For someone who loves reading, books, film, learning, and helping people, I may have the perfect job. Perhaps the part of the job is helping patrons find the perfect book. As a bonus, in the process, my personal reading list always grows. That’s exactly what happened recently while searching for eBook recommendations for a patron.
Check out these great finds!
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives by Viet Thanh Nguyen, et als
From the description: “In The Displaced, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, himself a refugee, brings together a host of prominent refugee writers to explore and illuminate the refugee experience. Featuring original essays by a collection of writers from around the world, The Displaced is an indictment of closing our doors, and a powerful look at what it means to be forced to leave home and find a place of refuge.”
Viet Thanh Nguyen is an amazing writer, so I am really looking forward to this book!
War Flower: My Life After Iraq by Brooke King
From the Description: “As King recalls her time in Iraq, she reflects on what violence does to a woman and how the psychic wounds of combat are unwittingly passed down from mother to children. War Flower is ultimately a profound meditation on what it means to have been a woman in a war zone and an unsettling exposé on war and its lingering aftershocks.”
Once a Copper: The Life and Times of Brian "The Skull" Murphy by Vikki Petraitis
From the Description: “Once a copper, always a copper. At least that's how it seems for Brian ‘The Skull' Murphy, long-retired but sought out by a trail of journalists and cops who regularly beat a path to his door. Once known as Australia's toughest cop, The Skull was both charged with manslaughter (and acquitted), then awarded a Valour Award for bravery in the line of duty.”
I can see a television series based on Brian Murphy!
Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa by Jacques E. Levy, Fred Ross, and Jacqueline M Levy
From the Description: “Mexican-American civil rights and labor activist Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) comes to life in this vivid portrait of the charismatic and influential fighter who boycotted supermarkets and took on corporations, the government, and the powerful Teamsters Union. Jacques E. Levy gained unprecedented access to Chavez and the United Farm Workers in writing this account of one of the most successful labor movements in history which also serves as a guidebook for social and political change.”
The Climb From Salt Lick: A Memoir of Appalachia by Nancy Abrams
From the Description: “In the mid-1970s, Nancy L. Abrams, a young photojournalist from the Midwest, plunges into life as a small-town reporter in West Virginia. The Climb from Salt Lick is the remarkable memoir of an outsider coming into adulthood. It is the story of a unique place and its people from the perspective of a woman who documents its burdens and its beauty, using words and pictures to tell the rich stories of those around her.”
Joss Whedon: The Biography by Amy Pascale
From the Description: “From the cult favorite Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which netted four million viewers per episode, to the summer blockbuster The Avengers, which amassed a box office of $1.5 billion, Joss Whedon has made a name for himself in Hollywood for his penchant for telling meaningful, personal tales about love, death, and redemption even against the most dramatic and larger-than-life backdrops.”
My son will really want to read this biography!
Agnes Varda by Kelley Conway
From the Description: “Kelley Conway departs from film history's traditional view of the French New Wave and reveals [Varda’s] nontraditional trajectory through independent filmmaking. The result is an intimate consideration that reveals the artistic consistencies and bold changes in the career of one of the world's most exuberant and intriguing directors.”
Varda directed one of my favorite films, Cleo from 5 to 7 and was still active until her death in 2019. I can’t wait to learn more about this fascinating director!
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