We are now reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Kaled Hosseini. I am working on it as we speak and enjoying it very much. HOpe some will share once they finish it or if anyone out there has already read it.
Well I am so excited to do this. The blog looks wonderful. As for the book, I have started it and am about halfway through. I am having a very hard time putting it down. It has really raised a lot of questions in my head and I am interested to see how it all ends up.
One character and issue that is in the forefront of my mind is the mother of Peter. I lay in bed at night and wonder how to raise our children with good morals and values and hope they become assets to their communities. I want so much for each of my children. I am sure Lacy felt the same way and what more could she have done? He was loved and cared for. Fed and shelterd, clothed and hugged throughout his childhood. He was not abused per say by his parents and how were they to know about the social situation if he did not let them in. What more could they have done? How could they have been more involved or proactive to make his situation better?
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We have selected Jodi Picoult’s novel 19 Minutes for our September read.
<>From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Bestseller Picoult (My Sister’s Keeper) takes on another contemporary hot-button issue in her brilliantly told new thriller, about a high school shooting. Peter Houghton, an alienated teen who has been bullied for years by the popular crowd, brings weapons to his high school in Sterling, N.H., one day and opens fire, killing 10 people. Flashbacks reveal how bullying caused Peter to retreat into a world of violent computer games. Alex Cormier, the judge assigned to Peter’s case, tries to maintain her objectivity as she struggles to understand her daughter, Josie, one of the surviving witnesses of the shooting. The author’s insights into her characters’ deep-seated emotions brings this ripped-from-the-headlines read chillingly alive. (Mar.)
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