Book Review: Make Trouble
Activism isn’t accomplishment. Yes, it’s fun to raise hell. But, at some point, somebody needs to get the heavy lifting done. Roe v. Wade is in jeopardy tonight because Cecile […]
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Book Review: Between You & Me
Shunning. The fear of ostracism is a powerful instrument of control and the common denominator in the lives of Caleb Stoltz and Dr. Reese Powell. Susan Wiggs brilliantly weaves together […]
Book Review: Luckiest Girl Alive
In The Luckiest Girl Alive, Jessica Knoll rips off the veneer and exposes the harsh reality of women who have been raped. The PTSD episodes. The pretense that everything’s fine here. […]
Book Review: Unbelievable
Katy Tur was living the lush life in London and working as a foreign correspondent for NBC. She was in love with Benoît, who lived in Paris. They were planning […]
Book Review: Fire and Fury
It’s the civics lesson we all should have gotten in school. Nobody would allow these White House officials with their potty mouths to join their children for dinner. I had […]
Book Review: Promise Me, Dad
The holidays can be brutal for those experiencing a painful loss. Former Vice President Joe Biden has walked in your shoes. He has remarkable empathy, strength, courage, faith, and love […]
Book Review: The Prayer Box
The trouble with drowning in the mess of your own life is that you’re not in any shape to save anyone else. You can’t be a lighthouse when you’re underwater […]
Review: Our Souls at Night
Which is better? The book or the movie? Our Souls at Night has been promoted by Netflix as the 50th anniversary edition of Barefoot in the Park for 70-something old […]
Book Review: Hillbilly Elegy
I am a Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart. – J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance calls “bullshit” on the theory that he’s successful because he’s brilliant: People look at me, at […]
Book Review: Cocoa Beach
Beatriz Williams is new to my bookshelf. Cocoa Beach is one of the most intriguing books I’ve read this summer. Ms. Williams exquisitely transitions from World War I to post-war […]
