Monthly Archives: February 2012
“A great book combines enlightenment with enchantment. It awakens our imagination and enlarges our humanity.” National Endowment of for the Arts about the Big Read
BIG READ time is here again. And JMRL’s Big Read Committee has put together another fun program surrounding their chosen book of the year, “Bless Me, Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya. (In Spanish that would be “Bendíceme Ultima.”) From the National … Continue reading
“So Henry found himself stepping off the bus three stops early and wandering over to the Panama Hotel, a place between worlds when he was a child, a place between times now that he was a grown man.” Jamie Ford writes in “The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.”
Another fine discussion during the Central Library’s BrownBaggers Book Group. February’s book was The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. The story follows the life of Henry Lee, a second generation Chinese American, who lives … Continue reading
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