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A remarkably insightful, and readable, telling of the cultural clash between a Hmong family and their daughter's medical team in California. It thoughtfully captures not just the barrier of language but, more importantly, the fundamental clash of spiritual beliefs and medical science.
Before reading this, I had only general understanding of what life was like for people in Afghanistan, especially during the time before our current war.
this is the true story of one young womans look at life behind bars - a story of grace, friendship, of loyalty and love. Vivid honest and revealing - and often very funny.
This is a series of five novels, each sharply, clearly and tightly plotted round significant moments throughout Patrick Melrose's life - the violation of a child, which goes uncomforted; the intensity and texture of mind and mood of the alcoholic and drug addicted; the brittle humour and emptines
Sophie started life as Joan Adeney Easdale, a teenage poet whose work was published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Joan wrote plays for the BBC, married a scientist and had three children. She had a rich creative life and close friendships, including the writer Naomi Mitchison.
This book is about the multitudes inside yourself, the singular perspective those multitudes create, and the explosive, soul-wringing ecstasy that can occur when all of that collides with al that someone else is.
My Magic Ears is a book about a hearing impaired girl who receives cochlear implants and the world of sound that she discovers.