pickCameroonian couple Neni and Jende immigrate to America, NYC, to provide a better life for themselves and their families. Jende comes first and works hard to bring Neni, who follows with their young son. Jende soon gets a job he‘s proud of, driving for Clark Edwards, big wig at Lehman Brothers. Neni begins school, and both work hard for the American dream though setback after setback disillusions the couple, exacerbated with the financial crisis.
What does a librarian do with a day off in the next county over? Find a quiet corner in a familiar (though not one where employed) library and read undisturbed!
This one is for book club on Monday and I‘m pleasantly surprised by how invested I am already.
pickI love bike riding, and I like Rush, but I didn‘t know much about the band members. I mostly liked this book. We covered poverty in Africa in school, and I was surprised how available food was to some of them. I didn‘t realize that there were families where the women did both the providing and the care taking, and was sad. Peart has a sense of humor and emotional intelligence, for the most part. I might read another of his books in the long term.
so-soA memoir of the author's year doing anthropological field work amongst the Domayo people of Cameroon. Although it had its moments, it wasn't as funny or interesting as his book about his time in Tanah Toraja.
"‘Why not go on fieldwork then?‘ The question was posed by a colleague at the end of a somewhat bibulous review of the state of the art of anthropology, university teaching and academic life in general."
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so-soThis wasn‘t a bad story. I just found it….underwhelming?
It was sad in many ways, and with a not necessarily predictable ending. But I actually liked that about it. Sometimes things don‘t end up the way you think they will. And that‘s real life.
