Book Review: Orphan Train
My great-grandfather, William Van Ardsdale Drake, was a teenager living on a boat on the Hudson River in Manhattan before he was shipped on a Children’s Aid Society orphan train […]
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Book Review: The Wright Brothers
If I were giving a young man advice as to how he might succeed in life, I would say to him, pick out a good father and mother, and begin […]
Book Review: Starlight on Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
Susan Wiggs was blessed with great parents: Nick and Lou Klist. Starlight on Willow Lake is dedicated to them, and the book is infused with their unconditional love and wisdom on […]
Book Review: Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?
Bad day? Bad week? Bad month? Bad summer? Bad life? Laughter truly is the best medicine, and I prescribe Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat? by the dynamite mother-daughter duo […]
Book Review: To Kill a Mockingbird
I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks. – Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird was written and edited after Harper Lee wrote Go Set a Watchman. […]
Book Review: Go Set a Watchman
Nelle Harper Lee was born noticing the content of a person’s character rather than the color of their skin. It wasn’t a welcome attitude in her small hometown in rural […]
Book Review: Grandma Gatewood’s Walk
Why doesn’t HE leave? It’s time to change the conversation on intimate terrorism (domestic violence). Grandma Gatewood would probably slap any DV advocate who dared to call her a victim […]
Book Review: The Wedding Bees by Sarah-Kate Lynch
The bees of the world are having a hard time at the moment, but the good news is we can do something about it. Sarah-Kate Lynch In The Wedding Bees: A […]
Book Review: House of Peine (Daughters) by Sarah-Kate Lynch
It’s summer! I invite you to join Sarah-Kate Lynch as she transports us to the Champagne region of France. The House of Peine evoked blissful memories of celebrating the harvest and my […]
Book Review: By Bread Alone by Sarah-Kate Lynch
If you could have a second chance with your first love, would you take it? This is the central question of Sarah-Kate Lynch’s By Bread Alone. Shortly before I moved to […]
Anne Caroline Drake 