December 14 – CSW Reads Spotlight with Marielle Horstmann ‘22
EXPLORE
The CSW Library occasionally asks members of our community (faculty, staff, and students) what they are reading, love to read, and a bit about their reading life in an effort to share recommendations and to engage with our wide community of readers. Each feature includes a Q & A with the community member and a series of recommended titles.
For Marielle Horstmann ‘22, a CSW Library’s Ambassador this year, reading is an act to stave off boredom, an escape hatch, and a way to avoid doing that other thing that needs doing. Reading provides her with a “comfort and escape”; she notes reading allows her “to enter another world and forget about mine.” In this week’s CSW Reading Spotlight, Marielle hopes you’ll escape into some of her picks--travel to the past or entire into tales of drama and humor--you won’t regret her picks.
Want to be featured in a CSW Reading Spotlight? Email library@csw.org or reach out to Jenna directly at jwolf@csw.org. We’d love to hear from you.
READ
Each week, the CSW Library will highlight one new title to our collection in our BOOK OF THE WEEK feature to help you choose (or not choose) your next read.
FOUNTAINS OF SILENCE by RUTA SEPTYS
QUICK TAKE
This story involves a young man who travels with his parents to Madrid in around 1957, which was under Francisco Franco’s rule. While there, he meets a young maid who works at the hotel, and is immediately intrigued by her--little does he know that everything is a lot more complicated than he could have imagined.
GOOD TO KNOW
WHERE TO CHECK IT OUT
CSW—a gender-inclusive day and boarding school for grades 9-12—is a national leader in progressive education. We live out our values of inquiry-based learning, student agency, and embracing diverse perspectives in every aspect of our student experience. Young people come to CSW to learn how to learn and then put what they learn into action—essential skills they carry into their futures as doers, makers, innovators, leaders, and exceptional humans who do meaningful work in the world.