Fade by Kyle Mills; 2005; St. Martin’s Press, New York; 312 pages; Fiction Mills/0-312-33577-6; 4/26-4/27 Salam Al Fayed, Fade to his friends, has been an assassin for the CIA, but then when he is injured they turn their collective backs on him. Fast forward to years later, when some bureaucrat thinks it is time to [...]
“It is those we live with and love, and should know, who elude us.” Norman Maclean in A River Runs Through It “The tallest monuments we build in life, the kind that pigeons can’t perch upon, are the human ones we build within the walls of our homes.” Senator Gordon H. Smith in Remembering Garrett
Remembering Garrett, One Family’s Battle with a Child’s Depression by United States Senator Gordon H. Smith; 2006; Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York; 208 pages; 616.85844 S648r/ 978-0-78671-762-0; 4/25-4/26 Senator Gordon Smith and family lost their son Garrett to bi-polar disease. His disease caused him to commit suicide, his depression was chemical. His family was [...]
Bear v. Shark, The Novel by Chris Bachelder; 2001; Scribner, New York; 251 pages; Fiction Bachelder/0-7432-1946-5; 4/24-4/25 Well let me quote Chapter 5 in it’s entirety to you “The old Televisions had an off switch.” The novel is just that strange. It is the story of a family traveling to the country of Las Vegas, [...]
Negro Baseball…Before Integration by Effa Manley & Leon Hardwick; 1976; Adams Press, Chicago, IL; 128 pages; 4/20-4/24 An intriguing look at the Negro Baseball leagues by Effa Manley, who co-owned the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League, with her husband Abe. Not concise, not chronological but insightful and interesting because of her viewpoint. This [...]
