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Lynn Paul – Batten Library Director

Posted on February 18, 2019 by lsmith

Lynn Paul, Batten Library Director

Favorite adult book recommendation —  Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

On its face, Bel Canto is an account of a hostage situation executed by a (more…)
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Carlynn Monteaux – Teacher, Second Grade Girls

Posted on February 11, 2019 by lsmith

Carlynn Monteaux, Second Grade Girls

Favorite adult book recommendation —  Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

I found this book to be captivating. It is rich in theology and was written by a brilliant man and (more…)

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Gillian Moore – Teacher, Sixth Grade English and Science

Posted on February 4, 2019 by lsmith

Gillian Moore, Sixth Grade English and Science

Favorite adult book recommendation —  A Heart So White by Javier Marias

This story is somewhat of an “anti-detective” novel, following Juan, a translator working for the Spanish government, who hears something in a

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Toy Savage – Teacher, Middle School History

Posted on January 28, 2019 by lsmith

Toy Savage, Middle School History

Favorite adult book recommendation — All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren

The classic 20th-century political novel, very dense in places but (more…)

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Amber Jenkins – Teacher, Upper School English

Posted on January 22, 2019 by lsmith

Amber Jenkins, Upper School English

Favorite adult book recommendation — The World of Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980–1990 by Charles Wright

I was introduced to the work of Charles Wright (who would later become the 50th Poet Laureate of the United States) in a poetry seminar during

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Mary Todd Glascock – Teacher, Upper School Spanish

Posted on January 15, 2019 by lsmith

Mary Todd Glascock, Upper School Spanish

Favorite adult book recommendation — To Kill a Mockingbird Girls by Harper Lee

I choose this book for its incredible depiction of social conflict in a small town regarding race relations.  As with most novels, this town reflects (more…)
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Kathy Yocke – Teacher, Middle School Science

Posted on January 8, 2019 by lsmith

Kathy Yocke, Middle School Science

Favorite adult book recommendation — Radium Girls by Kate Moore

It’s an amazing true story about young women of the World War I era who

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Vanessa Stewart – Teacher, Middle School English

Posted on January 2, 2019 by lsmith

Vanessa Stewart, Middle School English

Favorite adult book recommendation — Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Something about stories of families across generations mesmerizes me: they feel magical and yet powerfully close. This beautifully written story begins with two half sisters in eighteenth-century Ghana.
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Anne Tew – Teacher, Middle School Latin

Posted on December 17, 2018 by lsmith

Anne Tew, Middle School Latin

Favorite adult book recommendation — The Sound & The Fury by William Faulkner

This book taught me how to live.
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Betsy Looney — Nurse

Posted on December 17, 2018 by lsmith

Betsy Looney, Nurse

Favorite adult book recommendation — What Though the Odds by Haley Scott DeMaria

This is a true story of Triumph over Tragedy. It is a story about the University of Notre Dame’s swim team.
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