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SUE BROOKS
Book Reviewer
(972) 235.0739

a.brooks@tx.rr.com

Have you read a good book?  SUE BROOKS has and she is sharing them in the form of book reviews!  Sue has reviewed for churches, clubs, and civic organizations in Oklahoma and North Texas.

CURRENT MATERIAL OFFERED:

WOMEN I HAVE DRESSED (and UNDRESSED), by Arnold Scaasi
            Arnold Scassi, one of the world's premier fashion designers, presents insider knowledge and first hand perspective on high wattage celebrities and larger-than-life female icons. He sees and tells who they really are underneath his creations with humorous memoirs of some of the most influential women of our time. Scassi is the one who turned Barbara Bush into the most fashionable grandmother in the world.

ACROSS FIVE APRILS, by Irene Hunt
            A moving story of the Creighton family of Southern Illinois and their conflicts as a family divided during the War Between the States.

NOAH AND THE FLOOD: A Bible Lesson
When you take a journey with God, you don't know exactly where you will end up. Trust God. He is your compass. Have faith. Leave the details to God.

FINDING BETTY CROCKER, by Susan Marks
            The secret life of America’s First Lady of Food!  How a fictitious spokes-person for General Mills was enthusiastically welcomed into kitchens and shopping carts across the nation.
   
MAO’S LAST DANCER
, by Li Cunxin

            At age eleven Li Cunxin was chosen by Madam Mao to leave rural China.  He was taken to Beijing where he would study ballet.  In 1979 he arrived in Texas on a cultural exchange program.  He later defected to the US to become one of the greatest ballet dancers in the world.

 

Sue Brooks graduated from Ward-Belmont, Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a bachelors degree from the University of Oklahoma and a masters degree from Texas Woman's University. She has lived in Richardson for forty years and belongs to First Methodist Church, Richardson Woman's Club, Dallas County Medical Society Alliance, Libra XXV, DAR and Delta Gamma Society.

Her husband is a radiologist.  They have five fairly smart grown children and seven absolutely brilliant grandchildren.

 

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