Brenda Grable of the IMPCL Pike Branch recommended a novel for the week of June 23. This was my first experience with the Staff recommendations feed, and I knew from her recommendation that this would be a good feed to continue glancing at. The book she recommended is Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende. I began reading Allende short stories in a college class, and I have appreciated her style ever since. She offers a focused view on the Latin American culture, and her use of magical realism makes her stories seem both realistic and mythical.
The recommendation for June 2 also caught my attention. Donna Foster of the Wayne Branch recommended Do They Hear You When You Cry? by Fauziya Kassindja. This is the story of the a young South African girl whose father dies while she is a child and the problems that ensue. I did not want to read too much of the review because I do not like to know too much about a book when I start it. However, I have always been a fan of ethnic literature, and so I think I would enjoy this book. I appreciate this feed because the books are being recommended by people in my area, but they are not from one person but rather different library workers all over the city.
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