Books selected for San Francisco's One City One Book program
One City One Book (San Francisco) Public
Created and curated by Phil in SF
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Phil in SF says: SFPL's One City One Book #1 (2005) This childhood story of being caught between cultures in 1950's San Francisco is both powerful and poignant.
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The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The House of Broken Angels and Good Night, Irene, discover the epic …
Phil in SF says: SFPL's Once City One Book #2 (2006) Hummingbird's Daughter - Tells the story of Teresita, a young girl coming to terms with her destiny as a healer, who will grow into a revolution-inspiring Mexican "Joan of Arc."
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Beginning with her great-great-great-great grandmother, a slave owned by a Creole family, Lalita Tademy chronicles four generations of strong, determined …
Phil in SF says: SFPL's One City One Book #3 (2007) Combines painstaking historical reconstruction with unforgettable storytelling.
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West of Kabul, East of New York by Mir Tamim Ansary
Tamim Ansary's passionate personal journey through two cultures in conflict, West of Kabul, East of New York.
Shortly after militant …
Phil in SF says: SFPL's One City One Book #4 (2008) We travel at Ansary’s side, and he gives us rare access to Afghan culture— From the time of “old Afghanistan,” through Soviet rule and later, the Taliban.
