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Re: Books that inspired you
I was a very shy kid and one of the biggest gifts my parents gave me was to expose me to all sorts of books. I still read like crazy and very much look forward to my book club each month.
In no special order and by no means complete, but these are books that probably will not be on anyone else’s list. An eclectic mix. I agree with many of the previous postings.
EB White. His children’s books are wonderful and his essays are too.
Edward Abbey. Lots of non-fiction nature writing but among his very irreverent fiction titles are The Monkey Wrench Gang (actually I see that Dave Lavery has listed this one too!)
Letters to a Nation. Famous and not-so-famous letters about and by Americans.
Barbara Kingsolver. A gifted storyteller.
Thomas Friedman. Lexus and the Olive Tree. Understanding globalization.
Anna Fadiman. The spirit catches you and you fall down: A Hmong child, her American doctors and the collision of two cultures. Required reading for anyone working in the health care field and/or interested in cross-cultural issues.
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