loved. This takes place 200 years after the first book, so our heroes have all passed away. But, they have descendants, so the drama can start again.
Mak, Geert "Jorwerd: The Death of the Village in late 20th Century" (Dutch: Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd. Een Nederlands Dorp In De Twintigste Eeuw) - 1996
The original Dutch title is (translated) "How God disappeared from Jorwerd". The story is about a small village in Friesland and the changes it underwent in the first half of the 20th century, changing from farming to a commuting place, the influence of modern technology on a people that had lived off the land for centuries. But it is not just the story of Jorwerd, overall in Europe, the countryside changed.
Simmonds, Jeremy "Number One in Heaven - The heroes who died for Rock 'n' Roll" - 2006
Apparently, the author worked eight years to put together all the facts on all those Rock & Pop icons that have left us far too early due to an untimely death.
I love reference books on any subject, this is one very close to my heart and I am glad someone took the time to research all those details.
Read my original reviews, for the links click on the titles.
Number One in Heaven looks like something I would love, but hopefully there is or will be an updated version.
ReplyDeleteI'm not so sure, Sarah. I "met" the author in a chatgroup decades ago, when they first started. When he wrote the book, we all bought it and thought it was great. I have not heard from him for ages and just googled him. On Goodreads, there are two editions of this, one by "Luke Vibert" though on the book it also says Jeremy Simmonds.
DeleteIn any case, I found out he wrote another book two years later: The Encyclopedia of Dead Rockstars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches. Maybe you can find it somewhere in the States, in Europe it seems to be out of stock and used copies are tremendously expensive.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15806416-the-encyclopedia-of-dead-rock-stars