Book We Have Just Read: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett,'s latest novel published by Harper Collins is described by the publisher as, "a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go." For more information about The Dutch House and Ann Patchett see the following:
Ann Patchett,'s latest novel published by Harper Collins is described by the publisher as, "a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go." For more information about The Dutch House and Ann Patchett see the following:
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pets/supernumberreadwithjenna-ann-patchett-discusses-the-dutch-house/vp-AAJzT1D
- https://www.npr.org/2019/09/23/762888874/motherless-children-make-their-own-family-in-the-dutch-house
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/books/review/ann-patchett-dutch-house.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2bVFQBs8zI
Other Books We Have Read and DiscussedSince its founding in 2009, the St. Francis of Assisi Book Discussion Group members have read and discussed a variety of books that explore questions of faith and spirituality. We have read books by noted theologians such as Michael Himes, Ronald Rolheiser, and Richard Rohr, but also novels and books by "ordinary" people who have confronted and explored faith issues in their lives. Following is a listing of some of the books we have read: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Earthly Remains by Donna Leon A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. Educated by Tara Westover The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis The Power and the Glory by Graham Green Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat Pachinko by Min Jin Lee In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Strangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Without a Country by Ayse Kulin The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman Waking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen March by Geraldine Brooks The Greatest Prayer by John Dominic Crossan The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott Things Hidden by Richard Rohr The Ladies Number One Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith The Boys on the Boat by Daniel James Brown Judas by Amos Oz Redemption Road by Brendan McManus Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre The Divine Dance by Richard Rohr The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu Silence by Shusaku Ends The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Off the Radar by Cyrus Copeland Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline The Abbey by James Martin The Name of God is Mercy by Pope Francis God Help the Child by Toni Morrison The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson the Liar's Wife by Mary Gordon Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork by Etty Hillesum The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller A Hidden Wholeness by Parker Palmer The Road to Character by David Brooks Gilead by Marilynne Robinson We Are Called to Rise by Laura McBride All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Eager to Love by Richard Rohr The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coehlo Jesus Before Christianity by Albert Nolan Faith by Jennifer Haigh Pope Joan by Donna Woolfok Cross The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo Vatican Waltz by Roland Merullo Sacred Fire by Ronald Rolheiser The Holy Longing by Ronald Rolheiser The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous The Gift of Peace by Cardinal Bernardin Encounters with Silence by Karl Rahner The Shack by Wm. Paul Young Here if You Need Me by Kate Braestrup Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert The Faith Club by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh The Gift of the Red Bird by Paula D'Arcy Eight Spiritual Heroes by Brennan R. Hill Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachael Naomi Remen, MD Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore Doing the Truth in Love by Michael J. Himes Everything Belongs by Richard Rohr When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd In Search of Belief by Sister Joan Chittister Vast Universe by Thomas F. O'Meara Falling Upward by Richard Rohr The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by James Martin, SJ The Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen |