Sacramento
Feb 10
Book Review VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6
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NEW AND OF INTEREST
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Valentine’s Day Page 14
Read Across America
See what children have to say about their favorite book and why reading is important Page 11
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The Last Will of Moira Leahy Twins, again Page 6
500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference
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Moving in Place By Anne Tyler Knopf, $25.95, 288 pages
Liam Pennywell has just been downsized from his teaching position at a private school. Since he’s 60, he’s mostly settled on retiring now. He downsizes into a smaller, simpler apartment, and after the first night he’s slept there, Liam finds himself in a hospital room, recovering from an injury he can’t remember incurring. Distressed not so much by the break-in to his apartment (in which nothing was stolen because he owns nothing of value), but by the inability to remember “a piece of his life,” Liam tries to figure out a way to recover the missing memory. His effort to do so leads him on a path he wouldn’t have imagined.
Anne Tyler, as always, creates a cast of characters who are average people living mostly mundane lives, when one small twist of fate knocks them out of their orbits. Liam is a man who has never expected much nor contributed much and has seemed mostly content, and the twist in Noah’s Compass leads him to re-examine his life — or, rather, examine it for the first time. Tyler’s newest is not her best, lacking more depth that could make it great, but it should largely satisfy those who are fans of her work. Reviewed by Cathy Carmode Lim
If you want to give back while taking a break from your cubicle life, you’re sure to find inspiration here Page 10
My New Orleans: The Cookbook
This is more than a cookbook: it’s a calling, inviting you to turn the next page, and the next, and the next Page 18
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