To continue our monthly series of book lists, the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library would like to recommend the following titles.
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls. The four Walls children grew up fending for themselves while their eccentric, alcoholic parents pursued elusive dreams and ran from responsibility. Cassette book RC 61540. Braille book BRW 1137.
Mozart by Marcia Davenport. A portrait of the child prodigy, who grew up in a talented family and developed into a musical genius. Cassette book RC 35415. Braille book BR 9172. Large print book LP 1530.
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter Of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung. Survival story of a middle-class Cambodian girl who escapes the genocide of two million people by the communist Khmer Rouge. Cassette book RC 51298.
Joan Of Arc: Her Story by Regine Pernoud and Marie-Veronique Clin. The historically documented life of the unschooled young French woman Joan of Arc, who led military troops to victory while still a teenager. Cassette book RC 52731.
For the Sins of My Father: A Mafia Killer, His Son, and the Legacy of a Mob Life by Albert DeMeo. The author describes the gang tutelage he received under the affectionate care of his father, a Mafia hit man who was murdered on his son's seventeenth birthday. Cassette book RC 56753.
Knock Wood by Candice Bergen. Daughter of the famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen tells about living in the limelight and her childhood rivalry with Charlie McCarthy, her wooden “brother”. Cassette book RC 20641. Large print book LP 4137.
In My Father's House by Dorothy Allred Solomon. The author portrays both the emotional deprivation and the comforts of growing up with her father's seven wives and forty-eight children. Cassette book RC 22717.
Link to previous Recommended Reads.