LIFE ABROAD:
We’ll Always Have Paris – John Baxter
My Life in France – Julia Child
Paris to the Moon – Adam Gopnik
“Spotted Dick, S’il Vous Plait” – Tom Higgins
Spanish Lessons – Derek Lambert
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy – Frances Mayes
A Year in Provence – Peter Mayle
Italian Neighbors – Tim Parks
Within Tuscany – Matthew Spender
MOVING AND STARTING OVER:
The Year of Pleasures – Elizabeth Berg
Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
Come One, Come All – Don Freeman
The Rules of Magic – Alice Hoffman
Rosemary’s Baby – Ira Levin
Stepford Wives – Ira Levin
Safe Haven – Nicholas Sparks
NOVELS WITH RECIPES:
Recipes for Love and Murder – Sally Andrew
The School of Essential Ingredients – Erica Bauermeister
Heartburn – Nora Ephron
Under the Tuscan Sun – Frances Mayes
The Hundred-Foot Journey – Richard C. Morais
WRITING CRAFT:
Writing from the Heart (How to Write for Children) – Joy Cowley
Art of Memoir – Mary Karr
bird by bird – Anne Lamott
Poets & Writers (January/February 2016) – “Dangerous Writing: Go to Your Battlefield” – Tom Spanbauer
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE:
Galapagos Girl / Galapaguena – Marsha Diane Arnold
The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle – Leslie Connor
Love – Matt de la Peña and Loren Long
Hattie the Backstage Bat – Don Freeman
Projekt 1065 – Alan Gratz
The Brave Cyclist – Amalia Hoffman
W is for Welcome: A celebration of America’s Diversity – Brad Herzog
A is for Activist – Innosanto Nagara
A Long Walk to Water – Linda Sue Park
Prairie Lotus – Linda Sue Park
All Are Welcome – Alexandra Penfold
Martin Rising – Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
Thunder Cake – Patricia Polacco
Born to Ride: a Story about Bicycle Face – Larissa Theule
Young Water Protectors…a Story About Standing Rock – Aslan and Kelly Tudor
NOTE: Search under “Talking with Kids about” for lists of children’s books about specific topics!
Love the reading list! Nora Ephron, Nicholas Sparks, and Julia Child are among my favorites. I love to read Hemingway books and also Charles Dickens. Going to try the others you mention on this list. Thank you so much.
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I just finished “A Long Walk to Water” as it ties into and inspires some artwork I’m doing for a client related to the book. You might also like “A Single Shard” by Park – it was excellent.
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This is good to know; thank you!
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p.s. Re: A Long Walk to Water – you may also be interested in the foundation that Salva started, which has brought water all over South Sudan through new wells – new communities move to or spring up around them. From one of the “Lost Boys” to a real hero. Very inspiring – https://www.waterforsouthsudan.org
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Thanks so much for this information!
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