My May 2006 Reading List
Dive into my May 2006 reading list, a curated mix of classic fiction and compelling mysteries. From Rumer Godden's In This House of Brede to John Harwood's The Ghost Writer and Jane Langton's Murder at Monticello, explore the best books from my 2006 books list and reading journey.
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Murder at Monticello
by Jane Langton
While visiting Monticello for the bicentennial celebration of Thomas Jefferson's presidency, Homer Kelly discovers that among the throngs of visitors, a killer has selected his next victim.
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In this House of Brede
by Rumer Godden
"A novel of sensitive dedication." --"The Atlantic Monthly" "Rumer Godden deals precisely with the theme of the religious life . . . as representing 'the heart of holiness of the Church.' It is at once a life of great peace and often equally intense struggle." --"America" magazine This extraordinarily sensitive and insightful portrait of religious life centers on Philippa Talbot, a highly successful professional woman who leaves her life among the London elite to join a cloistered Benedictine community. In this gripping narrative of the crises surrounding the ancient Brede abbey, Rumer Godden penetrates to the mysterious, inner heart of a religious community--a place of complexity and conflict, as well as joy and love. It is a place where Philippa, to her own surprise and her friends' astonishment, finds her life by losing it.
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The Ghost Writer
by John Harwood
Plagued with unpleasant memories of his mother's death, shy Gerard Freeman is obsessed with the manuscript of a century-old ghost story written by his great-grandmother and entrusted to his care.
