Book Review: Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult
All of the major characters in Jodi Picoult’s Picture Perfect survived childhood shizza. Alexander Riveaux from New Orleans becomes blockbuster, heart throb actor Alex Rivers, who won several Oscars for his film about a man who beat his wife before tanking his career: He left his childhood in a puddle on a back lot at Paramount and re-created himself … Read more
Review: The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs
The Goodbye Quilt by my favorite author Susan Wiggs began as therapy. Ms. Wiggs dropped her beloved daughter Elizabeth off at college and had an empty nest meltdown. On her blog, Ms. Wiggs told visitors: I wrote The Goodbye Quilt because it was cheaper than therapy. Honestly, I did not expect my daughter’s departure from home … Read more
Book Review: Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy
. . .this story is not primarily about spies and secret government agencies; it’s about violence against women, and the men who enable it. – Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Who knew? Men Who Hate Women is the Swedish title of the first book in Stieg Larsson’s millennium trilogy. … Read more
Book Review: Body of Evidence by Stella Cameron
A confident man is glad when a woman is his equal. – Stella Cameron Body of Evidence by Stella Cameron has been gathering dust on my TBR (to be read) shelf for five years. Big mistake! I love, love, loved this book. I was having a PTSD episode from hell this weekend, and Body of … Read more
Book Review: How I Planned Your Wedding
Susan Wiggs and Elizabeth Wiggs Maas at Third Place Books Buy. This. Book. How I Planned Your Wedding: The All-True Story of a Mother and Daughter Surviving the Happiest Day of Their Lives by Susan Wiggs and Elizabeth Wiggs Maas is fab-u-lous. When I got married in 1969, mothers and brides were on their own. Weddings … Read more
Sela Ann Ward: Founder of Hope Village
Sela Ward is the quintessential Southern belle. She and her husband Howard Sherman founded Hope Village in her home town of Meridian, Mississippi to give a real home to abused, abandoned, and neglected foster children: These kids have bounced from one foster home to another. Some have never had a birthday party, never slept in a bed. It’s … Read more
Celebrating the Life of Elizabeth Edwards
You cannot change the wind, but you can adjust the sails. Elizabeth Anania Edwards is being laid to rest today beside her beloved son Wade. I don’t think she ever recovered from his death on April 4, 1996. My friend and colleague Rita Anita Linger, who lives near the Edwards home in North Carolina, has … Read more
Celebrating Survivors: What the Color Purple Can Learn from Pink; A Review of PROMISE ME by Nancy G. Brinker
Breast Cancer Awareness Month (1984) is only three years older than Domestic Violence Awareness Month 1987). So, why is pink the predominant color in October? Nancy G. Brinker. If you think that one small town girl can’t make a difference in the world, I invite you to read Promise Me: How a Sister’s Love Launched the Global … Read more
Celebrating Survivors: SAFE HAVEN by Nicholas Sparks Debuts at #1
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks is about domestic violence and stalking. I was thrilled to see it debut at #1 on the best seller lists. What a great way to start National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 2010. Nicholas Sparks is a very happily married man. He’s been madly in love with his wife Cathy from the moment … Read more
