Tag: california
The Indifferent Stars Above
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/06/11/the-indifferent-stars-above/
Title: The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride Author: Daniel James Brown Publisher: William Morrow, April 2009 Summary: Upon hearing the words “Donner Party,” it’s likely that most people remember the most sordid and sensational details of this tragedy....
Water Ghosts
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/05/13/water-ghosts/
Title: Water Ghosts Author: Shawna Yang Ryan Publisher: Penguin Press, April 2009 Summary: According to Chinese superstition, those who die by drowning will seek the living to take their place. It’s 1928 and the residents of Locke, California and the surrounding towns are getting ready for...
Crazy for the Storm
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/04/27/crazy-for-the-storm/
Title: Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival Author: Norman Ollestad Publisher: Ecco Press. May 2009 Summary: I did not expect to like this book as much as I did. Granted, I am an extreme adventure reader junkie, but I was not expecting to...
So Brave, Young, and Handsome
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/07/29/so-brave-young-and-handsome/
Title: So Brave, Young, and Handsome Author: Leif Enger Summary: It’s finally here! Leif Enger’s second book after his best-selling debut novel Peace Like a River. In 1915 Minnesota, Monte Becket is an author struggling to write his second novel. Written on a whim, his first...