Presidential mothers from FDR to Bill Clinton have one thing in common: they invested heavily in their sons. Some loved more unconditionally than others. Many were wealthy and well-educated. And, several were […]
Alice Hoffman I bought Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman because I was entranced by the movie starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. The first section of the book ~ Superstition ~ […]
FLDS leader Warren Jeff’s trial started today in San Angelo, Texas. The San Angelo Standard-Times reports he is being tried on two counts of sexual assault of a child. It appears his […]
Dysfunctional families love to have their black sheep ~ the scapegoat ~ someone who is sacrificed to the wolf to protect the flock from its own internal shizza. Oprah was […]
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 […]
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 […]
Does your love life make you want to don your tennis shoes and bolt? Do you wish Elizabeth Gilbert had written a different sequel to Eat, Pray, Love ~ one […]
. . .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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
Anne Caroline Drake 