To continue our monthly series of book lists, the staff of the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library would like to share with you some of their favorite reads:
Recommended Gentle Reads at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
When Grandpa E. Rucker Blakeslee announces one July morning in 1906 that he's aiming to marry the young milliner, Miss Love Simpson, a bare three weeks after Granny Blakeslee has gone to her reward the news is a major scandal in Cold Sassy, Georgia. Cassette book RC 39112.
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
The Depression is in full swing in 1937 when fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, fearsome, and unforgettable grandmother in a small Illinois town. Cassette book RC 51259. Braille book BR 12930. Large print book LP 17654.
How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto
Seven women in a small town outside Bakersfield, California, meet regularly in a sewing club, building their lives and their quilts in this beautifully written, lightly humorous novel of family and friendship. Cassette book RC 32763. Large print book LP 8878.
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
An English veterinarian reminisces about beginning his career in 1937 Yorkshire tending to farm animals and pets. Cassette book RC 53926. Braille book BR 13837.
Home to Harmony by Phillip Gulley
This novel chronicles the return of Quaker pastor Sam Gardner to his old home town as Sam reflects upon the quirks of human nature in a series of memorable vignettes. Cassette book RC 59650. Large print book LP 19316.
Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
Folksy, humorous tales of the inhabitants of imaginary Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. Cassette book RC 22969. Braille book BR 7581.
The Curve of Time by M. Wylie Blanchet
Memoir of a woman and her children who explored the coastal waters of British Columbia in the 1920s and 1930s in a twenty-five-foot boat. Cassette book CBA 7470.