Reader recommendation: The Help
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett is very down to earth and the characters are truly lifelike.
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Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett is very down to earth and the characters are truly lifelike.
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Per capita ownership of firearms in the US has doubled since 1968.
Let me know about a good book you've read recently, or about the book that's currently on your bedside table. Why did you pick it up? Are you enjoying it?
Doing Good
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Estela de Carlotto has spent nearly 34 years searching for her own missing grandson.
Estela de Carlotto hunts for Argentina's grandchildren 'stolen' decades ago
Estela de Carlotto heads the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, who seek to reunite children taken from their mothers during Argentina's military dictatorship with their real families.
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