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FROM: "Diana Tixier Herald" <dherald@wic.net>
REC'D: 2/21/01, 12:55 PM

I've been asked to recommend an audio book that is either literary fiction,
preferably short stories, or poetry for a woman in her 80s. It is to be a
gift and the requestor does not know what titles or authors she liked when
her vision allowed her to read. The person the audio book is for is "very
intelligent with an inquisitive mind."

It's not much to go on but I know there will be some great suggestions from
Fiction_L.
--
Happy reading,
Diana Tixier Herald
dherald@wic.net see the Genrefluent page at http://www.genrefluent.com
Rosenberg's First Law of Reading "Never apologize for your reading tastes."

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <RBEERBOWER@mail.open.org>
REC'D: 2/21/01, 1:06 PM

A friend loved Barbara Kingsolver's HOMELAND AND OTHER STORIES, or perhaps Kingsolver's essays, HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON.


Robin Beerbower
Outreach Services
Salem (OR) Public Library
PO Box 14810, Salem, OR 97309
rbeerbower@open.org
503-588-6089

>>> "Diana Tixier Herald" <dherald@wic.net> 02/21 9:50 AM >>>
I've been asked to recommend an audio book that is either literary fiction,
preferably short stories, or poetry for a woman in her 80s. It is to be a
gift and the requestor does not know what titles or authors she liked when
her vision allowed her to read. The person the audio book is for is "very
intelligent with an inquisitive mind."

It's not much to go on but I know there will be some great suggestions from
Fiction_L.
--
Happy reading,
Diana Tixier Herald
dherald@wic.net see the Genrefluent page at http://www.genrefluent.com=20
Rosenberg's First Law of Reading "Never apologize for your reading tastes."

FROM: Joni Richards Bodart <jonirb@earthlink.net>
REC'D: 2/21/01, 1:17 PM

Di--
What about Annie Proulx's Wyoming Stories? It's available unabridged,
and the ladies I take books and tapes to in a nursing home near my
branch really loved it. And Kent Haruf's books are both wonderful
also--Plainsong and Ties that Bind.

Hope that helps.

JONI

Joni Richards Bodart
Univ of Denver/DPL

FROM: Spencer Ms Martha <Martha.Spencer@usmc-mccs.org>
REC'D: 2/21/01, 1:17 PM

I would recommend Jane Smiley's The All-True Adventures of Lidie Newton. It
is excellent.

Martha

-----Original Message-----
From: ROBIN BEERBOWER [mailto:RBEERBOWER@mail.open.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 10:55 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Audio book RA question


A friend loved Barbara Kingsolver's HOMELAND AND OTHER STORIES, or perhaps
Kingsolver's essays, HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON.


Robin Beerbower
Outreach Services
Salem (OR) Public Library
PO Box 14810, Salem, OR 97309
rbeerbower@open.org
503-588-6089

>>> "Diana Tixier Herald" <dherald@wic.net> 02/21 9:50 AM >>>
I've been asked to recommend an audio book that is either literary fiction,
preferably short stories, or poetry for a woman in her 80s. It is to be a
gift and the requestor does not know what titles or authors she liked when
her vision allowed her to read. The person the audio book is for is "very
intelligent with an inquisitive mind."

It's not much to go on but I know there will be some great suggestions from
Fiction_L.
--
Happy reading,
Diana Tixier Herald
dherald@wic.net see the Genrefluent page at http://www.genrefluent.com
Rosenberg's First Law of Reading "Never apologize for your reading tastes."

FROM: Kathleen Martin <kmartin@gvpl.victoria.bc.ca>
REC'D: 2/21/01, 2:00 PM

I am currently listening to Chet Raymo "The Dork of Cork" audio book put
out by Recorded Books. It would certainly fit the literary fiction
criteria. The reading is superb and it is a wonderful story

Kathleen Martin
Co-ordinator of Community Services
Greater Victoria Public Library
Victoria, B.C.


On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Diana Tixier Herald wrote:

> I've been asked to recommend an audio book that is either literary fiction,
> preferably short stories, or poetry for a woman in her 80s. It is to be a
> gift and the requestor does not know what titles or authors she liked when
> her vision allowed her to read. The person the audio book is for is "very
> intelligent with an inquisitive mind."
>
> It's not much to go on but I know there will be some great suggestions from
> Fiction_L.
> --
> Happy reading,
> Diana Tixier Herald
> dherald@wic.net see the Genrefluent page at http://www.genrefluent.com
> Rosenberg's First Law of Reading "Never apologize for your reading tastes."
>
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: "Catherine Les" <cathyles@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/21/01, 3:15 PM

Hi-
Do you think she might like AS Byatt's short stories?:

Djinn and the nightingale
Matisse stories

Her work is definitely in the "literary fiction" category. These collections
have both been done by Recorded Books.
>
Cathy McCullough Les
Sterling Heights Public Library (MI)

>I've been asked to recommend an audio book that is either literary fiction,
>preferably short stories, or poetry for a woman in her 80s. It is to be a
>gift and the requestor does not know what titles or authors she liked when
>her vision allowed her to read. The person the audio book is for is "very
>intelligent with an inquisitive mind."
>
>It's not much to go on but I know there will be some great suggestions from
>Fiction_L.
>--
>Happy reading,
>Diana Tixier Herald
>dherald@wic.net see the Genrefluent page at http://www.genrefluent.com
>Rosenberg's First Law of Reading "Never apologize for your reading tastes."
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
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FROM: Spencer Ms Martha <Martha.Spencer@usmc-mccs.org>
REC'D: 2/21/01, 3:26 PM

I would also recommend Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman.

Martha

-----Original Message-----
From: Catherine Les [mailto:cathyles@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 1:09 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Audio book RA question

Hi-
Do you think she might like AS Byatt's short stories?:

Djinn and the nightingale
Matisse stories

Her work is definitely in the "literary fiction" category. These collections

have both been done by Recorded Books.
>
Cathy McCullough Les
Sterling Heights Public Library (MI)

>I've been asked to recommend an audio book that is either literary fiction,
>preferably short stories, or poetry for a woman in her 80s. It is to be a
>gift and the requestor does not know what titles or authors she liked when
>her vision allowed her to read. The person the audio book is for is "very
>intelligent with an inquisitive mind."
>
>It's not much to go on but I know there will be some great suggestions from
>Fiction_L.
>--
>Happy reading,
>Diana Tixier Herald
>dherald@wic.net see the Genrefluent page at http://www.genrefluent.com
>Rosenberg's First Law of Reading "Never apologize for your reading tastes."
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

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FROM: Sarah Flowers <sflowers@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
REC'D: 2/21/01, 5:10 PM

Just about anything from the "Selected Shorts from Symphony
Space" collection, especially the 10th anniversary anthology, available
from Listening Library (I think it's still available). But any of them
are good. www.symphonyspace.org.


Sarah Flowers, Community Librarian
Morgan Hill Public Library
17575 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill CA 95037-4128
sflowers@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us
*** All standard disclaimers apply ***

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Diana Tixier Herald wrote:

> I've been asked to recommend an audio book that is either literary fiction,
> preferably short stories, or poetry for a woman in her 80s. It is to be a
> gift and the requestor does not know what titles or authors she liked when
> her vision allowed her to read. The person the audio book is for is "very
> intelligent with an inquisitive mind."
>
> It's not much to go on but I know there will be some great suggestions from
> Fiction_L.
> --
> Happy reading,
> Diana Tixier Herald
> dherald@wic.net see the Genrefluent page at http://www.genrefluent.com
> Rosenberg's First Law of Reading "Never apologize for your reading tastes."
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: "Diana Tixier Herald" <dherald@wic.net>
REC'D: 2/21/01, 6:44 PM

Thank all of you who have made suggestions. I was able to give her a list
along with some information about each of the recommended titles. You all
are terrific.
--
Happy reading,
Diana Tixier Herald
dherald@wic.net see the Genrefluent page at http://www.genrefluent.com
Rosenberg's First Law of Reading "Never apologize for your reading tastes."

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