Quote Originally Posted by Barbara View Post
I read another book of that Berendt guy about Savannah - Sara gave it to me when I was visiting and I sent it to Karen
That was Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I read it and really enjoyed it. I have the newer one, about Venice, but haven't got into it yet.

Right now I'm reading one for the second time. Does anyone else do that - read books more than once?

The Day the World Came to Town - 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede. Wonderful book about the generous nature of people in the midst of tragedy.

When thirty-eight jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001, due to the closing of United States airspace, the citizens of this small community were called upon to come to the aid of more than six thousand displaced travelers.

For the better part of a week, nearly every man, woman, and child in Gander and the surrounding smaller towns stopped what they were doing so they could help. They placed their lives on hold for a group of strangers and asked for nothing in return. They affirmed the basic goodness of man at a time when it was easy to doubt such humanity still existed.