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September/October
2001 Book Sense 76 Picks
Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.
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| Four Biographies of VERY Independent People |
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Fugitive Days: A Memoir
by Ayers, Bill
(Beacon, $25.00, 0807071242)
"This is written with an immediacy that belies that the events being described happened over 30 years ago. Not at all dispassionate, Ayer's account of his life on the run evokes a time when people acted, rightly or wrongly, on strongly held beliefs, and he tells his story with humor, compassion, and outrage." - Mitchell Kaplan, Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL
 Legacy
of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
by Hill,
Julia Butterfly
(HarperSanFrancisco, $14.00, 0062516590) "This account of Hill's 738-day
tree-sit should be inspiring and accessible to readers of all ages."
- Laura Snyder, Lucy's Books, Astoria, OR
 Milking
the Moon: A Southerner's Story of Life on This Planet
by Walter, Eugene
(Crown, $25.00, 0609605941) "Eugene Walter lived the life of a literary bon
vivant. Among his close friends were Capote, Faulkner, Judy Garland, and Isak
Dinesen. Walter literally did it all: He helped found The Paris Review, was
part of the Greenwich art scene in the late '40's and even had a role in Fellini's
8 1/2. This incredible book is sure to thrill everyone who ever wanted to be a
witness to history as it happened." - Robert Segedy, McIntyre's Fine
Books, Pittsboro, NC
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
by Milford, Nancy
(Random House, $29.95, 039457589X) "Millay was a woman ahead of her time.
This book could be considered the distaff version of John Adams, i.e. a big
name biographer (Milford wrote the classic Zelda years ago) produces
a second, sure-to-become classic biography. Milford had the full cooperation
of Millay's sister and she frequently inserts her 'I was there' comments, adding
an immediacy to the narrative. There is some critical examination of how Millay's
poetry reflected her life and loves, but, for the most part, the emphasis is
on her life story." - Susan Taylor, Wellesley Booksmith, Wellesley,
MA
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