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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Top Ten Tuesday: We Are Family
1:00 AM
Today's TTT prompt is: Relationship Freebie (Pick a relationship type and choose characters who fit that relationship as it relates to you. So, characters you'd like to date, be friends with, be enemies with, etc. Bookish families you'd like to be a part of, characters you'd want as your siblings, pets you'd like to take for yourself, etc.) I'm going to take a different, simpler tack and look at books on my TBR list that include a family relationship as part of their title. I like stories about families, so this should be easy peasy. I may even be able to get away with not repeating any. We'll see how I do...
As always, Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.
Top Ten Books On My TBR List With Family Relationships in Their Title
- in no particular order -
1. When We Were Sisters by Emilie Richards—Raised in the same foster home, Cecilia and Robin became sisters, forming an unbreakable bond. Now a famous musician, Cecilia asks Robin, a photojournalist, to help her make a documentary about foster care. Knowing its time to tell the truth about the sisters' experiences, whatever the cost, Robin agrees. As the filming proceeds, the two find new meaning in their sisterhood and familial bonds.
2. The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek by Howard Markel—This non-fiction book tells the fascinating story of the bitter rivalry between brothers John Harvey and Will Kellogg. The former was a beloved physician who championed good health. The latter founded a famous breakfast cereal company. How did their varying pursuits affect their relationship? How did it change health and eating practices in the United States?
3. The Ringmaster's Wife by Kristy Cambron—As the daughter of an English earl, Rosamund Easling knows what is expected of her, even if it's not the life she wants for herself. When her family loses its fortune, however, and her father sells her beloved horse to an American circus owner named John Ringling, Rosamund follows. When she agrees to become a bareback rider/performer, she believes she's finally found her real purpose in life.
4. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo—Helen recently reviewed this non-fiction title on her blog, piquing my interest in a book I'd never previously heard of. It tells the incredible true story of an enslaved married couple who escaped bondage by posing as master and slave. Their intrepid journey and incredible bravery made them celebrities, but it didn't free them from being hunted again when the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed...
5. The Naturalist's Daughter by Tea Cooper—This dual-timeline novel concerns a young Australian woman who loves to work at the side of her famous naturalist father. When he is unable to travel to England to present his incredible findings to the Royal Society, she goes in his stead. There, she makes a discovery that will change the lives of future generations. A century later, another woman is sent to retrieve an old sketchbook from a recluse. The odd assignment unearths a mystery that more than one person is keen to solve.
6. Our Auntie Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons by Sheila McCauley Keys and Eddie B. Allen, Jr.—Sadly, I don't know much about Parks' life. I'd love to learn more and this sounds like an intimate, inspiring biography of a remarkable woman.
7. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman—I've loved the two books I've read by this author, so I'm definitely in for reading more! This novel is about 7-year-old Elsa and her grandmother, who is her best and only friend. Both of them are odd ducks who find understanding with each other. When Elsa's grandma dies, leaving behind a collection of letters apologizing to a wide range of people that need to be delivered, it propels Elsa on a life-changing journey.
8. The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth—Lucy has never had a close relationship with her husband's mother, Diane, and not for lack of trying. Diane obviously feels that Lucy is not good enough for her son. When the older woman is found dead, with a letter nearby saying she couldn't bear to die from the cancer in her body, it's assumed to be a suicide. Until it's discovered that she did not have cancer. In fact, she was murdered. Who—besides Lucy—had a reason to kill this pillar of her community?
9. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman—So many people have recommended the Maus series to me that it's amazing I haven't read it yet. It's a series of graphic novels about the experience of the author's father during the Holocaust.
10. The Cousins by Karen M. McManus—This YA mystery is about a group of cousins who are invited by the rich and reclusive grandmother they've never met to work on her island resort for the summer. Everyone wants her money, so the teens are not allowed to decline. When they arrive, they discover there are more secrets in their family than any of them could have imagined—and all is about to be revealed.
There you are, ten "relationship" books that I want to read. Have you read any of them? What did you think? How did you choose to fulfill today's prompt? I'd truly love to know. Leave me a comment on this post and I will gladly return the favor on your blog. I also reply to comments left here, although I am a week behind at the moment.
Happy TTT!
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