so-soThe negative side to me would probably use words like, saccharine, cloying and naive to describe this book but by the end my heart went out to her. She tried so hard to keep her grasp on John no matter how sad or lonely it made her. This book is sentimental and kind and devoid of any bitterness. What a class act. I love John Lennon but I really hope Cynthia earned some good money on this book and I hope John read it and I hope it bothered him lol
…other people, when what they needed was a bit of moral pressure on themselves to ask: Why are we doing this at all? If we must have a war, is this really the best way of fighting it? Are these ‘sacrifices‘ (another convenient ‘religious‘ word; people spoke of ‘the final sacrifice‘, forgetting that in the Bible human sacrifice was condemned over and over again) the best way both of winning the war and of preparing ourselves (cont. in comments)
Recent acquisitions:
📖 Broken Signposts: How Christianity Makes Sense of the World by N.T. Wright
📖 Medieval Lives: Eight Charismatic Men and Women of the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor
#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans
bailedI got halfway through but then gave up as it was just too repetitive with variations on I went hunting and killed this many animals. Not an auspicious start to my reading year.
pickThis is a book complied by one of John Lennon's closest friends, Pete Shotton.
It gives an in-depth insight into the relationship between the two men, from their childhood days, until Lennon's final days in New York.
It follows the known John Lennon/Beatles' story with Shotton's own memories woven in. The included photos are great coming from Pete's personal collection, which probably won't appear elsewhere.
To @rwmg
I read this many yrs ago, probably on Gutenberg myself. Had there been an intro by Louise Erdrich I would have read it. And I love to read notes.
My first link down (in the comments) has a preview link which might gives you the first pg of the intro to help you decide. Click under book pic. The second link is a scholarly essay on the writing of it. The third link is some extra historical info.
It's very interesting story.
