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Carole Duff is an award-winning veteran teacher, accomplished presenter, serious flutist, avid naturalist, and writer of narrative nonfiction. She posts weekly to her long-standing blog Notes from Vanaprastha, and has written for Brevity blog, Huffington Post, Mockingbird, Streetlight Magazine, The Perennial Gen now The Sage Forum (for which she is a regular con- tributor) and other publications. Carole lives in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains with her husband, writer K.A. Kenny, and two, large overly-friendly dogs.

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Wisdom Builds Her House

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The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
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A fascinating, fictionalized nonfiction weave of stories surrounding a Chippewa community in North Dakota and the U.S. Government’s attempts to dispossess them. Filled with delicious characters and events - mystical, terrible, and heroic. Masterfully ...more
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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
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A classic, Frankl’s personal story about surviving the concentration camps in WWII and his mission as a psychotherapist. Meaning, mission, the focus on the present and future. I wondered, however, about the lack of religious foundation in his worldvi ...more
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The Great Mother by Erich Neumann
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An amazing psychological treatise about the archetypical female in prehistoric and ancient cultures, much of it over my head but edifying all the same.
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To Say One Million Times, Wow! Essays on Awe, Faith, and Fami... by Sarah M. Wells
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On the cusp of turning forty, Sarah Wells takes her family on a trip out west. Wells’ journey, both literal and metaphorical, leads to deep insights into her relationships and faith. “Like isn’t planned. It’s all given, wrapped in joy and adorned wit ...more
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Something Wicked by Carrie Gress
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A clear-eyed view of feminism and the bargain with Marxism, both allied in destroying Christian values, and how Christian Feminism is an oxymoron. There is hope—and a way back. Well-written; I took tons of notes. Highly recommend.
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Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen
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Imaginative, historical fiction about Johannes Kepler’s mother, accused of being a witch. Filled with characters who gossip and mask their covetousness with self-righteousness. A delicious and delightful read.
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The End of Woman by Carrie Gress
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A clear-eyed review of the history of feminism and leaders: the lost girls, mean girls, no girls. How male-bashing destroyed the essence of who women really are. Well-written; I took a ton of notes. Highly recommend – and on to Gress’ most recent boo ...more
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What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
What We Can Know
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A view into the future and that future’s study of our present through the eyes of an academic. The structure of the novel is interesting – two stories, two sets of characters, and interwoven themes. How easy it is to fall in love, how hard loving is.
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Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet
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An amazingly engaging work of historical fiction—the characters come alive. The story is told in two parts: first a weave of forward and backward chronology, leading to Hamnet’s death; second, chronological from that climax to resolution. A well-know ...more
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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott
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A masterfully crafted weave of four true stories about women who served undercover during the Civil War, two Confederate supporters and two Union. Based entirely on primary sources, Abbott skillfully tells their stories with “you are there” accuracy. ...more
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