Biography
Quiet, Please : Dispatches From A Public Librarian
Quiet, Please : Dispatches From A Public Librarian by Scott Douglas (2008. ANF 020.92 DOU) was recommended to me as a good read and a good insight into the non-public world of the library.
As I read about Scott and his impressions, I thought he had landed in a somewhat disfunctional situation where none of the [...]
Eat Pray Love
Elizabeth Gilbert invites us to share her year long journey of self discovery and along the way amuses the reader with witty twists of language and touching self-confessions. The book Eat pray love: one woman’s search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia, will speak to almost everyone, no matter if you have never over-indulged on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )My Turquoise Years
I just finished a trip down memory lane. I joined Marion Farrant in 1960 in her memoir My Turquoise Years(2004 ANF 813.54 FAR). There she was at thirteen living with her Aunt Elsie and Uncle Ernie in Cordova Bay just outside Victoria, seeing her father every second weekend, and hearing stories about her mother’s exotic [...]
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