Entries from March 2008

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

The Pillars of the Earth

 Author: Ken Follett

Set in 12th-century England, the narrative concerns the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge. The ambitions of three men merge, conflict and collide through 40 years of social and political upheaval as internal church politics affect the progress of the cathedral and the fortunes of the protagonists.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Epic: The Story God Is Telling

Author: John Eldredge

Life for most of us feels like a movie we’ve arrived to forty minutes late. For when we were born, we were born into the midet of a great story begun before the dawn of time.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Author: Marina Lewycka

Synopsis:
‘Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamourous blonde Ukrainian divorcee. He was eighty-four and she was thirty-six. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, churning up the murky water, bringing to the surface a sludge of sloughed-off memories, giving the family ghosts a […]