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Aug 10, 20232 min read
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother by James McBride
1996, Riverhead Books This book is a classic I hadn't heard of until Yvonne lent it to me. I loved it. James McBride and his many...
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kelliebooksblog
Jul 27, 20231 min read
The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère
2000, Folio On January 9, 1993, Jean-Claude Romand killed his wife, their 2 children and his parents, and attempted to kill his mistress....
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kelliebooksblog
Jul 21, 20231 min read
I Want You to Know We're Still Here by Esther Safran Foer
2021, HQ, Harper Collins Publishers Esther Safran Foer recounts the search for her family's Ukrainian past in this Holocaust memoir. Her...
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kelliebooksblog
Jul 13, 20231 min read
Stevie Smith, Poet
While reading an essay by Hillary Mantel, (about the British Royals), I learned of the poet Stevie Smith. I like this quote by her: Read...
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kelliebooksblog
Jul 6, 20231 min read
I will tell you when I write about it by Blessing Ofure Okoro
2022, BlessingShares Writer and poet Blessing Okoro wrote these poems during the 2020 lockdown, which she describes as a time of ...
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kelliebooksblog
May 6, 20233 min read
Savonnah Hanelius
I was fortunate to be able to attend, on-line, the beautiful memorial service for Savonnah on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Amidst the...
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kelliebooksblog
Apr 22, 20231 min read
Savonnah Rest in Peace
My family and I are sad that my cousin's daughter, Savonnah, 23, passed away unexpectedly on April 16, 2023. Savonnah, may you rest in...
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kelliebooksblog
Apr 13, 20232 min read
In Defense of Witches by Mona Chollet
2022, St Martin's Press Original version, 2018: Sorcières: La Puissance Invaincue des Femmes, Editions La Découverte Diane gave me this...
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kelliebooksblog
Apr 6, 20231 min read
The Crime Against Jean Field
In 1950 in the United States, young mother Jean Field lost custody of her two children because she taught them that Black people should...
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kelliebooksblog
Mar 23, 20236 min read
How Do You Read? survey results
I met Christine a few months ago at an event and felt a kindred spark when she was happy to talk about books. How do you decide whether...
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kelliebooksblog
Jan 26, 20231 min read
Tolstoy's take on not writing
Excerpt from Tolstoy's journal: December 15th -- I am much dissatisfied with yesterday. Tomorrow I must rise early, spend the morning...
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kelliebooksblog
Jan 19, 20231 min read
The Familia Grande by Camille Kouchner
2021, Editions du Seuil Camille Kouchner speaks out about a family secret hidden for 20 years. Olivier Duhamel, her once trusted and...
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kelliebooksblog
Dec 1, 20223 min read
Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal
2021, Vintage Charlotte gave me this book for my birthday after we decided to visit the Nissim Camondo Museum in Paris for the same...
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kelliebooksblog
Oct 21, 20222 min read
The Kingdom of God is Within You by Leo Tolstoy
Published 1894 "I love this book so much that I'm posting it just to say so, more content coming soon," that was in 2019. Call me the...
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kelliebooksblog
Sep 30, 20222 min read
Long Time Coming by Michael Eric Dyson
2020, St Martin's Press In the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd in May 2020, preacher Michael Eric Dyson wrote of his...
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kelliebooksblog
Jun 17, 20224 min read
World Woes Correspondence with Claire
Dear older generation, Young adults are depressed at the state of the world. It's been a rough few years with the pandemic, and now the...
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kelliebooksblog
May 19, 20222 min read
Ivan the Terrible by Henri Troyat
1982, Flammarion Around the time of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I saw Ivan the Terrible staring out at me ominously from the cover...
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kelliebooksblog
May 12, 20221 min read
The Journal of Hélène Berr
2008, Editions Tallandier Like Anne Frank, Hélène Berr kept a journal during the Nazi occupation of her city; both died in the...
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kelliebooksblog
May 5, 20221 min read
Auschwitz and After by Charlotte Delbo
I Aucun de nous ne reviendra, 1965 II Une Connaissance Inutile, 1970 III Mesure de Nos Jours, 1971 Charlotte Delbo was arrested in 1942...
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kelliebooksblog
May 5, 20221 min read
An Ecologist's Best Friend
Stickeen, an essay by John Muir 1909, Houghton Mifflin I discovered Stickeen (read here) in a book of American essays of the 20th...
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