Book review: Whom do you trust?
In Delia Ephron’s latest, Siracusa, two couples vacation together in Sicily where their marriages as well as their friendship unravel … Continue reading Book review: Whom do you trust?
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Some lighter reading, now and then…
Both these books feature young women, both focused on their successful careers, but with personal lives that are … Continue reading Some lighter reading, now and then…
A river runs through Miller’s Valley
Are you an Anna Quindlen fan? I am. Her fiction and nonfiction both ring true for me. Her latest, Miller’s … Continue reading A river runs through Miller’s Valley
Finding forgiveness in our damaged little hearts
I come from a long line of optimists. My great-grandfather was a card-carrying utopian-socialist. (I have his card.) His daughter, my … Continue reading Finding forgiveness in our damaged little hearts
Was she crazy or merely peculiar?
That’s the question author Bill Dedman tries to answer with Paul Clark Newell, Jr, a shirt-tail relative of the woman … Continue reading Was she crazy or merely peculiar?
Do you believe in magic?
At first, I thought Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear was only for writers and other artists. … Continue reading Do you believe in magic?
Love in the time of prejudice
The Japanese Lover: A Novel Fans of Isabel Allende will enjoy this sweeping story of forbidden love. Two women meet … Continue reading Love in the time of prejudice
Eleanor Roosevelt’s crowded marriage
Franklin, Eleanor, Sara, Lucy, Earl, Missy, Lorena, Daisy, and Joe. This was a very crowded and complicated marriage. FDR and … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt’s crowded marriage
What did you do in the war, Mom?
This book put me right back in occupied France during WWII. I told myself I wouldn’t go back there after … Continue reading What did you do in the war, Mom?
The names have been changed…
Screaming in Paris by Brian Lageose “Once upon a time, an extremely dysfunctional family decided that it would be a … Continue reading The names have been changed…
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