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 […]
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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 […]
Cara Brookins’ House Built a Family
A challenging quest is a phenomenal way to transform from barely surviving to thriving and finding joy. If you are lucky, write well, and know how to promote yourself, you […]
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 […]
Book Review: The Ideal Man
My nightmare began 25 years ago today. The judge, who had previously held a loaded gun to my head and said with conviction that he could kill me and “get […]
Book Review: The Women in the Castle
How did Hitler manage to con millions of Germans? This question has plagued me for over six decades and is echoed in my current bewilderment with Trump supporters. I found […]
