All Iowa Reads: "Splendid Solution"

Author of Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the conquest of polio, Jeffrey Kluger spoke at the Iowa Library Association conference earlier this month. He traced some of his research on Salk, and his feelings about the man and his work. There were some interesting questions, such as why did he think that Salk failed to acknowledge/thank his staff when he won the Prize....

I loved this year's book--I'm a nonfiction reader, anyway, and I was happy to see that the AIR committee chose a nonfiction--it is one of those that "reads like fiction." Next year's book is fiction again, and Anne Tyler isn't my favorite author but I'll give it a try...

Yes, the All Iowa Reads title for 2008 is Digging to America, by Anne Tyler. It's about time to start a new Topic thread, for a new book!

Quite a book, 'Digging to America', (I can't find how to make the title blue). I'm going to follow the tag cloud closely to see what the tags might be. I thought many reviews I read missed many of the strengths of the book as if the readers were looking for something else.
Much to think about between those covers.