Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye.
The German House by Annette Hess
Why I have it: Spotted on Susan’s December releases list.
Summary: For 24-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. When she begins working as a translator for a war crimes trial, she questions her family’s silence on the war.
I’m thinking: Yes.
Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
Why I have it: Heard the author speak at the 2019 Broadside Festival.
Summary: A collection of essays exploring the self-delusion that exists in our lives (including that fuelled by the internet and social media).
I’m thinking: Yes.
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Why I have it: Spotted at Booker Talk.
Summary: Within days, Raynor and Moth’s lives collapse – Moth is diagnosed with terminal cancer and their home is repossessed. They impulsively decide to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset.
I’m thinking: Yes.
Your summary of The German House makes me think of the fights we had in our family about my opposition to the Vietnam War. Eva, to remember the War as a child will be more my mother’s age, but I wonder now what thunderbolts young German radicals tossed at their parents for their complicity in Hitler’s war.
The Salt Path was an amazing book. I have started the German House. Both deserve a big Yes. Will investigate the other mentioned. Reading as fast and I can but not so fast as to not enjoy! I look forward to Sample Saturday. Thanks.
The Salt Path is really inspirational. Winn goes right to the heart of what is essential.
The German House is definitely a yes – it’s a hugely complex subject that the book tackles in a way quite different to what I’d expected. I hope you enjoy it!
Delighted to see you are keeping The Salt Oath. Yiu won’t regret the decision I promise you
The Salt Path is lovely. I skimmed through a few of the essays in Trick Mirror but wasn’t interested enough in her topics in general.
Still haven’t got around to reading The German House…
I haven’t read The Salt Path but a recent readers group meeting two fellow readers had a really heated debate about it. One had loved it and the other had really disliked it. Do keep it, so that I can finally come to a decision as to whether to read it or not.
I bought Trick Mirror a few weeks back so glad to hear you’ve given it a yes!
The first and last get my vote for sure. I’ll be really interested to know how you find them.
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