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... series, too.
Here are BC books in my library that aren't already in this post:
Fiction:
Vancouver, David Cruise
The Cure for Death by Lightning, Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Kids:
The Toothpaste Genie, Frances Duncan
Kap-Sung Ferris, Frances Duncan
Non-Fiction:
Voyages of Hope ... ... following:
The Gathering by Anne Enright
White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Fallen Skies by Phillipa Gregory
The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz. Yes, The Cure for Death by Lightning had some themes that I found extremely disturbing.
The actual novel contains the family's story through the use of the daughter's journal, and the mother's scrapbook.
'The scrapbook was my mother's way of setting down the days so they wouldn't be ... Book # 20. The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
This is my book club's current selection. It's the story of a teenage girl and her farming family, during WWII. They live in a small prairie town, near a Native Indian reserve. This book covers some seriously dark issues: ... ... *casts remorseful looks*.
Tonight I posted some good fiction:
Veil of Roses - thank you!
The Cure for Death by Lightning thank you!
Devil's Teeth
Let's see.. what else do I have that is wonderful... *rummages in the closet*
Tamarind Me ... >59 jbealy - It's always nice to see someone else who's heard of (let alone enjoyed) A Cure for Death by Lightning. I originally ran across it in on a book-exchange shelf in Costa Rica, but didn't have a book I was willing to exchange, so read the first few chapters there, then as soon as I got ... Just finished The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz and really enjoyed it. Debating what to start next. Perhaps The Fetch by Peter Everett... Here are a few more (please excuse any repeats) . . .
The Salmon of Doubt, Douglas Adams
A Cure for Death by Lightening, Gail Anderson-Dargatz
The Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif Kureishi
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, Paulo Coelho
The Sailor That Fell From Grace With the Sea, ... Good to see you reading Canadian, Nickelini.
I read another book of Anderson-Dargatz called The Cure for Death by Lightning: A Novel. It was about ten years ago and I read it because of the British Colombia connection in a book club.
I did not like it - the content was quite disturbing. I ... ... (Because god knows what I need is MORE books in my TBR pile.)
citygirl - I think you would like Water for Elephants, A Cure for Death by Lightning or Peace Like a River. ... lost treasure by Cathy Scott-Clark
The jade peony : a novel by Wayson Choy
A natural curiosity by Margaret Drabble
The cure for death by lightning : a novel by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (reread)
Turtle Valley by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Mercy by Alissa York
Mrs. Beneker : a novel ... The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
One Last Breath by Stephen Booth
Unnatural Causes by P.D. James
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Due Preparations for the Plague by Janine Turner Hospital
Double points for Janine Turner Hospital?? : ... The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson Dargatz
The Torrents of Spring by Ernest Hemingway
Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
The Sound of Thunder by Taylor Caldwell
In Spite of Thunder by John Dickson Carr I've just started The Jane Austen Book Club and am enjoying it. I had to put aside The Cure for Death by Lightning as I was finding it just so disturbing how every single thing is connected to violence. ... ones I have physical access to in order to check. The Historian is, as I said, the only example I can find in my library; The Cure For Death By Lightning, as mentioned by Kathryn in #155, doesn't include the words anywhere on title page, publisher/book data, or on the cover of my copy (nor in ... ... subtitle or not, seems to be 90% confined to US-published books
Now this is most interesting. We share copies of The cure for death by Lightning , by Gail Anderson-Dargatz. The Canadian published copy I own, definitely has a novel as a subtitle on the title page, but the London ... ... Tent, The Time-Traveler's Wife, and anything by Barbara Kingsolver (my favorite!). On the less well-known front, A Cure for Death by Lightning seems like it might be up your alley as well.
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