Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder. Recommended by Ruth at There Is No Such Place as a God-forsaken Town. I like Tracy Kidder. I read Soul of a New Machine a long time ago and thought it was some of the best nonfiction I’d ever read. I can also recommend House, the story of a couple who supervise the building of their own house, and Among Schoolchildren, a chronicle of a school year in a fifth grade classroom. Last year I read Mountains Beyond Mountains, a look at the work of American philanthropist Paul Farmer in Haiti and other places, fighting tuberculosis and poverty.

Alone: Orphaned on the Ocean by Richard Logan, PhD, and Tere Duperrault Fassbender. Recommended by Heather at Age 30+ . . . A Lifetime of Books. A true survival story with some kind of mysterious twist (Heather didn’t give it away). I wanted to read this one as soon as I read Heather’s review.

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier. Also recommended by Heather. Watch the book trailer featuring author Tracy Chevalier. The book sounds fascinating.

Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart. Recommended by Carrie at 5 MInutes for Books. Carrie is a trusted source, and if she gives it such a high commendation . . . this memoir must be good.

The Wife’s Tale by Lori Lansens. Recommended at Whimpulsive. I like the premise here: a massively overweight woman manages to leave home and find herself beneath the layers of physical weight and emotional pain.

Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther. Recommended by Sarah at Library Hospital. Sarah says the book is nothing like the movie, although both are good. I’m intrigued.

Mrs. Tim Carries On (Leaves from the Diary of an Officer’s Wife in the Year 1940) by D. E. (Dorothy Emily) Stevenson. Sarah also mentions this book in her review of Mrs. Miniver. I want to read more books by D.E. Stevenson.