Recommended Reading: May 2008
What are you reading this month? Have you discovered any new authors, or read new titles from old favorites? Any books you've heard about and can't wait to start?
Please be sure to add the title, author's name, and a brief description of the book, your thoughts and comments.
Please be sure to add the title, author's name, and a brief description of the book, your thoughts and comments.
I'm reading "The Sorrows of an American" by Siri Hustvedt. It is about a middle-aged brother and sister who are trying to unravel a family secret involving their father, who recently died. Along the way, they are also dealing with their own personal secrets and traumas. Death, infidelity, love - it's all in there. The overarching theme seems to be about trauma and memory and how they shape identity.
I'm only about 3/4th through it, but I love it. Plus the author was raised in Northfield (lives in NYC now), so you get a lot of MN flavor throughout the book.
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