September 2017 Books

Friends Journal Book Reviews, September 2017

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Quaker Bestsellers 2017

The top ten best-selling books from the 2017 FGC Gathering. Staff
Quaker Book Reviews

The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist

By Marcus Rediker. Beacon Press, 2017. 194 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $25.99/eBook. Should readers choose to read this compelling biography—and those who… Reviewed by Larry Ingle
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Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

By Michael Eric Dyson. St. Martin’s Press, 2017. 228 pages. $24.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Michael Eric Dyson earned his PhD in 1993,… Reviewed by David Etheridge
September 2017 Books

What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars

By David Wood. Little, Brown and Company, 2016. 291 pages. $28/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. “War is Hell.” —General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1879… Reviewed by J.E. McNeil
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World

By Peter Wohlleben. Greystone Books, 2016. 251 pages. $24.95/hardcover; $24.99/eBook. “After you’ve read Wohlleben’s book, a walk in the woods… Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt
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Discovering Humor in the Bible: An Explorer’s Guide

By Howard R. Macy. Cascade Books, 2016. 140 pages. $19/paperback or eBook. Quakers have a tradition dating back at least… Reviewed by Diane Reynolds
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

By Anne Lamott. Riverhead Books, 2017. 176 pages. $20/hardcover; $22/paperback; $10.99/eBook. “I’m not sure I even recognize the ever-presence of… Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal
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Homegoing: A Novel and The Underground Railroad: A Novel

Homegoing: A Novel. By Yaa Gyasi. Knopf, 2016. 320 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $16/paperback; $11.99/eBook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel. By Colson… Two titles reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

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Quaker Bestsellers 2017

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The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist

September 1, 2017

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

September 1, 2017