Read a few books that were so obtuse that I wonder that I even mention them . Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw . Its about a girl on a remote british isle who is slowly turning into glass . This isle is filled with creatures that can with one look tun you white . Can with a bite turn you into glass . So the marshes around the isle are filled with glass bodies or parts .
There are moth winged cattle and ....
Another was about an imaginary detective
Oh these first world books !!!
Family Album by Penelope Lively was anything but
Now I am reading " The Beautiful Tree" by James Tooley . He was a teacher who is then asked to look into the matter of education for poor children in developing countries . In Hyderabad India , he discovers that every slum is filled with private schools for the poor and why the parents prefer these to government schools .
Sunday, April 11, 2010
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