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Anna Keesey Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Not a robot, not a girl. Writer, mother, teacher, gardener. Priority of the foregoing in constant fluctuation. Largely responsible for LITTLE CENTURY.

7 books
Book Cover for: The Fortunes, Peter Ho Davies

The Fortunes

Peter Ho Davies
Anna KeeseyAnna Keesey

@Sam_Schmir @Jack_Petocz Peter Ho Davies’novel THE FORTUNES does a complex reading of the lives of Wong and other Chinese-Americans. Effing great book.

Hardcover, Large Print, 2017

$36.95Member price:$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Friend of My Youth: Large Print Edition, Alice Munro

Friend of My Youth: Large Print Edition

Alice Munro
Anna KeeseyAnna Keesey

@Ursulaofthebook It’s just…which two Alice Munro? I may go with Friend of my Youth and Open Secrets. Must verify.

Paperback, Large Print, 1997

$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Story and Discourse, Seymour Chatman

Story and Discourse

Seymour Chatman
Anna KeeseyAnna Keesey

@EthanChatagnier @alexanderchee Oh, I’m only disputing the term “plot” —what we have traditionally called plot (and rarely agreed upon as to meaning) is really the interaction between what narrative theorists call “story” and “discourse” (per Seymour Chatman).

Paperback, 1980

$33.95Member price:$33.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Open Secrets: Stories, Alice Munro

Open Secrets: Stories

Alice Munro
Anna KeeseyAnna Keesey

@Ursulaofthebook It’s just…which two Alice Munro? I may go with Friend of my Youth and Open Secrets. Must verify.

Paperback, 1995

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil, M. Scott Peck

People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil

M. Scott Peck
Anna KeeseyAnna Keesey

@NormOrnstein Did you ever read that M Scott Peck book, People of the Lie? About normal appearing people who have no empathy and are truly sources of evil? He’s not just a politician. He’s a sociopath.

Paperback, 1998

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles

The Lincoln Highway

Amor Towles
Anna KeeseyAnna Keesey

@MaureenLangloss The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles? Don’t know who reads it but lovely, funny and unbrutal

Paperback, 2023

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rules of Civility, Amor Towles

Rules of Civility

Amor Towles
Anna KeeseyAnna Keesey

@RoomofOnesOwn @LeahNTorres The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Paperback, 2012

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book