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20.2 ScottishThe Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
+20 task
+10 combo 20.1 (born 1953), 20.10 (first person)
Task total: 30
Season total: 155
Seasons Greetings, everyone. I hope your holidays are warm and wonderful.
20.1 LifetimeA Family Christmas by Caroline Kennedy
+20 task (born 1957, approved)
+ 5 combo 20.7 (Set around Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere)
Task total: 25
Season total: 125
20.7 It's WinterAndy Catlett: Early Travels by Wendell Berry
+20 task (set in winter from Dec 29-Jan 1)
+25 combos 10.9 (Berry), 20.1 (born 1934), 20.3, 20.4, 20.10 (written in first person as an older man looking back at his childhood)
Task total: 45
Season total: 100
Wendell Berry-honorary doctorate from Santa Clara Universityhttp://www.inspiringpeople.us/biograp...
(the last paragraph in the career section)
10.2 It's All RelativeThe Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
+10 task (women)
+ 5 combo 20.1 (Birthdate ca. 1972 per Litlovers)
Task total: 15
Season total: 55
20.4 DoctorateNight by Elie Wiesel
+20 task
+15 combo 10.3 (Listopia Reigns #114), 20.1 (Lifetime), 20.3 (Aged 1928-2016)
+10 lost-in-translation
+10 not-a-novel (memoir)
Task total: 55
Season total: 75
10.9 The Power of FiveAll the Single Ladies by Dorothea Benton Frank
+10 task
+10 combos 20.1 (Lifetime), 20.4 (Doctorate)
Task total: 20
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Sorry, Connie, I didn't realize I'd inadvertently changed it to an incorrect link. See if that is better."Great! Thanks, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth, when I click on the author list above in message 2, I get your spreadsheet for 20.6. I remember the correct list was there before you uploaded it again for Bea.
Dorothea Benton Frank--Honorary Doctorate from the College of Charleston (look under F)http://president.cofc.edu/administrat...
I read A Gentleman in Moscow, and these are on the Readers Also Enjoyed list:The Nix
The Last Days of Night
The Velvet Hours
Behold the Dreamers
I'm reading an anthology of Christmas stories, essays, and poems, A Family Christmas, that has been edited by Caroline Kennedy. Can I use her birth date for this task since she is the only author listed on Goodreads?
20.1 GothicNine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart
"Nine Coaches Waiting" is a riveting romantic suspense novel set in a French chateau near the Swiss border. Linda Martin, with roots in both France and England, was hired as a governess to the orphaned nine-year-old Philippe, the heir to the beautiful estate. His paralyzed uncle, Leon de Valmy, runs the Chateau Valmy until Philippe comes of age. Leon lost most of the things he loved in a tragic car accident, and his life revolves around his obsessive love for the Chateau Valmy. When Philippe has multiple "accidents", his governess becomes suspicious. Can she trust Philippe's aunt and uncle and their attractive son Raoul?
This is a fast-paced romantic mystery with a Gothic atmosphere. There's a Cinderella feeling that runs through it with Linda, who spent years in an orphanage, meeting the tall, dark, handsome, and titled Raoul. Fast cars racing around mountain curves replace Cinderella's pumpkin coach. There are sweet times between Linda and little Philippe as well as times of terror. Although it was written in 1958, it still remains a page turner today.
+20 task
+10 combo 10.5, 20.2
+ 5 oldie 1958
+10 review
Task total: 45
Season total: 620
20.8 Mother-DaughterBefore We Visit the Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
"Good daughters are fortunate lamps, brightening the family's name. Wicked daughters are firebrands, blackening the family name." This Indian proverb is repeated often in this story about three generations of mothers and daughters. All three women are hoping for love, a connection with their children, and a meaningful life.
The book starts in the home of Sabitri in West Bengal, India. Her daughter, Bela, follows the man she loves to the United States and they have a rebellious daughter, Tara. Tara is threatening to drop out of college, prompting Sabitri to write her a letter with details of her own life that she has kept secret from everyone. The novel is composed of nine interconnecting short stories, moving back and forth in time and between cultures. The theme of success--an idea which can vary with the times, the culture, and the woman--runs through the stories. Success could be an education, running a business, or a life as a wife and mother. Expectations are very different in mid-century India when compared to modern America. The relationships between the mothers and daughters are complicated and difficult. Several of the characters were involved in culinary businesses so there were tantalizing descriptions of Indian food throughout the book. I enjoyed reading about these three women, especially Sabitri who achieved success in a very different way than she originally dreamed.
+20 task
+ 5 combo
+10 review
Task total: 35
Season total: 575
Congratulations, Elizabeth! Your family must be very excited.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Connie wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Connie wrote: "Here's some for the University of Connecticut--click on the decade after you get to the website.http://commencement.uconn.edu/history......"
I have his book, 1776, to read. He's one of my husband's favorite authors, and he enjoyed the Teddy Roosevelt book too.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Connie wrote: "Here's some for the University of Connecticut--click on the decade after you get to the website.http://commencement.uconn.edu/history...
Here are some authors men..."
I'm sorry, Elizabeth. I was trying to share the list of authors with the others in the group, not thinking that you would have to approve them all. I edited my post to the one author whose book is on my shelf, David McCullough.
