Memorias

THE LIFE WE CHOOSE (BURRUS, A. EMBRY)

Growing up as the sibling of someone with Down syndrome, author Embry Burrus was never really aware of her sister Margaret's disability. While writing down childhood memories to preserve Margaret's story for future generations, Burrus gained some startling insights into her parents'?lives, and most unexpectedly into her own life. With?humor and candor, Burrus examines how her sister has impacted, and continues to impact, those who have been fortunate enough to get to know Margaret. According to Burrus, "Margaret's heart knows no judgment, no deceit, and no hatred. She is a beautiful, perfect example of all that is good in this world." The world could certainly benefit from?more of that.

VÁMONOS [PARA PODER VOLVER] . ACORDES Y DISCORDIAS CON WILCO, ETC. (TWEEDY, JEFF)

Con franqueza, cercanía y un humor que a veces se tiñe de nostalgia y melancolía, Tweedy nos narra todos los hitos importantes de su peculiar singladura: sus visitas devotas a las tiendas de discos del lugar, el descubrimiento del punk, las primeras amistades con el rock como catalizador, el nacimiento y traumático desmantelamiento de su primer proyecto, Uncle Tupelo, que desembocó en la posterior fundación de Wilco. Con enorme honestidad, Tweedy revela con gran detalle lo que ha ocurrido tras bambalinas, tanto desde el punto de vista del proceso creativo y musical, como en el personal: desde los problemas de adicción a los opiáceos que lo llevaron a internarse en una clínica de rehabilitación, hasta los desencuentros con otros miembros de la banda que en su momento fueron esenciales.

LOVE BEGAN IN LAOS (KHOUNTA, PENELOPE)

Everyone has a story to tell. This tale is mine. I went from a sheltered childhood, growing up in middle-class America in the 1940s and 1950s, to traveling to Thailand and Laos, then falling in love with Laos and marrying a Lao man.With no one to answer my questions or sources to guide me, I jumped in. No American woman had ever married a Lao from a broken family educated in France. I didn't know what to expect or what to do. Living in Laos, language barriers, and cultural and generational differences compounded my Lao social and family circumstances.I lived in a jungle of ignorance, misunderstanding, and confusion to the end. I am surprised I survived.Mutual love, respect, and commitment were the invisible epoxy that cemented us together through the hardships we endured, leading to an extraordinary life.

ON TUESDAYS WE IRON (KEENAN, KATHLEEN JOANNE;KEENAN, IONE LACY)

Ione Lacy was born in 1921 and grew up in Windsor, Vermont. Immediately following her graduation from the University of Vermont in 1944 she married fellow UVM grad and newly-commissioned Army Lt. Edward A. Keenan, Jr. MD. In 1947 they opened a new medical practice in Brandon, and in 1951 moved to Essex Junction, which they were proud to call "home" for the rest of their nearly 67 years together. At a very young age Ione developed a love for reading and writing, both poetry and prose. But it was her lifelong passion for storytelling, for sharing her unique experiences with others, that eventually led to the creation of this book following her death in 2013.

LIVING WITH JOY (GODWIN, TERRI W.)

Ten years after her heartwarming book, Natasha's Joy, Terri Godwin reflects on how the ultimate sacrifice to save her sister Natasha's life by donating a kidney to her transformed both their lives. This new book shares stories about living with, "Joy," Natasha's nickname for the kidney . . . stories of triumph followed by the difficult challenge both sisters had to endure with the loss of their beloved mother, Bettie, who in Natasha's Joy had nurtured and ral- lied the girls through a difficult period.. Four months after the transplant, Natasha went on to fulfill her dream of earning a master's degree in school administration from North Carolina Central University. Today she is living her dream educating bright, young minds, traveling abroad, and pursuing her passion of helping others through life coaching. For Terri, it has become her personal mission to make a difference in the lives of others. She is an advocate for organ donation, having shared her story at council hearings, panels, and conferences, and she is a sought after public speaker on the subject of organ donation education aw

A CHELSEA CONCERTO (FAVIELL, FRANCES)

?Take off your coat,? said the doctor. I took it off. ?And your dress,? he said. ?It?s too dangerous ? the folds may catch in the debris and bring the whole thing down.? I took off the dress. ?Fine,? he said shortly. ?It?ll have to be head first. We?ll hold your thighs. Go down and see if it?s possible to give an injection. Can you grip the torch with your teeth?? Frances Faviell lived in Chelsea before and during the London Blitz, having became a Red Cross volunteer when World War II began. Chelsea was particularly heavily bombed and the author was often in the heart of the action, witnessing or involved in fascinating and horrific events through 1940 and 1941. Her memoir evokes an unforgettable cast, Londoners and refugees alike, caught up together in extraordinarily dangerous times ? not forgetting the ?Green Cat?, a Chinese statuette, standing on the author?s window sill as the home?s talismanic protector. Frances Faviell?s memoir is powerful in its blend of humour, tenderness and horror, including the most haunting ending of any wartime memoir. A Chelsea Concerto is reprinted now for the first time si

FIRE CALL! (DEVAULT, GEORGE DONALD)

The highs -- the lows -- of 30 years on the hose. A volunteer firefighter's memoir. Sounding the alarm to save our vanishing volunteers, because ... What if you dial 911 and nobody shows up?

LA LLUM D’AQUELLS DIES . DEL POBLENOU AL PACÍFIC (1944-1967) (SOBRER, JOSEP MIQUEL)

Amb un esguard bonhomiós i sorneguer, Josep Miquel Sobrer plasma en aquestes memòries la vida quotidiana de la Barcelona de la postguerra. Des dels seus orígens a la pastisseria familiar del Poblenou, l’autor evoca els oficis, la gent del barri, l’escola, les primeres relacions eròtiques, el servei militar i l’efervescència de la Universitat de Barcelona dels anys seixanta. La llum d’aquells dies ens fa descobrir un narrador perspicaç, amb sentit de llengua, i una prosa plena d’imatges i reflexions que ens apropa un passat compartit, viscut intensament i finament rememorat. Amic de joves lletraferits com Carles Miralles, Marta Pessarrodona i Josep M. Benet i Jornet, Sobrer va viure una autèntica vocació per l’escriptura. Com declara Francesc Parcerisas en el pròleg, «la literatura catalana s’haurà d’afanyar a afegir el nom de Josep Miquel Sobrer al dels millors prosistes que hem tingut a l’últim terç del segle XX i a l’entrada del XXI». Les tres institucions acadèmiques a què va estar vinculat Sobrer –la Universitat de Barcelona, la Indiana University de Bloomington i la North American Catalan Society– han col·laborat per recuperar aquesta obra i oferir-la als lectors.

AUX TROIS SAISONS – AN INN IN BURGUNDY (SOBEL, MORTON)

The story of the creation and life of an inn in the French Burgundy wine country, as told by the author, a former professor at the Harvard School of Dentistry. Complete with menus and recipes he used at the Inn, as its chef. Also vignettes of Paris life, as seen through the eyes of an American, with the pluses and minuses of living in France, in particular, and Europe, in general. A vivid picture of a dream come true.

LIJING IN CANADA (XU, LIJING)

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