Academy Chicago Pub.
Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — February 2008
Held at a distance; my rediscovery of Ethiopia.
Haile, Rebecca G.
Academy Chicago Pub., ©2007 195 p. $17.95 DT378
978-0-89733-556-0
Still a child, Haile and her family left Ethiopia for the US in 1976, two years after the army deposed Emperor Haile Selassie. She returned in the spring of 2001, and recounts her observations, experiences, feeling, and memories. She includes a glossary of Ethiopian words, but no index or bibliography. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Notes from Nethers; growing up in a sixties commune.
Eugster, Sandra.
Academy Chicago Pub., ©2007 319 p. $18.95 CT275
978-0-89733-561-4
Now a counseling psychologist in Wisconsin, Eugster represents the 1960s as a soft-core cult from which she miraculously escaped and is continuing to recover. An important step is transforming your personal experience into a commercial product. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
