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Our volunteer reviewers share some of their all-time favorite books for Quakers.

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Books November 2014

Quaker book reviews

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A Season for Reading and Gratitude

A good book review tells the reader what the subject is, and whether one might want to read it. A…

Gabriel Ehri

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

Requiem, Rwanda

By Laura Apol. Michigan State University Press, 2015. 101 pages. $19.95/paperback; $15.95/eBook.   Requiem, Rwanda was a revelation for me:…

Reviewed by Catherine Wald

Hunting Pennies: Poems from an Appalachian Childhood

By Errol Hess. Wetknee Books, 2015. 69 pages. $5.99/paperback. Hunting Pennies reminded me of going for a dip in a…

Reviewed by Catherine Wald

Learning from Old Masters

By Jane Elkington Wohl. Fithian Press, 2016. 76 pages. $14/paperback. This book is aptly titled. The author, a member of…

Reviewed by Catherine Wald

Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation

Edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. HarperCollins, 2017. 434 pages. $16.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. This is a book I came to…

Reviewed by Catherine Wald

Books November 2012

Our annual extensive selection of books

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