SqueakyChu Does Narrative NonFiction

This will not be a challenge for me (as I don't want to add any more challenges to my plate), but rather a place where I might, from time to time, either post reviews or notes of NARRATIVE NONFICTION that I especially like and would recommend to others.


Photo by kenyee, Flickr, CC-A)

Reading Girl by Pietro Magni
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC

Feel free to post your recommendations to me here as well.

Well, Madeline, I've starred it so that I might, from time to time, check in to see what NNF you're enjoying and recommending in the coming year. :-)
Like you, I have enough challenges going and will try to wrap more NNF into the challenges I'm already doing.

Good to see you here, Madeline!

Yay, nice to see you here!

*waves to Ellen, Darryl, and Katherine*

Just thought I'd mention the two books of nonfiction that stood out for me among all of those I read in 2011. They were:

I Shall Not Hate - Izzeldin Abuelaish - NNF - a Palestinian doctor's search for peace in the middle east despite his own family's tragedy

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science - Atul Gawande - essays by a surgeon on the imperfections of medicine and other areas of medical interest

Atul Gawande had an article in the New Yorker a couple months ago about his experience with a personal coach, who observed his surgery and suggested improvements. I've added the book to my wish list. The other one is already there.

I'm really eager to read more books by Atul Gawande. His is just such a clear and eloquent voice about modern medicine (and its faults).