A gem of a book

Since reading biographies of Margaret Bourke-White and Richard Wright, I have floundered some, reading a handful of good books – good, but not great: "The Know-it-all" was enjoyable, funny in spots; "The Awakening" was interesting, even fascinating. But after two books I'd rate as 9, enjoyable and interesting weren't enough. I needed another gem.

I found one. Yesterday, in the new book cart kept in the Information Desk area, I found a gem: 7x5 rather than the more common 9.5x7, it is actually even smaller than a DVD case. But it is a magnificent tale. I read 134 pages yesterday; yes, smaller pages, less words, but, it is a gem.