When the Story is True – part two

Speaking of non-fiction that reads like fiction, Carol Dahlquist, master book recommender, has a few new favorite non-fiction books to mention:  Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders by William P. Drennan, which is about the brutal murders in 1914 of seven adults and children dear to the architect and the destruction by fire of Taliesin, his landmark residence, near Spring Green, Wisconsin.  Another new nonfiction she recommends is Down the Nile: In a Fisherman’s Skiff by Rosemary Mahoney.  PW says: “This is travel writing at its most enjoyable: the reader is taken on a great trip with an erudite travel companion soaking up scads of history, culture and literary knowledge, along with the scenery.”  And for a little more local interest, she recommends The Florist’s Daughter by Patricia Hampl, a “thoughtful and elegant” (LJ) memoir of Hampl’s growing up in Saint Paul, and her relationship to her parents, told from the bedside of her dying mother.

Inquiring minds want to know:  What great nonfiction have you been reading lately?  Any recommendations?  (CLJ)