Read May 2021 - Well Read Book Club
I didn't quite finish this book... a lot happened in May 2021. But I enjoyed the parts I did read. I was interested in the author's childhood in small town Iowa and how we shared similarities and yet great differences in our upbringing. She had a scientist father who worked at colleges, but her family was cold and her small town was not comforting. The book had a lot of good information about science, and particularly women in science. But personally, the author annoyed me a bit. :) I was intrigued by her relationship with Bill, but never finished the book so know that I missed a lot.
Quotes from the book...
The more I handled things and learned their names and uses, the more joyous and confident grew my sense of kinship with the rest of the world - Helen Keller
(this reminded me so much of Maverick)
We had long since established the habit of not speaking as we walked the two miles home; silent togetherness is what Scandinavian families do naturally, and it may be what they do best.
People slice up tree trunks, nail the pieces together into boxy shapes, and then go inside to sleep.
