Books
âFidelityâ by Wendell Berry, Five short stories
âFlight Behaviorâ by Barbara Kingsolver, story revolving around family dynamics
and how climate change plays a role
âA Woman Named Hopeâ by David Bergen
âProof of Heavenâ by Eben Alexander
âSettlers of the Marshâ & âOver Prairie Trailsâ by Frederick Philip Grove
âEyes at the Windowâ by Evie Yoder Miller, story of an Amish community back in
the l800âs
âThe Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jewâ Three Women Search for
Understandingâ by Randy Idilby, Susanne Oliver & Priscilla Warner, story about
3 women following 9/11
âIn Search of Americaâ by Frederick Philip Grove
âBeyond Beliefâ, by Senna Hill, life inside Scientology (true story) âThe Prismâ by
Andrea Baggi, story of a woman with a multi-fractured personality
âThe Roadâ by Cormac McCarthy, father & son walk along through burned
America
âNo Great Mischiefâ by Alister Macleod
âThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fryâ by Rachel Joyce, aman in search of
himself following retirement
âUp Hereâ magazine about northern Canada
âWhat the Dog Sawâ by Malcom Gladwell (Reporter for the NewYorker),
collection of articles
âSword of the Spirit, Shield of Faithâ by Andrew Preston, how religion influences
American foreign policy and War
âFreedomâ by Jonathan Fransen, contemporary American Family
âThe Great Disgenerationâ by Nile Ferguson, 2008 economic crash
âThe Light Between Oceansâ by ML. Stedman, story of a lighthouse keeper and
his wife and how their lives change when a boat washes up on shore with a dead
man and a living baby
âThe Purchaseâ by Linda Spaldings, 1798 setting about someone being exiled
from a Quaker community
âTogether Teaâ by Marian Kamali, complicated cultural identity story between a
daughter and her parents i970-S Tehran â l990âs New York
âThe Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Societyâ by MaryAnn Schafer & Annie
Barrows, an exchange of letters describing life on Guernsey Island following
WW2
âI Shall Not Hateâ by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Gaza doctorâs journey
âHow to Read Bible Stories & Myths in Artâ by Patrick De Rynck
âNomadâ by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a triumph of the human spirit âUnder an Afghan Skyâ
by Meliissa Fung, a memoir of captivity
Movies
âUnfinished Skyâ A Widowed Australian farmer takes in an Afghan Woman who
has fled from a brothel after a brutal assault
âPartitionâ During the turmoil and violence of Partition, a Sikh ex-soldier, haunted
by war, offers shelter to a young Muslim woman who has been separated from
her family
âThe Visitorâ A lonesome widower who is also a depressed college Professor,
befriends a pair of illegal immigrants. Life changing for him.
âFar Pavillionsâ set in India mid l800âs
âAnna Kareninaâ Set in late 19th century Russia high-society
âTemple Grandinâ Story of her life
âLearning How to Understand & Appreciate Classical Musicâ
âMonsieur Hazharâ Man from Algeria is a fugitive in USA
âMary & Marthaâ Two women who have both lost a son in Africa
âMusic of the Heartâ Story of a teacher struggling to teach violin to inner city
Harlem kids
âThe Wayâ
â42â Jackie Robinson story
âThe Butlerâ