Books selected for San Francisco's One City One Book program
One City One Book (San Francisco) Public
Créée et modérée par Phil in SF
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Phil in SF dit : SFPL's One City One Book #1 (2005) This childhood story of being caught between cultures in 1950's San Francisco is both powerful and poignant.
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The Hummingbird's Daughter de Luis Alberto Urrea
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The House of Broken Angels and Good Night, Irene, discover the epic …
Phil in SF dit : SFPL's Once City One Book #2 (2006) Hummingbird's Daughter - Tells the story of Teresita, a young girl coming to terms with her destiny as a healer, who will grow into a revolution-inspiring Mexican "Joan of Arc."
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Beginning with her great-great-great-great grandmother, a slave owned by a Creole family, Lalita Tademy chronicles four generations of strong, determined …
Phil in SF dit : SFPL's One City One Book #3 (2007) Combines painstaking historical reconstruction with unforgettable storytelling.
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West of Kabul, East of New York de Mir Tamim Ansary
Tamim Ansary's passionate personal journey through two cultures in conflict, West of Kabul, East of New York.
Shortly after …
Phil in SF dit : SFPL's One City One Book #4 (2008) We travel at Ansary’s side, and he gives us rare access to Afghan culture— From the time of “old Afghanistan,” through Soviet rule and later, the Taliban.
