A Prayer For Owen Meaney

I would have to say that it’s most widely read book and est seller worldwide. It has history, truth, poetry, romance and indeed is life changing! The Bible.

Joan - of course this is a white middle class website. did you take any note of who the founders are? With the exception of whoopi you couldn’t find a much whiter group. They are all admirable accomplished amazing women. But they make a butt load of money! The things they talk about aren’t the kinds of things people who are struggling to survive are going to spend a bunch of time talking about. And while Whoopi complains that she’s crummy with money. she still makes a (once again) butt load of it. it appears most of us are middle aged and middle class and who knows if we’re white or not. but everybody’s gotta have somebody. or there’s an ass for every seat. or however you want to put it. I haven’t seen the “conservative” thing you’re seeing however. I see people who are thoughtful. who don’t accept everyones rhetoric. who question.

A life-changing book for me was the biography of Nellie Bly. Although hardly a literary masterpiece, the story of her crusades and world travel convinced me, at the age of eight, that I wanted to become a reporter too.

I took time to contemplate this question again. As a child when I got my library card I started reading Edward Eager books. He wrote books about a family of children who ended up in magical experiences - Half Magic was one of them. His books created another world for me because they did not speak down to children. Another book that really woke me up was Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver. His honesty about himself and who he was, opened my eyes to a lot of things. Another was Native Son by Richard Wright. There are so many more books that have touched me it would be too long a list. But anything by Joel Goldsmith always changes my perception about the world.

Five Smooth Stones,,,,,Out of print,,,,,but not out of mind….

Kim Edwards wrote “A Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Hannah Whitehall Smith ” The christian’s secret to a Happy life” “The Kindness of Strangers” also was written by a woman author.. I have been reading all kinds of books written by women! ” The founding Mothers’ ” Cookie Roberts and all the Jane Austen books, and Louisa May alcott too. They are the staples of our lives as well as some of the great men authors.. We can learn from everyone!

I know why the caged bird sings by Dr Maya Angelou, Wild Swans by Jung Chang and the Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.

Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning had such a profound impact on the way I view adversity that I now keep an extra copy on hand to give away.

“Fun with Dick and Jane.” I remember being so excited about reading. There seemed to be so much in those books. Now when I go back and look at them they, of course, have very few words. But my imagination must have run wild over the pictures because I remember much more about Dick and Jane than words ever told. I’ve loved reading ever since. I think Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut which I read in high school really opened by eyes to literature that could satirize issues of our times and I am still drawn to that sort of writing.