‘The Lacuna’
by Barbara Kingsolver Recommended by Jo Vilogen.
‘A gracious plenty’
by Sheri Reynolds Recommended by Jo Vilogen. Jo says, This is so rich in metaphor. I had to read it a few times!
‘Hooked: Secrets and highs of a sober addict’
by Melinda Ferguson Recommended by Jo Vilogen. Jo says, Melinda is a South African journalist, celebrating her tenth year in recovery. She says in her forward: "People often think that once you've stopped using the drugs and alcohol you are healed. in reality it's only when you've stopped that the hard work of unraveling the self really begins.... this is a book about my journey to fill the hole in my soul: the secrets, the [...]
‘The Danish girl’
by David Ebershoff Recommended by Sonja Bar-Am. Sonja says, This is a lovely, lovely novel - a delicate rendering of a marriage in which the husband emerges as transgender - really fascinating tale about the intimacy of the marriage.
‘In my skin’
by Kate Holden Recommended by Sonja Bar-Am. Sonja says, This is Kate's memoir about her life addicted to heroin in the streets of Melbourne's seedy suburbs as a prostitute and making that a profession before getting clean. A remarkable and elegant story.
‘I never promised you a rose garden’
by Joanne Greenberg Recommended by Sonja Bar-Am. Sonja says, I am reading this 1970s Mental Heath classic novel. This is my first time and quite honestly it is one of the most beautiful stories about one young women’s struggle with severe Mental Health disturbances. Peggy says, When I was a teenager, "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" was one of my absolute favorite books!
‘Nomad’
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Recommended by Peggy Sax.
‘Infidel’
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Recommended by Peggy Sax.
‘Intimacy and alienation’ by Russell Meares
Recommended reading by Martha Lopez.