Books like Iceapelago 3

I didn't expect a book about a woman and a hare to stay with me the way this one has. It's a quiet, tender story of two beings learning to trust each other, with no demands on either side, and each life is richer for it. The writing is lovely. I was captivated by the author's close, patient observations of the hare, the kind of details you only notice when you've stopped long enough to really look. Woven through them are her reflections on how we live, where we belong in the natural world, and the responsibility that comes with the freedom to choose. I closed the book feeling a little more attentive to the wild things around me. A lovely, thought-provoking read.

I like the dual time periods, as a student in an English college learns to cope with life away from home, while taking on a history project. She discovers that her relative was a woman rebel during 1916’s Easter Rising in Ireland. We follow that rebellion unusually, through a woman’s eyes, the city of Dublin coming to life with well-drawn characters, hope, terror and sadness. While the rebellion was not an immediate success, it paved the way to independence for the nation and drew international attention.
The focus on women is important for me, and extremely well accomplished.
Our student learns that some rebels in her life are in it for what they can gain, and different rebels are in it to help other people. These are strong lessons for impressionable young persons.