Friday Favorites: Nov. 14
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One thing I’ve learned as a reporter is that people generally like to share things to know. And they especially like to talk about books they are reading and ones they are loving.
This week I wrote a story about nonprofit organizations who are struggling with declining donations in the wake of our economic crisis. One source, Diane Serratore, executive director of People to People in Nanuet, spoke candidly about her agency’s food pantry and services. She said she is seeing smaller money donations, but she hoped the generous community would continue to contribute items. She is seeing more and more people requesting food, which is a sign of the times. To read more, check out the story online.
While speaking with Serratore, I had to ask her what she was reading. Well, she had lots to say here.
“I don’t clean or cook much, but I read a lot,” she said laughing. She particularly likes mysteries and crime fiction with an English flair, like Agatha Christie and Ruth Rendell. Her other passion is historical fiction. “It just harkens back to a time when things were simple — or so it seems,” she said.
But clearly an eclectic reader, right now she is plowing through a book about Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, a lengthy biography of the man who wrote the Federalist Papers and was the first Secretary of the Treasury.
“I am learning about our country’s history and this interesting figure,” she said.
And she hasn’t gotten to the part about his duel with Aaron Burr.
Happy reading!
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on Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 2:46 pm by Barbara Nackman.
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