What We’re Reading: Cold Weather Edition
It may be cold, but we don’t mind! It’s the perfect weather to cozy up under a blanket and read something good. Here’s what PFL staff have keeping them company in the snow.
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Arcadia by Lauren Groff
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn’t Work) in Words and Pictures by Michael Goodwin and Dan E. Burr
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
PAWS. 4, Hazel Has Her Hands Full by Nathan Fairbairn and illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn
This one came across my desk and I was intrigued by what I saw on the first few pages, and curious what approach the author would take in writing a story with a child in a wheelchair as the main character.
A radiant tour of fertile ruins, this book offers solace — hope, even — like nothing else I’ve read.
Green narrates the audiobook himself so that’s always fun, despite the rather rough subject matter.
An 1100+ page book is perfect for all these long lazy snow storm days.
Blackwater: The Complete Saga by Michael McDowell
Maine set mystery and coming of age story.
A middle grade historical fiction about a friendship between a boy in Phippsburg and a girl living on Malaga Island when the community was displaced in 1912. An excellent story for all readers– young and old. Bring your tissues.
An excellent full cast audio book.
I learned about this tragedy several years ago and was surprised by both the little-known uses of molasses and the impacts of the tragedy on safety measures.
Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body, by Jane M. Ussher
A collection of essays written by contemporary disabled writers.
