The mother, Leilah, imposes her gloom on Aleisha and her brother Aiden by insisting that the house be shut up, windows closed and curtains drawn, so it's hot and dark, not a pleasant place for a seventeen-year-old and a young man in his mid-twenties. She needs to work to help with finances at home, where her older brother works hard, but her mother is suffering from mental problems and needs close supervision. Her other classmates are off on vacation or having a summer of fun before attending uni cuts into their lives of leisure.
It's a small library with not much to do, and Aleisha is both bored and angry. The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams is a rediscovery of community, started by an unlikely friendship and reading.Īleisha Thomas is working at the local library in the Wembley area of greater London.
They can bring communities together, with programs like "One Book, One City" or just by the public library reaching out to involve the community. They can be an affirmation when you need one, an escape when you need one, a friend when you need one, a learning experience when you don't realize you need one, or a bridge to others when you need that. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, My Reading Life by Pat Conroy, and The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes are all books that show how reading books positively impacts lives. Reading transports us to the stories in those books and how they so often relate to our own lives.
Several books have become favorites for me because, either by fiction or personal experience, the books tell of how important reading is to their lives and others' lives. When we've read most or all the books discussed or mentioned, then the thrill increases exponentially. I don't know if all bibliophiles enjoy books that are about reading itself, but I can imagine that there are quite a few of us that do.
"Books show us the world they don't hide it." ~ Mukesh Patel
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