Julie Otsuka’s novels are literary gems, and Swimmers joins its predecessors—The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor was Divine—as a work of uncommonly lyrical beauty and pathos. The loss of a public swimming pool to a series of mysterious cracks developing on the bottom disperses a tight and quirky community of lap swimmers. …
“Sprakkar” is Icelandic for extraordinary women. This marvelously insightful and inspiring glimpse at one of the world’s most gender-equal countries is a joy to read! Eliza Reid, Iceland’s First Lady, leads the reader on a journey through her adopted homeland from medieval legend, to the day in 1975 when Iceland’s women went on strike, to …
A sweeping coming of age story dominated by strong women and the men in their lives. As the favored grandchild of a wealthy Ugandan clan in the 1970s-1980s, Kirabo is obsessed with the mother she’s never known. Kirabo is surrounded by the intense, often overwhelming love of her aunt and grandmothers who will stop at …
The light went off as I watched a proud grandson selling honey from his sidewalk stand that he had collected from his dad’s hive. Figuring that creating my own hive might ramp me up in his eyes, I turned to this book. If a guy living on a houseboat in the Fraser River just south of …
September 2020, Eagle Harbor Book Company of Bainbridge Island, WA celebrates its 50th birthday. Below is a message to their customers and neighbors from their newsletter. It’s been a challenging year and we think it’s time to turn things around. Your home-town bookstore turns 50 years old this month and we’re ready to celebrate with …
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Timothy Egan puts himself into the story in this remarkable memoir. Raised in a devout Irish Catholic family, Egan has wrestled with his faith as the clerical abuse scandal and the Church’s position on women have impacted his family. He also notes the increasing popularity of secularism throughout the world. To work …
Do witches exist? And if so, do their spells really work? After reading this delightfully magical memoir, I certainly hope so. Known for his wicked humor in the face of real challenges, Burroughs does not disappoint in this latest tale, in which he comes out as a witch, descended from a centuries-long lineage of powerful …
Karl Marlantes once again brings us an epic that can’t be put down, this time set in the forests and on the rivers of southwest Washington, all soon to be engulfed by logging and fishing. Deep River combines the story of immigrant siblings (from Finland) and a larger Scandinavian community, the desires of families escaping …
Join Eagle Harbor Book Company Wednesday April 18 to help launch this crew! Help Eagle Harbor Book Company support a team of Northwest women taking part in the annual Race to Alaska (R2K), a grueling 750 mile race from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska. The race rules allow no motor and no support at any time, …
Ferry Tales, the Kitsap Regional Library program that partners with the Seattle/Bainbridge Ferry to reach out to readers who ride the ferry, has its first author event of the year this Thursday, April 25, 2013. Once a month on the Thursday 3:50 Bainbridge to Seattle ferry and on the 4:40 Seattle to Bainbridge ferry, the …
