However, Daphne holds no ties to the yearbook or people in it, so she heaves it in the trash bin. The yearbook is such a treasured possession that her mom bequeaths it to Daphne after her death. She attended every class reunion for that class following graduation and made updated notations in the yearbook. Daphne’s mother, a teacher, held dear a yearbook that was dedicated to her in her early years of teaching. Good Riddance by Eleanor Lipman was a nice light read. What would be the point? So, here’s a partial list of the meager dent I made in the lists and lists of books I wish to read some day … And I also didn’t include the very few that I didn’t like but finished anyway. (Circe was helluva enjoyable read, though, wasn’t it!). And I didn’t include ones I read because I read about them here. I did not include the ones I already wrote to you about. So, I thought I’d write an end-of-year list of some of the books I read in 2019 to catch you up. I was somewhat of a light leisure reader this year, and a lighter, yet, blogger. I can’t wait for you all to read it so we can talk it over. Whoaa, freaky.Īs depressing and scary as this story seems, it is compelling and thought provoking. Too, The Dreamers could be a take on the age-old stoner quest for truth: What if I’m just dreaming and you’re all part of my dream. Is Walker suggesting that hatred such as this is invisible at first, like a germ, and can spread to even healthy-minded individuals? The name of the book alone, The Dreamers, connotes the spread of hatred toward our Mexican neighbors that is perpetuated by our own government. The Dreamers could be a straightforward story about a deadly epidemic that takes over the world.īut it could also be a metaphor for other ills that spread, as though airborne, and have the potential to ruin humans and take down humanity – like uncivility, hatred, intolerance, racism. Supplies such as masks and hand sanitizer are running out in major cities. I read The Dreamers at the same time the Coronavirus began spreading through China and leaking into other countries. Paranoia and rumors of conspiracy spread like their own type of malignancy. Many begin to doubt the validity of the mushrooming illness. Civilians outside the city cannot get in to help with supplies, childcare, or any type of respite. If you’re a Walker character…better watch your back! She’ll use you and abuse you.Īs the epidemic rages on, resources run thin. Several times while reading, I just closed the book to shake my head in wonder over the cruel fate of a character I had been rooting for. If you are born a character in a Walker book, your future, if you have one, is not bright. The ill are clearly not the only victims. Stray dogs are running around still leashed. Children are left unattended by parents who succumb to the illness. People are falling asleep (for good) while driving, making tea, standing in grocery checkout lines. A young college student passes out after a night of drinking. It begins on one floor of a college dorm room in a small California college town. Well, Karen Thompson Walker has written another excellent book of doom. Walker’s sweet words and phrases made it impossible to put down. Despite such despair, it was a good book. And the mammals, including humans, were sure to follow. The sun was burning up the earth and destroying habitats. In the story, the world was actually ending. It wasn’t just her teen years that made everything seem apocalyptic, though the main character was an awkward outsider with boy trouble whose parents’ marriage was unraveling. It was about a girl coming of age in an apocalyptic world. Remember The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker? It was published a while back.
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