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How Can I Help? Stories and Reflection on Service
The Monk Downstairs
Angle of Repose
An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues (Introduction to Religion)
The Son
Grand, sweeping novel about Texas, family, violence, history, America and humanity. Great book.
This book and its author were ill-served by all the hype that surrounded its publication - just a pleasant, episodic story-of-a-life. Ordinary writing, felt very old-fashioned, like a mid-list novel from the 50s. For a much better novel of this ilk, read William Boyd's ANY HUMAN HEART or Richard Yates' A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE.
Meh. Cute, slender, commonplace musings about parenthood. Maybe funnier in performance but not a book worth reading.
Meh - quick, light read - mishmash of humor, celeb tales and modern feminism - sort of a combo of Woody Allen and Sheryl Sandberg.
David Klotz recommendation. Nice writing but melding of multiple cases diffused things - wouldn't likely read any more by her.
Lovely sweeping novel - the story of a life - touching, interesting, great audiobook performance by Simon Vance.
So disappointing, especially after loving LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN. In this book every character's section was written with the same elegiac tone, which grew monotonous and tiresome. Couldn't even finish.
