HMMMMM! What to choose as a source for reflection? There are so many great options. Is anyone else interested in sharing their favorites – or at least some of the possibilities they thought about? Here are a few that I considered.
Albom, Mitch. Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, And Life’s Greatest Lesson
Armstrong, Lance. It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Boukreev, Anatoli. The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Carr, Emily. Klee Wyck
Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War
Guterson, David. Snow Falling on Cedars
Lee, Harper. To Kill A Mockingbird
MacLeod, Alistair. No Great Mischief
McLean, Stuart. Stories from The Vinyl Café
Oufkir, Malika. La Prisonnierre: Twenty Years in a Desert Gaol
Quindlen, Anna. One True Thing: Love What You Have
St. Pierre, Paul. Smith and Other Events: Tales of the Chilcotin
Hi Brenton!
ReplyDeleteI love Mitch Albom... and I think that any writing that can move you probably is a "source." Recently I watched Invictus and now the poem is hanging on my fridge door....I cannot read the last two lines without pausing to experience the emotion...
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul
Here are a few others:
A Prisoner in the Garden: Photos, letters, and notes from Nelson Mandela's 27 years in prison, The Nelson Mandela Foundation
Enough said in the title, This man is one of my heros!
The Long Run, Matt Long & Charles Butler
Matt is a marathon runner and NY firefighter who was hit by a bus and suffered near fatal injuries. The story is his three year journey back to not only running but to finishing the NY City marathon...
Sounds like life is the source!
:) Merilee
Hi Brent
ReplyDeleteA few of the ones I considered:
Virginia Woolf To the Lighthouse
Aristophanes: Lysistrata and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
Douglas Coupland Generation A
Marshall McLuhan Understanding Me
Adrienne Rich (a variety of poems)
bell hooks Teaching to Transgress
Thomas King The Truth About Stories
Gloria