The Sun magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar WildeThe Sun magazineChildren begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Sunbeams, August 2021
Paperback, 2003
$9.00Member price:$4.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On the Way Out, Turn Off the Light: Poems
Marge PiercyThe Sun magazineEnjoying this excerpt? Read the entirety of Marge Piercy’s “The low road” here: https://t.co/BaDUF8962z #MargePiercy #poems #poetry #humanism https://t.co/xTBiEAoeFg
Hardcover, 2020
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Postcards from the Edge
Carrie FisherThe Sun magazineSid said that drugs weren’t the problem, life was the problem. Drugs were the solution. — Carrie Fisher, Postcards from the Edge Sunbeams, July 2021
Paperback, 2010
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Freedom
Jonathan FranzenThe Sun magazineParents . . . want the best for their kids, regardless of what they get in return. That’s what love is supposed to be like, right? But . . . that’s kind of a strange belief. Given what we know about the way people really are. — Jonathan Franzen, Freedom Sunbeams, August 2021
Paperback, 2021
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Justine
Lawrence DurrellThe Sun magazineDoes not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us? – Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Sunbeams, January 2022
Paperback, 2011
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Norwegian Wood
Haruki MurakamiThe Sun magazineWhat happens when people open their hearts? . . . They get better. — Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood Sunbeams, November 2021
Paperback, 2000
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Desert Father: A Journey in the Wilderness with Saint Anthony
James CowanThe Sun magazinePlease enjoy this excerpt from Robbie Gamble’s poem ”Reading from the Desert Fathers at the Laundromat” in our latest issue. You can read more here: https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/553/reading-from-the-desert-fathers-at-the-laundromat #poetry #poems #reading #wisdom #ancientwisdom #silence #meditation https://t.co/99KZP8w9KM
Paperback, 2006
$27.95Member price:$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth GrahameThe Sun magazineShabby indeed, and small and poorly furnished, and yet his, the home he had made for himself, the home he had been so happy to get back to after his day's work. — Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows Sunbeams, October 2021
Hardcover, 2018
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Night Abraham Called to the Stars: Poems
Robert BlyThe Sun magazineEarlier this week we were saddened to learn that writer and activist Robert Bly died at the age of ninety-four. Bly's work frequently appeared in The Sun, beginning with an interview and a selection of poems in 1978. "Nudging a Poem" appeared in our March 1995 issue. https://t.co/aNGWEmkg4J
Paperback, 2022
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Picture of Dorian Gray
O. WildeThe Sun magazineChildren begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Sunbeams, August 2021
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