Books, Reading
Five Book Recommendations
Maria Grant discusses her five best reads of the year.
Spy Community Media columnist Maria Grant is an avid reader. In her weekly column published September 17, she discusses the five best books she has read this year.
Grant knows what she is talking about. I regularly ask for recommendations and have yet to be disappointed.
The column as published may be found here.
My Five Favorite Books That I Have Read This Year by Maria Grant
As an active member of three book clubs, I read a lot of books. Since I assume you are all caught up on political news, I thought I would share my top five favorite books I’ve read so far this year.
№5. Absolution. The setting for Alice McDermott’s book is Saigon, 1963. The focus is on the “wives” whose husbands have important jobs in Vietnam — foreign service, military, big corporations. The wives are portrayed as “helpmates.” The story is…