This is part two of a two-part gift guide for the readers in your life. Part one was on yesterday’s Lifestyle page. Did your giftee spend a childhood immersed in books about growing up? If so, they’ll cherish those memories when they read “The Genius of Judy,” by Rachelle Bergstein (One Signal Publishers).
This biography fills readers in on who Judy Blume was, why she wrote the novels she penned and how her stories fit in with today’s adolescence, feminism, current events and literature. Wrap it up with this great biography: “Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters,” by Susan Page (Simon & Schuster). It’s the story of Walters, her times and her impressive works.
If your giftee is riled by this years’ politics and feminism, then they’ll love reading “A Well-Trained Wife,” by Tia Levings (St. Martin’s Press). It’s the story of Levings’ life as a wife in a Christian patriarchy-based marriage, the submissiveness, the expectations and her ultimate resistance.
The right kind of giftee will love this book completely. The British history lover on your list will absolutely want “The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV,” by Helen Castor (Avid Reader Press). This book takes a deep dive into history, the lives of two cousins and a shocking assumption to the throne.
Pair it with a bookmark and “Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England’s Greatest Warrior King,” by Dan Jones (Viking), a book about the life and time.