Wisconsin Women Library Workers
The annual Cookie/Book Exchange always yields a rich list of recommended readings. Here are some works that made an impression on WWLW members in 1997.
FICTION
- Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood
- The Beekeeper's Apprentice and A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie R. King (mysteries)
- Cloud Chamber, by Michael Dorris
- The Deep End of the Ocean, by Jacquelyn Mitchard
- The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm, by Nancy Farmer (for young readers)
- Honor Bound, by Faith Baldwin
- Hunters and Gatherers, by Francine Prose
- The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara
- Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson (for young readers)
NON-FICTION
- Always Rachel: The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964
- Books that Made the Difference: What People Told Us, by Gordon & Patricia Sabine
- Broadsides from the Other Orders: A Book of Bugs, by Sue Hubbell
- Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys, by Dave Barry
- Eleanor Roosevelt, vol. 1, 1884-1933, by Blanche Wiesen Cook
- Gay New York, by George Chauncey
- Life on the Screen: Identify in the Age of the Internet, by Sherry Turkle
- Lost bird of Wounded Knee: Spirit of the Lakota, by Renee Sansom Flood
- Patty's Journey: From Orphanage to Adoption and Reunion, by Donna Scott Norling
- The Price You Pay: The Hidden Cost of Women's Relationship to Money, by Margaret Randall
- Quivey's Grove Heritage Cookbook, by Margaret Guthrie
- The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War, by Lynn H. Nicholas
- Scientist in the City, by James Trefil
- Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign, by Shelby Foote
- Talking from 9 to 5, by Deborah Tannen
- Terrible Honesty: Tales of Mongrel Manhattan, by Ann Douglass
- Travelers' Tales: A Woman's World, ed. by Marybeth Bond
- VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
POETRY
- In a Time of Violence, by Eavan Boland
TV SHOWS
--Compiled by Sue Searing
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