Love in a Time of Hate: The Story of Magda and Andrew Trocme and the Village That Said No to the Nazis by Hanna Schott; translated by John D. Roth. Herald Press (Harrisonburg, Virginia, 2017). 269 pp., $16.99.
Time for my almost annual encouragement to read more books. I will not be the first columnist to point out that with the pandemic making most of staying home more than normal is a great time to read more books than normal. At least if youâre not ill.
This year I have enjoyed reading each afternoon and evening â although I can never read for hours on end. Finish a book in one day? Not me. I would feel guilty and lazy and like I wasnât âgetting things done.â Instead, reading quiets me down for naps or bedtime.
My most recent long read was âThe Reckoningâ by lawyer/crime writer John Grisham (Random House, 2018). Grisham lives not far from here in Charlottesville, and has a home also in Mississippi. Occasionally he comes to our local university to conduct seminars called âWriters Hour.â I hope to go sometime.
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