Blue Ribbon Book Stop

Come on in and take a look at our new July displays! The middle display (by the large print books) features lots of blue ribbon books, recommended by librarians.

For those who enjoy exotic reads, take a look at Caravans by James Michener. Published in 1963, this is a fictionalized account of a missing American woman and a young member of the staff of the American Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, whose job is to find her.

There are many other great stories set in Afghanistan. If you enjoyed The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, you may want to check out his latest A Thousand Splendid Suns. This newer book plays out against the volatile events of the country's last thirty years--from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding. It is a tale of two generations brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war.

The Storyteller's Daughter by Saira Shah is real-life memoir . Risking her life to film Beneath the Veil--her acclaimed record of the devastation of women's lives by the Taliban--the English-born Shah discovers her extended Afghan family and her extraordinary heritage.

For more riveting Afghani fiction and non-fiction recommendations, reply to our blog or check at the reference desk.