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Tag Archives: relationships
Goldenseal – Maria Hummel
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Lacey and Edith, ages seventy and seventy-one respectively, have been estranged for forty-four years. It’s now 1990, and Edith decides to travel across the country to visit her one-time best friend. Lacey, born in Prague, … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Modern Literary Fiction, Our Best
Tagged friendship, Los Angeles, relationships, socio-economic class, WWII
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The Shining – Dorothea Lasky
(reviewed by JD Jung) The Shining, a collection of over thirty poems, takes us to places similar to those that the Overlook Hotel made famous through Stephen King’s novel and Stanley Kubrick’s film of the same name. Though just as … Continue reading
Posted in Dark/Sordid/Bizarre, Poetry
Tagged artists., identity, poetry, relationships, self-destruction
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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Visualize Yourself: Designing the Outcome of Your Life, One Issue at a Time – Aileen Nealie
(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) #CommissionsEarned “This is you breaking free from your current reality. Dare to expand. Dare to grow. Design your path. You have a say in everything.” Reading Visualize Yourself by Aileen Nealie is like giving your mind … Continue reading
Posted in Revisited
Tagged depression, love, mental health issues, relationships, spirituality, visualization
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I Only Cry with Emoticons – Yuvi Zalkow
(reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “I feel like maybe he has an answer for me, because I don’t know how to act or what to do or who to be and I hate my job and I’m scared to lose … Continue reading
Posted in Humor & Satire, Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged anti-antisemitism, Big Tech, divorce, family, humor, relationships
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Central Places – Delia Cai
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned Twenty-seven-year-old Audrey Zhou is leading a life most of us would be envious of. Living in New York City as a sales rep for a newspaper, she has many friends and is engaged to a … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged immigrants, relationships
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Cenotaphs – Rich Marcello
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “If you live long enough, most people leave, a few by staying true to themselves, more by death, indifference, or being driven away. “ Seventy-five-year-old retiree Ben Sanna realizes that no one has stayed with him … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged death, grief, loss, love, redemption, relationships
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An UnderratedRead Revisited:The Late Bloomer’s Revolution – Amy Cohen
Check it out! What happens when a single woman defines herself by the men she dates and her work as a television writer? You guessed it. She’s dumped and fired. Amy figured that by the time she was thirty, she … Continue reading
The Mating Game: What Every Woman Should Know – Lyndon McGill
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) When it comes to relationships and how to maintain a healthy connection with someone, it is very hard to understand and to read the other person’s thoughts and feelings. This book, although written from a male perspective, … Continue reading
Posted in Non-fiction, Your Best Self
Tagged psychology, relationships
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Seven Visual Steps to Yes: Difficult Decisions, Mediations and Negotiations Made Easier – Janet Miller Wiseman
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Seven Visual Steps to Yes is a reinforced and redesigned format of a user-friendlier book in an attempt to resolve conflict in relationships. Even if a couple is struggling to decide where to place their Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Non-fiction, Your Best Self
Tagged book reviews, divorce, mediation, relationships
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