pickThis was powerful, sad, and upsetting but I‘m so glad I read it. Hearing Eve Ensler‘s perspectives on the world, war, and the environment while she shares her backstory and cancer journey makes for a memoir unlike any I‘ve read. I was angry at times at the sheer horror that is the world but then was also lifted up by the ways we show up for each other. This is pretty short but still manages to pack a punch. I enjoyed on #audio, read by the author.
Today‘s #bookmail courtesy of Haymarket Books: two of the last Solnit books I didn‘t already have (and part of her “Haymarket rainbow”), plus this book on AI that looks very interesting but wasn‘t released as an ebook (ironic, I think).
pickThis was recommended to me by a bookstore owner. She said it was the book about women in Vietnam that should have gotten the attention The Women did. It's a look at the wives of US advisors sent to Saigon in the early days of the war. The setting is vividly drawn with both time and place. The writing is beautiful in this character-driven novel that explores guilt, responsibility to others, and intervention vs interference.
The library was closed! 😭 And it's generally going to be closed on Saturdays because of a labour dispute. I self-soothed by buying from the sales table at the already slightly cheaper, less fancy bookstore. I was really looking forward to stocking up for my trip to Cape Town next weekend.
Oh and I Capture the Castle was a farmer's market buy earlier 🙂
My book, Mission THAW, is a Cold War feminist spy thriller based on true facts. It is set in the last two and a half years of the Cold War. The protagonist, a CIA agent, is unique not only because she is a woman, but also because her cover is an opera singer.
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pickI had never heard of Captain Thuridur, which is surprising considering how much I love both sea stories and Icelandic history. Her reputation suffered as women's rights waned in the 1800s in Iceland, but this book brings her back to her rightful status as a bad-ass woman of Iceland's past.
