“Resist, insist, persist, enlist.” p.451

Once again, I became immersed in Ada’s life, and did not want the story to end!

4.5: Annie Spence urges us all to read with her outrageous humor, accessible writing style, and expansive knowledge of books. Spence has me considering which books I would compose "love letters" or "breakup notes" for - and thinking of how many copies I will purchase for gifts this year! As Kirkus Reviews said, "A charming epistolary volume that begs to be read with pencil in hand."

Vern, Perry, Sylvia, and Trance give us options for resistance in troubled times. Thanks for this fable Bill McKibben and these humorous, quirky, intelligent characters!

Alice McDermott’s precise prose and storytelling ability immerse you in this world: multigenerational, Catholic, Brooklyn, turn of the 20th century, nuns, a single mother, a suicide kept hidden, and more. Life is simple and complicated; McDermott reminds us with her characters, their relationships, and the history they are living, daily.

3.5 stars

4.5/5: My favorite quote is:

"Young girls need to see role models in whatever careers they may choose, just so they can picture themselves doing those jobs someday. You can't be what you can't see."
--Sally Ride