Classmates who attended the Maine reunion started a recommended book list. I don’t think everyone knew about it or got a chance to add their favorites, but here is what we have so far. If you want to make additional suggestions, please do so by emailing Sue or posting it to this blog. So many good books; so little time!
Recommended by Marcia Tammeus:
In the Bleak Mid-Winter by Julia Spencer-Fleming (part of a series)
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Faith: A Novel by Jennifer Haigh
The Paris Wife: A Novel by Paula McLain (about Hemingway’s first wife)
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Recommended by Sue Hanifl
Under the Marble Sky: A Novel of the Taj Mahal by John Shors
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu by J. Maarten Troost
Recommended by Karen Wilcock:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Catherine the Great by Robert Massy
Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Recommended by Betsy Woodman:
The Artist of Disappearance by Anita Desai (three novellas; the last is set outside Mussoorie)
Recommended by Esther Jantzen:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon (about autism)
Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zefon
I (Hank) didn’t attend the reunion, but here are some recommendations from me:
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee (described as a “biography” of cancer).
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
In the Garden of Beasts; Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, by Erik Larson.
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. (I’ve been listening to this six book series over the past year driving to and from DC. It’s a huge commitment as each of the six books is close to 1,000 pages, but it’s great fun.)
IQ84 by Haruki Murakami
Recommended by Marilee: Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese.
(Posted by Esther and Hank)
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