summer reading

Spending the summer in the Eastern Sierra lends itself to plenty of down time to enjoy a good book (or two, or three, or four).  Thanks to my sweet daughter, Becky, I’m currently enjoying Rafia Zakaria’s The Upstairs Wife, an intimate history of Pakistan.  This “lyrical, richly detailed” memoir speaks to my soul. Especially the part of my soul that understands the struggles of 20th century women (no matter from what country) and the ways we all coped and are still coping with social inequalities, injustice, and mistreatment. I LOVE the author’s command of the language and her sweet, story-telling…