September 23, 2015
by jenniferpuryear
Each September, University School of Nashville hosts the Fall Book Frenzy, a used book and media sale and school fundraiser that is also open to the community. Hardbacks sell for $3 and paperbacks for $1-2. This year, I’ll be donating for sale most of the books I’ve featured at Bacon for the last 18 months: Spread your joy in the world, you books! I hope …
August 12, 2014
by jenniferpuryear
Book Title: The Housekeeper and the Professor
University School of Nashville math teacher and all-round great guy Joel Bezaire recommended some summer reading for me a while back: The Housekeeper and the Professor, by Yoko Ogawa. I’ve since learned that Ogawa’s novel is also the Harpeth Hall all-school read this year! This book highlights the beauty, enchantment, and mystery of math. Did I really just say that? It does so through the story …