one book, two movies

Today I finished reading The Lost Hours by Karen White. The story was GREAT, even though the writing style didn't keep me staying up all night reading. The main idea of the story was that many people have more "to them" than we might think. Piper thought that her grandmother was nice, but boring with not a bit of passion or excitement to her at all. She finds out after her grandmother dies, though, that she was mistaken. Her grandmother, Annabelle, had quite an exciting past with her two best friends, Josie and Lillian. Annabelle, although wanting very badly to become a doctor, kept putting off going to medical school in order to help Josie and Lillian with their problems. Josie could sing beautifully and needed to be sent to New York where she'd have a chance to launch a singing career, something impossible for her in the segregated south. Lillian had fallen in love with and secretly married a black man who was later killed for his work to get black people to go vote and for marrying a white woman. It takes all 300+ pages to get all this information, though. Two quotes were repeated throughout the book, and they are important thoughts to remember: "Be patient and strong; someday this pain will be useful to you." and "Where there is life, there is hope."

I also watched two incredible movies this week: August Rush and My Left Foot. The first one is about a boy in an orphanage, his incredible musical skill, and finding his parents. The second is about Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy in Ireland. No one thought that he could do anything or even think anything, but he proved them wrong! Both movies were incredibly touching!