Heard a couple of book recomm. on NPR -
"Bringing Down the House" - The inside story of six M.I.T. students who took Vegas
for Millions - my son who hates to read, read this in one week ( a record for him)
"Honeymoon with My Brother" by Franz Wisner.(I'm not a guy, but I am enjoying this
one) It's a memoir but reads like fiction and is going to be made into a movie -
see review below:
From Booklist
Coming soon to a library (and movie screen) near you is this true story of two
brothers rediscovering each other and the meaning of life during 24 months of world
travel. Jilted by his fiancee mere days before the wedding and demoted at work,
Wisner collared his brother, Kurt, a Seattle Realtor, to celebrate his Costa Rican
nonhoneymoon. That experience, with the help of a Saab purchase in Sweden, grew
into subsequent lengthy trips to Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
Sandwiched between the chuckles are letters to their grandmother and short, pointed
chapters on best trip advice--for instance, attend a professional soccer match to
understand culture--and some good lessons in hustling (bid against yourself,
pretend there's a language barrier, among others). Humorous and heartening, it will
be fun imagining which Hollywood hunks will star. Barbara Jacobs
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Library Media Specialist
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303 Slater Avenue
Griswold, CT 06351
jfinucan@griswold.k12.ct.us
Phone (860)376-7610
Fax (860) 376-7610
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