Of course I forget two of the best books I read this summer - see post below - so I will add them here:
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. Secret Life of Bees was so wonderful, so when the author wrote The Mermaid's Chair and it wasn't so wonderful, I thought maybe she was a "one shot wonder!" But no, this one is great!! It's about slavery - and the general repression of women in our history - but told lyrically and sensitively - you will love it too! I seem to find learning my history from novels to be preferable to just reading history!! And part takes place in Philadelphia - where I am right now!!
Fannie Flagg's The All Girl Filling Station's Reunion is vintage Fannie Flagg - and that means interesting, informative, hilarious, and heart-warming. No misses here on any score.
Will post more as I read more. And photos will come - sometime - of my East Coast adventures!
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