[Magdalen] Drum roll for the new One Book, One Chicago selection...

[Grace Cangialosi]

That was the first of her books that I read--and then I went to library and checked out every one of her books! I love her writing.

> On Sep 22, 2016, at 9:11 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Sally>Poisonwood Bible especially
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> I also very much enjoyed so many elements of this book - so many underlying messages and especially writing technique with each chapter written/seen through the eyes and emotional reality of a different character. 
> Lynn 
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'. attributed to Erma Bombeck
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> On Sep 22, 2016, at 3:39 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yes, I read it. Highly recommended, but I like eveything she writes.
> Poisonwood Bible especially.
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> Sally D
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> On Wednesday, 21 September 2016, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Anyone read it? I hope to soon. I never made it through the previous
>> one: The <Something Something> Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Good
>> book; I'm too slow. I'll try again with this one.
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>> Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
>> by Barbara Kingsolver
>> is the 27th selection for
>> One Book, One Chicago.
>> This year's program explores the theme
>> Eat Think Grow.
>> 
>> Since its release in May 2007, Animal Vegetable, Miracle has helped
>> launch a modern transition in America’s attitudes toward food. In this
>> lively account of a family’s year of eating locally on their farm in
>> Southern Appalachia, Barbara Kingsolver and her coauthors unearth the
>> secret lives of vegetables and the unexpected satisfactions of knowing
>> their food producers — and sometimes their dinner — on a first-name
>> basis.
>> 
>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>