by Site Owner | May 24, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
Dad’s Death By Kent Haruf Knopf, $25.95, 258 pages Benediction, by Kent Haruf, is a story about life, death and what happens in between the two. During the last days of “Dad” Lewis’s life, he is made as comfortable as possible by his wife, his...
by Site Owner | May 22, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Health, Fitness & Dieting
Let’s Get Pregnant! By Siobhan Dolan & Alice Lesch Kelly HarperOne, $19.99, 320 pages Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby is a pregnancy guide put out by the March of Dimes. It is a basic manual filled with pregnancy dos and don’ts, giving mothers a...
by Site Owner | May 17, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Poetry
A Circus of Poems By Stephanie Lenox Airlie Press, $15.00, 80 pages In the first section of Congress of Strange People, Stephanie Lenox gives us a glimpse into childhood, slowly exploring the facets of the different relationships that make up our young...
by Site Owner | May 16, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs
Mr. Wiesel’s Open Heart By Elie Wiesel, Translated by Marion Wiesel Alfred A. Knopf, $20.00, 80 pages Open Heart is a short read chronicling Elie Wiesel’s open heart surgery experience. He carefully reconstructs his internal monologue as the...
by Site Owner | May 8, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, History
Sugar for Blood By Andrea Stuart Alfred A. Knopf, $27.95, 384 pages Sugar In the Blood: A Family’s Story of Slavery and Empire by Andrea Stuart is an autobiographical timeline of her family’s history. Tracing her family back to the 1600s, Andrea is able...