TGIF, librarian friends! Our #FridayReads are powerful stories about strong women:
A HOPE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE SEA by Melissa Fleming
A Barnes & Noble Spring 2017 Discover pick! An extraordinary portrait of Doaa Zamel, a Syrian refugee who managed to survive the horrendous September 2014 Mediterranean shipwreck that claimed almost 500 lives, from the Head of Communications and Chief Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). “This poignant tale of survival and loss gives immediacy to the plight of Syrian refugees. Fleming should be congratulated for bringing Al Zamel’s inspiring and illuminating story to the page.” — Publishers Weekly
RISE: How a House Built a Family by Cara Brookins
A February 2017 Indie Next pick! And check out Cara’s “Raise My Roof” podcast. “In this honest, tough memoir, Brookins documents how building a home for herself and her four children created a pathway out of domestic abuse and into a new life. Brookins deftly narrates the extreme learning curve the family experienced during the construction process, while putting a family back together again.”
— Publishers Weekly
MY LIFE, MY LOVE, MY LEGACY by Coretta Scott King
The life story of Coretta Scott King—wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and singular twentieth-century American civil rights activist—as told fully for the first time. “King was undoubtedly a singular woman, and readers will be struck by just how strongly her exceedingly compelling story resonates today. She was much more than just the woman behind the man, and now, in the most eloquent of language, she proves that truth once and for all to generations of readers who will embrace her all over again.”
— Booklist, starred review
IN THE GREAT GREEN ROOM: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown by Amy Gary
A biography capturing the fascinating life of Margaret Wise Brown, the legendary author of Goodnight Moon, based on discovered unpublished manuscripts, songs, personal letters, and diaries. “Goodnight Moon is less a story than an incantation. It summons a cocoon around reader and listener, a sensation of being pulled out of the hurly-burly of the world into a pocket of charmed tranquility. Amy Gary’s new biography, IN THE GREAT GREEN ROOM, replicates this spell for adult readers.” — Slate
THE MISTRESS OF PARIS: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret by Catherine Hewitt
A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbors an incredible secret: she was no Comtesse. “Hewitt’s fascinating biography reads like a novel and paints a vivid portrait of a woman who reinvented herself and carved out a successful and lucrative career in one of the only realms available to women in her time, place, and circumstances.” — Booklist
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