Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Sweet and Sour Pie: A Wisconsin Boyhood


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As a young boy, Dave Crehore moved with his parents from northern Ohio to the shipbuilding town of Manitowoc on the shores of Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan, where the Germanic inhabitants punctuate their conversations with “enso,” the local radio station interrupts Beethoven for commercials, and the outdoors are a wellspring of enlightenment.
    Crehore’s stories of his youth in 1950s Wisconsin are peppered with engaging characters and a quiet wit. A gro... More >>

Sweet and Sour Pie: A Wisconsin Boyhood

Sunday, June 7, 2009

G.I. Joe & Lillie: Remembering a Life of Love and Loyalty


  • ISBN13: 9780892215379
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ò True account of life, love, war, and finally, peace ò Includes details and accounts of D-Day ò Author sings tenor for the world-famous Oak Ridge Boys ò Poignant slice of Americana ... More >>

G.I. Joe & Lillie: Remembering a Life of Love and Loyalty

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Ghostbread


  • ISBN13: 9780820333984
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"When you eat soup every night, thoughts of bread get you through." Ghostbread makes real for us the shifting homes and unending hunger that shape the life of a girl growing up in poverty during the 1970s.

One of seven children brought up by a single mother, Sonja Livingston was raised in areas of western New York that remain relatively hidden from the rest of America. From an old farming town to an Indian reservation to a dead-end urban neighborhood, Livings... More >>

Ghostbread

Monday, June 1, 2009

Paper Daughter: A Memoir


  • ISBN13: 9780060930523
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When she was five years old, M. Elaine Mar and her mother emigrated from Hong Kong to Denver to join her father in a community more Chinese than American, more hungry than hopeful. While working with her family in the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant and living in the basement of her aunt's house, Mar quickly masters English and begins to excel in school. But as her home and school life--Chinese tradition and American independence--become two increasingly disparate... More >>

Paper Daughter: A Memoir