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Kathy O'Dowd

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Kathy’s favorite books

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

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Kathy’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (14)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (854)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
contemporary-fiction‎ (8)
fantasy‎ (6)
friendship‎ (6)
young-adult‎ (6)
coming-of-age‎ (5)
family‎ (4)
historical-fiction‎ (4)
relationships‎ (4)

survival‎ (4)
fiction‎ (3)
realistic-fiction‎ (3)
1001-books-you-must-read-before-you‎ (2)
africa‎ (2)
british-literature‎ (2)
divergent-series‎ (2)
family-relationships‎ (2)
pulitzer-prize‎ (2)
slavery‎ (2)
social-commentary‎ (2)
suicide‎ (2)

1930-s‎ (1)
1930s‎ (1)
19th-century‎ (1)
abolitionist‎ (1)
abolitionist-john-brown‎ (1)
absurd‎ (1)
acceptance‎ (1)
adoption‎ (1)
adult-fiction‎ (1)
adult-non-fiction‎ (1)
adventure‎ (1)
adversity‎ (1)

alaska‎ (1)
alcoholism‎ (1)
alice-hoffman‎ (1)
alien-contact‎ (1)
allegory‎ (1)
alternating-viewpoints‎ (1)
alternative-history‎ (1)
american-literature‎ (1)
animal-rights‎ (1)
anita-diamant‎ (1)
aspergers‎ (1)
award-winner‎ (1)

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Kathy’s Notes & Highlights

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

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Kathy’s Quotes

“Slavery is a sin when whites were put to the yoke, but not the African. All men are created equal, unless we decide you are not a man.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad

tags: african-americans, dignity, race-relations, slavery, white-people

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“And you know

it's weird to know
a person you don't know

and at the same time

not know
a person you know,

you know?"
-Will”
― Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down

4 likes

“Living everyday in the presence of those who refuse to acknowledge your humanity takes great courage.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

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“WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS, IF YOU WANT TO DO THINGS YOUR OWN WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION - YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A LITTLE COURAGE.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

tags: courage, decision-making

13 likes

“The only way to know how long you are lost in the darkness is to be saved from it.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad

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