Recommended by a friend. I have been meaning to read Barbara Kingsolver for years and it was fun to start with her first novel, a thoroughly heartwarming story about a Kentucky woman who drives to Arizona to start a new life and ends up not only adopting a Native American child but also finding a whole new family of friends, neighbors, and co-workers. I was touched by the author‘s compassion for both the Earth and humankind.🔸#marchreads2021
I started reading this ecumenical collection of prayers and meditations during Lent, one entry a day, and found it really healing and nourishing to encounter contemporary women wrestling with their faith in very human, relatable ways.🔸#marchreads2021
I read this for my book club‘s (#LitsyATXReadersSociety) March theme of espionage and thoroughly enjoyed the true, amazing story of Virginia Hall, an American field operative who arguably helped the Allies win WWII through the vast and meticulously curated network she built, person by person, in France. And she did all this with the perceived “disadvantages” of being a woman who had a prosthetic leg. Au contraire!🔸#marchreads2021
“Love is what remains when everything else is gone,” observes Elsa, the main character of this novel set during the Dust Bowl era of the Great Depression. The more Elsa and her family suffer, the harder they struggle to survive; and yet the more they lose, the more they realize what matters most is the love they have for each other. I‘m realizing the Greatest Generation has a lot to teach us about the times we‘re living in now.🔸#marchreads2021
The common thread of all my reads in March seems to be perseverance and growth in times of struggle—which you could say is another way to describe life. #marchreads2021
