I've set this up so anyone can comment on this blog. The idea here is to share good books and comments on good books. Hope it works out.
Tara Alexis
Here are the book recommendations from the Synthesis markers:
Beautiful Boy - David Sheff
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
World Without End - Ken Follett
The Book of Negroes - Lawrence Hill
Shanaram - Gregory David Roberts
Infidel - Aayan Hirsi Ali
Through Black Spruce - Joseph Boyden
Three Day Road - Joseph Boyden
White Tiger - Aravind Adign
Chesil Beach -Ian McEwan
The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
The Bible
The Cellist of Sarajevo - Steven Galloway
Still Alice - LIsa Genova
The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barberry
Mr. Pip - Lloyd Jones
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Winter Vault - Anne Michaels
Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughts
Going Ashore (Anthology of previously unpublished stories) - Mavis Gallant
The Josephine Bonaparte Trilogy - Sandra Gulland
What's So Amazing about Grace? - Phillip Youncey
The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows
The Children's Book - A. S. Byatt
Curious George (ha ha)
I suggested Beautiful Boy - it's about a father of a meth addict. That sounds painful, and it is, but it's very well written. David Sheff is a journalist (published in NYTimes etc.) and he writes engaging prose. He describes the way he brought up his son and all the factors that may or may not have contributed to his son's addiction. Interestingly, Nic Sheff wrote Tweak, which perhaps you've seen your students read - that book describes meth addiction from the addict's point of view. If you've read A Million Little Pieces and enjoyed it - this book is quite a bit better.
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