Besides shooting Infomania at Current.com, writing and pitching a screenplay, contributing to the Post and Tribune, Sarah Haskins still manages to find time to curl up with a good read. Here Sarah indulges me by recommending books for quite the assortment of characters.
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Sarah’s recs for….
The recent college grad….
The Magus, John Fowles
“A great cautionary tale about that first job you’ll have out of school!”
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The unemployed recent college grad…
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
“You can read books about the larger world, but if you’re feeling self-involved and self-pitying, cause you’re unemployed and you just got out of school, I’d go with something that evokes nostalgia.”
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And for an unemployed trapeze artist….”Is this someone you know?”
Bluebeard, Kurt Vonnegut
“Maybe the trapeze artist doesn’t want to read about the circus!”
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My own mother….
Wild Swans, Jung Chang
“Yeah you are not harvesting rice during the Cultural Revolution.”
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Bristol Palin….
The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, Ann Packer
“Bristol Palin needs a book about a young woman whose expectations are preventing her from realizing her potential. It’s not all Middlemarch-y, let’s face it, Bristol is not going to read Middlemarch.”
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And for Suri Cruise….
Eloise, Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight.
“What do you do for the girl who has everything?”
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Kjerstin Johnson is a writer and editor in Portland, Oregon. She is the former editor in chief of Bitch. She tweets at @kajerstin.
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One more great time spent with Sarah!
I am maybe one of the 5 people who actually watches InfoMania on an actual , and I love it! Sarah is clearly the highlight, but the rest of the cast is equally endearing-hilarious. My favorite Target: Women was the chick flicks edition, but after seeing last week's Disney princesses I have only one thing on my mind: I can't believe you did it with Ben!
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