Friday

Conversations on Books...

Second Glance by Jodie Picoult
Raises questions about integrity, respect, prejudice, memory, medical ethics and things that go bump in the night.

My Sister's Keeper by Jodie Picoult
Story of a child that was born in order to be a bone marrow match for her sister. In her teenage years she refuses to continue to go through transfusions and surgeries that help combat her sisters leukemia.
Available at Alice Springs Public Library

Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
Story that focuses around the issues of abortion and child raising.

Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices that Create Miracles by Caroline Myss
Generosity is a biological and spiritual neccessity.

The Shady Tree by Bill Harney and Douglas Lockwood
Life in the Territory of old.

Prayer Tree by Leunig
Love is born
With a dark and troubled face
When hope is dead
And in the most unlikely place
Love is born:
Love is always born.

How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulic
A collection of essays that discuss aspects of life under Communism - including religion, political change and access to consumer goods - and looks at the reasons for its failure.

Rosa Parks Biography
The woman who refused to give up her seat.

The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse
The Game of Life

Dirt Music by Tim Winton

Flying Hero Class by Thomas Keneally
Story of Palestinians hijacking a planeload of passengers who include an Aboriginal dance troupe on a world tour.

No comments: