'Reading' Category
S4L Book Club – Where is the Mango Princess?
From Shelly: Cathy Crimmins, in Where is the Mango Princess, talks about her life being divided into Before (the accident causing her husband’s TBI) and After. I think many Americans today divide time into Before 9/11 and After 9/11. As a mom, I find that I frequently provide myself with a timeline by looking at [...]
S4L Book Club – Where is the Mango Princess?
From Shelly: I’d like to share our favorite or memorable humorous scenes from Where is the Mango Princess? by Cathy Crimmins. Mine, hands down, is when Cathy utilizes the Dick Police to stop her husband from masturbating publicly (pages 84-85). How about you?
S4L Book Club – Where is the Mango Princess?
From Shelly: I find the human brain and how it functions to be fascinating. Have you ever read A Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks? Sacks was able to discuss the myriad dysfunctions of the brain and also see the very human side of the people with those ailments at [...]
S4L Book Club – Where is the Mango Princess?
I’m curious how many of us have actually dealt directly with Traumatic Brain Injury, either have had TBI ourselves or known and interacted with someone who has had it. I’ve worked with brain-damaged kids in a summer camp environment, but I never knew the cause of the damage. I think a neighbor can be said [...]
Garmann Discussion Special Feature
So who’s read Where is the Mango Princess? A Journey Back from Brain Injury? I know Shelly and I have, and last I knew, Harriet was still waiting for the book to arrive. Anyone else finished or in-progress? I’ll post the first question tomorrow. We don’t yet have a November book or discussion leader. Any [...]
S4L Book Club – Garmann’s Summer and Garmann’s Street
Our discussion leader in September is Harriet. She’s a very creative embroiderer, knitter, painter, and photographer, among other things. She loves shibas and books. She lives in Norway, and English is her second language. She communicates very well without my help, and the regulars here enjoy her “voice,” so I won’t be editing. Much. Just [...]
S4L Book Club – Garmann’s Summer and Garmann’s Street
Our discussion leader in September is Harriet. She’s a very creative embroiderer, knitter, painter, and photographer, among other things. She loves shibas and books. She lives in Norway, and English is her second language. She communicates very well without my help, and the regulars here enjoy her “voice,” so I won’t be editing. Much. Just [...]
S4L Book Club – Garmann’s Summer and Garmann’s Street
Our discussion leader in September is Harriet. She’s a very creative embroiderer, knitter, painter, and photographer, among other things. She loves shibas and books. She lives in Norway, and English is her second language. She communicates very well without my help, and the regulars here enjoy her “voice,” so I won’t be editing. Much. Just [...]
S4L Book Club – Garmann’s Summer and Garmann’s Street
Our discussion leader in September is Harriet. She’s a very creative embroiderer, knitter, painter, and photographer, among other things. She loves shibas and books. She lives in Norway, and English is her second language. She communicates very well without my help, and the regulars here enjoy her “voice,” so I won’t be editing. Much. Just [...]
S4L Book Club – Garmann’s Summer and Garmann’s Street
Our discussion leader in September is Harriet. She’s a very creative embroiderer, knitter, painter, and photographer, among other things. She loves shibas and books. She lives in Norway, and English is her second language. She communicates very well without my help, and the regulars here enjoy her “voice,” so I won’t be editing. Much. Just [...]
, by Ellen Ruppel Shell
, by Elizabeth Strout.
