Brun Brun Brun من عند La Laja, Ver., المكسيك
To be completely honest it took a little while for me to get into this book but once I had, I was completely sucked in. The story greatly touched me and I found myself crying quite a few times throughout the narrative. I immediately watched the movie and as usual the book was far better. The depth was lacking but it was nice to see the characters visually. Fantastic book and I look forward to reading A Thousand Splendid Suns.
The Beloved Community is one of my favorites among the books I've read in the past year. Marsh looks at the history of the civil rights and Christian community development movements, from King's start in Alabama to John Perkins and other modern leaders, as a movement of theology being lived out. He writes wonderfully, and the history inspires both thought and action. I aspire to writing someday about how theology interacts with social action, and The Beloved Community is the best example I've yet seen of the kind of work I'd like to do.