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September 2015 Books
Quaker Book Reviews
Breathing Light: Accompanying Loss and Grief with Love and Gratitude
By Julie Hliboki, photography by David Foster. Transilient Publishing, 2014. 86 pages. $24/paperback. As a certified hospice chaplain in Atlanta,…
Reviewed by Elizabeth Boardman
Quaker Book Reviews
Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Extraordinary Women Who Have Shaped America’s Environment
By Robert K. Musil. Rutgers University Press, 2014. 328 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $23.95/paperback; $15.98/eBook. Silent Spring author Rachel Carson is credited…
Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson
Quaker Book Reviews
Educating for Insurgency: The Roles of Young People in Schools of Poverty
By Jay Gillen. AK Press, 2014. 178 pages. $15.95/paperback; $10.99/eBook. A forward by civil rights leader Bob Moses gives Educating…
Reviewed by Rosalie Dance
Quaker Book Reviews
Sustainable Happiness: Live Simply, Live Well, Make a Difference
Edited by Sarah van Gelder. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2014. 168 pages. $16.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. It’s not often that I read a book…
Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt
Quaker Book Reviews
Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
By Anne Lamott. Riverhead Books, 2014. 287 pages. $22.95/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Sitting down to read one of Anne Lamott’s books is…
Reviewed by Ellen Michaud
Quaker Book Reviews
Tiger Heron
By Robin Becker. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014. 65 pages. $15.95/paperback; $10.99/eBook. Like the elegant Costa Rican wading bird of…
Reviewed by Catherine Wald
Quaker Book Reviews
There Is a Light
By Tribe 1. Self-released, 2014. 11 tracks. $15/CD; $9.99/digital. CD and download available at cdbaby.com. Philadelphia-based Tribe 1 has been…
Compiled by Karie Firoozmand
Quaker Book Reviews
Sapling Grove Secrets
By Errol Hess. Wetknee Books, 2014. 46 pages. $5.99/paperback; $0.99/eBook. On the About the Author page at the back, Hess…
Compiled by Karie Firoozmand
Quaker Book Reviews
My Conversation with Sophia: Reflections on Wisdom’s Contemplative Path
By William Z. Shetter. iUniverse, 2014. 152 pages. $14.95/paperback; $3.99/eBook. One of the most comforting things in life would be…
Compiled by Karie Firoozmand
Quaker Book Reviews
In Parallel Light: A Prose Collection
By Jeanne Lohmann. Fithian Press, 2015. 91 pages. $14/paperback. Jeanne Lohmann is a well-loved Quaker poet. This collection of prose,…
Compiled by Karie Firoozmand
Quaker Book Reviews
Deepening Down: Mid-life Poems
By Elizabeth Boardman. Self-published, 2014. 62 pages. $10/paperback. Another offering, this time of poems, comes from Boardman’s “paying close attention…
Compiled by Karie Firoozmand
Quaker Book Reviews
The Sauntering Eye: Kansas Meditations and other titles
The Sauntering Eye: Kansas Meditations. By Elizabeth Schultz. FutureCycle Press, 2014. 101 pages. $15.95/paperback; $2.99/eBook. Mrs. Noah Takes the Helm.…
Compiled by Karie Firoozmand
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Breathing Light: Accompanying Loss and Grief with Love and Gratitude
September 1, 2015
Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Extraordinary Women Who Have Shaped America’s Environment
September 1, 2015
Educating for Insurgency: The Roles of Young People in Schools of Poverty
September 1, 2015