and maybe you should too… not forcing you, though.
Not just any fiction, but rather fiction that is unafraid of life’s challenges; fiction that teaches us gently or not and opens our eyes and hearts to people, places, cultures, and all that is living.
The Poisonwood Bible takes its readers to the Congo/Zaire with its main characters, Nathan and Orleanna Price and their four daughters, Rachel, Leah, Adah, and Ruth May. The Price's are Southern Baptist missionaries from Georgia, who set out in 1959 to enlighten the Congolese by bringing them Jesus. When they arrive to the little village,… Continue reading Racism, Disability and the Desire for Perfection: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Oddly, this most wonderful book about trees, The Overstory, is not in the nature section or non-fiction section of your local bookstore; it is in the fiction section. If one book could be in all sections, I guess I'd put it there; since the characters are fictional, and the events, as they relate to the… Continue reading A Novel About Waking up to Trees: The Overstory by Richard Powers
Book 4 This story is a story about rabbits. Traveling rabbits. So beware, this isn’t your normal rabbit tail. (see what I did there?) Our story or tale starts off with a rabbit named Hazel, and his brother Fiver. Hazel is your normal every-day grass-eating rabbit. But Fiver on the other paw… is different. He’s… Continue reading Rita’s Corner: Watership Down by Richard Adams
Book 3 Coo by Kaela Noel, 2020. Coo starts with a girl, Coo (bet you thought that was a pigeon’s name), who has lived with pigeons her whole life. She lives on a roof in a Dovecote so she's never been on the ground. It started when she was a baby and her parents abandoned… Continue reading Rita’s Corner: Coo, The Pigeon Girl
!Disclaimer! This book is based on the expedition of Mr. Ernest Shackleton and the voyage of the Endurance. It is not exacly the same, only some parts are the same. Also the focus changes every chapter. Ex; Colin one chapter, Phillip the next, etc. Book 2 Antarctica: Journey to the Pole by Peter Lerangis (2000).… Continue reading Rita’s Corner: Antarctica, that cold place is in this book
