Our book club (35-55 liberal minded women) is considering a section connecting to personal family history. Title has descriptors of some of the characteristics we spitballed.
Any *good* books you can recommend? We’d rather read a good book than just merely one that fits the criteria.
Vetoed: Grapes of Wrath, Little House on the Prairie, My Antonia, Witch of Blackbird Pond
ETA: it doesn’t have to be fine literature. We loved MurderBot. We also read Fourth Wing, but had quite the argument as to whether or not that one was “good” 😂
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*The Jade Peony* by Wayson Choy and *Obasan* by Joy Kogawa are about 20th-century Canada. You might be interested in *DreamEden* by Linda Ty Casper or *Cebu* by Peter Bacho for the 1980s in the Philippines.
*The Blue Castle* by LM Montgomery = 20th Century Canada. She did write more than just the Anne of Green Gables books.
The Antidote by Karen Russell, set in a slightly magical version of the dust bowl!
For Dust Bowl, a well researched novel is The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. I personally do not like her style but her research is top notch and a lot of people like her as an author (just not me).
For 1950s/1960s missionaries, you might look into h{{The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver}}
20th century Canadian writer- Alice Munro, she has a number of collections of short stories and won a Nobel prize. There is, unfortunately, the history of her staying in a relationship with a man who sexually abused her daughter from a prior marriage.
Philippines- Leo@Fergusrules.com by Arne Tangherlini is a book heavily influenced by the history and culture of the Philippines but mostly set in a virtual reality. It’s like Alice in Wonderland in a creepy Filipino cyber world.
West With Giraffes takes place during the Dust Bowl, it’s a great story!
West With Giraffes takes place during the Dust Bowl, it’s a great story!
Dust bowl- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah