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Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse, by Suraya Sadeed. "For the cost of one bombing run," the author writes in this hard-hitting debut memoir, "I doubtless could have fed and clothed and cared for those 100,000 displaced Afghan refugees. For the cost of another...I likely could have educated their children." Sadeed provides insight into the traditional values which still sustain the culture, while making an eloquent appeal for understanding, compassion and aid for the people of Afghanistan.
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Ghosts by Daylight: Love, War, and Redemption, Janine di Giovanni Janine di Giovanni has written a profound and beautiful book about the two great human struggles: love and war. That so much hope could shine through a story of such violence and destruction is testimony to the human spirit and, of course, the breathtaking clarity of Di Giovanni’s prose. It is a brilliant book about things that concern us all.” - Sebastian Junger
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My Hollywood, by Mona Simpson Classical composer Claire moves with husband Paul and new baby William to Los Angeles. All the withering insecurities of motherhood are captured here in Claire's stream-of-conversation patter from a smart woman who can't figure out how she can write music and care for a child without growing shrewish and unpleasant…What really invigorates this novel, though, is the way it alternates between Claire's chapters and chapters narrated by Lola, her 50-year-old Filipino nanny
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Galway City Library Adventures in Reading “Everyone should have a library to love……”