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Escaping the Tiger by Laura Manivong

Posted by Sherry on Jun 9, 2010 in --Southeast Asia, Around the World 2006-7, General, Young Adult Fiction

Ms. Manivong says that this fictional account of a Laotian family trapped in a refugee camp in Thailand after escaping from the Communist Pathet Lao regime in their native country is based on the true story of her husband and his family. “My husband, Troy Anousone Manivong, spent eight months in Na Pho refugee camp [...]

 
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Voices of the Faithful, Book 2, compiled by Kim P. Davis

Posted by Sherry on Jun 3, 2010 in Around the World 2006-7, Christian Life, Church, General, Nonfiction

Inspiring Stories of Courage from Christians Serving Around the World When I received a copy of this book of daily devotional stories from Thomas Nelson’s Book Sneeze Program, I planned to use it to read aloud to the urchins each day about missionaries and their service. I had hoped to form a habit for our [...]

 
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Fiction from the African Game Reserve

Posted by Sherry on May 31, 2010 in --Africa, Around the World 2006-7, Children's Fiction, General

Akimbo and the Elephants by Alexander McCall Smith. Akimbo and the Lions. Akimbo and the Snakes. Akimbo and the Baboons. Akimbo and the Crocodile Man. Yes, this series of easy-to-read chapter books was written by the same Alexander McCall Smith who penned the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series for adults. I have enjoyed almost [...]

 
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Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden

Posted by Sherry on May 12, 2010 in --India, Adult Fiction, Around the World 2006-7, General

A coterie of Anglican nuns comes to a remote Himalayan village to establish a convent, school, and hospital fro the improvement and benefit of the natives. Instead of making any impression at all on the villagers, the nuns themselves are changed and brought to confront their deepest fears, desires, and inadequacies. Simple enough to summarize, [...]

 
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The Travel Wish List With Literary Accoutrements

Posted by Sherry on Mar 4, 2010 in Around the World 2006-7, Booklists, General

Always Chasing Boys had a review of The End of the Alphabet, a book I read and commented on a few months ago. In her review Inquirer shared her own alphabetical travel list and asked for that of others. Since I’ve never been able to do much of the travel I would like to do, [...]

 
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Heroes for Haiti

Posted by Sherry on Jan 27, 2010 in Around the World 2006-7, Current Events, General, Haiti

Haitian Doctor Takes 100 Patients into his Home. “The injured sing Christian hymns as they huddle close together beneath sheets strung up as tents, but the earthquake still haunts them. Aftershocks rattled the city as recently as Friday morning.” Couple Donate Wedding Reception Money to Haiti: “Guests at the Bogen-Nicholson wedding in June will have [...]

 
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Esther, Illustrated

Posted by Sherry on Jan 26, 2010 in --Iran/Persia, Around the World 2006-7, General

Esther by John Everett Millais. She’s not as beautiful in this painting as I would have imagined her, or perhaps she’s just not exactly fitting my cultural expectations. Of course, she’s also awfully fair-skinned, not very Jewish looking to me at all. If there is such a thing a “Jewish-looking.” And there has been a [...]

 
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Reading Through Haiti

Posted by Sherry on Jan 24, 2010 in Around the World 2006-7, General, Haiti

Mitali Perkins gives us Kid and YA books set in Haiti. Amy Wilentz’s Haiti Booklist These books look as if they mostly deal with Haiti from a liberal, US-bashing point of view, but they’re filled with solid history and ambience, too. “There is a surprising amount of stuff written by Haitians and others about the [...]

 
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Blogs from Haiti

Posted by Sherry on Jan 18, 2010 in Around the World 2006-7, Current Events

Adventures in Life: “Hymns were rising up all around us by groups of people singing praises in the streets, calming themselves with their faith, relying on spiritual strength to hold them up. It did not cover up the wailing. The sirens.” The Livesay (Haiti) Weblog: “The Haitians say, “kenbe fem” or hold/stand firm. Our prayers [...]

 
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Wanting Mor by Rukhsana Khan

Posted by Sherry on Nov 5, 2009 in 2009, Around the World 2006-7, Children's Fiction, Cybil Awards, General, Pakistan/Afghanistan

Afghanistan is in the news almost every day, and those children who hear about the war there have questions about the people of Afghanistan and the culture there. Wanting Mor by Pakistani author Rukhsana Khan could serve as an introduction to a country that has become, for better or for worse, a preoccupying subject for [...]

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