Currently reading

And CW why I didn't see there's a "currently reading" thread for that discussion, well, move it there if you wish.

Just finished this. Dr. Egar is able to pass on a most valuable lesson in a very effective way through recounting her experiences of imprisonment, starvation and torture by the Nazis and the aftermath in her personal life, post liberation. If you can ever hear her speak, listen. She's been on some podcasts.



I have a friend who asked me for ideas for helping her cope with boredom and isolation this winter and I suggested she try a book club. Somehow, what she heard was, "I think you should start a book club and I'll join it." I don't dig "assigned reading", so this will probably be a "one and done." But the book isn't bad so far. It takes place in a hospital in Ireland during the 1918 flu pandemic.

Whoops. I didn't even get her name right. What attention to detail!

And also this one

This is much more intense a read than I anticipated, with graphic descriptions of physical abuse at the hands of the author's brother and neglect, endangerment, and emotional abuse by her parents. It's a good reminder that even in the present-day U.S., women are mistreated and kept from education by backwards religious zealots. It's not just a thing of the past... and you can never tell what someone has gone through by just looking at them.

What a great name for a zine!