Another book on Obama’s 2017 reading list.
Compassion for those in a world I don’t know; the physical world, that is. But every day I see sadness and despair, as well as moments of joy and redemption.
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Another book on Obama’s 2017 reading list. Compassion for those in a world I don’t know; the physical world, that is. But every day I see sadness and despair, as well as moments of joy and redemption.
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 You don’t have to like or even follow basketball to want to keep reading this love story between two compassionate people: a white, devout Christian, brought up in the Midwest and a black, devout Muslin raised in New York City: Wooden the basketball coach of UCLA and Lew Alcindor (who later changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) his 7’2” center. Through the words of Kareem we follow their friendship from their first meeting on the court in 1965 until Wooden death at age 99 in 2010. These two men, learning from each other, keep each other accountable through respect, honesty, and trust. Oh, to have such a friendship.  Compassion for each characters in this book. I love the way Chavalier weaves together the lives of those in her narrative set in London at the time of the death of Queen Victoria. None were perfect, all were flawed, but doing their best to keep going. I wanted to keep reading. The book continues to stay with me. The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art, by Ingrid Rowland and Noah Charney1/3/2018  At the end 2018 I won’t be surprised if this book has made it to my list of top ten reads of the year. Rowland and Charney have helped me release many prejudices and misinformation about Vasari and about fifteen century art. They put into context how art, the lives of artists, and the social and political situation in Italy were woven together. They give a fresh understanding of the history of the history of art. Much of the book is set in Florence, my absolute favorite city. I can picture the buildings and works of art mentioned. As I read at home, I was also reading in Florence, my home away from home |
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