Category Archives: Bios and Memoirs
My Father, Humming – Jonathan Gillman
(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) I first opened My Father, Humming randomly to page 24, and read “Down the Stairs”. Then I wept, a deep long weeping. I was home for a quick stop of showering and gathering things before returning … Continue reading
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The Female Veteran – Ty Will
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I expected a sense of honor and a sense of adventure with my first mission. What I got was not what I expected or would wish on any young female soldier. “ Ty Will served in … Continue reading
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Effed Up!: Story of a Family – Russ Woody
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Mom is proud of her forty-six year old son, Lenny. After all, the music community pays tribute to his band, Pink Lloyd. As you can tell, she doesn’t realize what a tribute band actually is. She … Continue reading
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I Am My Father’s Keeper: The Ten Steps to Caring For The Elderly – Dr. Patricia Hernandez Arnazzi
(Reviewed by Glenda Anderson) A frightening diagnosis: Dementia. Scarier yet: The patient is a spouse or loved one. Before your eyes is a shattered life. So, your mom or dad is suddenly behaving like a ten month-old child, only without … Continue reading
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Paris I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Ways. – Ruth Yunker
(Reviewed by J.D. Jung) “…if one comes back often enough and stays long enough, the Parisian precision, their prickliness, and the inability to play fair, will begin to matter less and less-“ Few Americans can appreciate the subtle cultural differences … Continue reading
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Fifty-Fifty, The Clarity of Hindsight – Julie L. Kessler
(Reviewed by J.D. Jung) “…forgiveness led to compassion, which in turn led to empathy. Very often empathy, as hard as it may be to extend it to one who has wronged you, is the very best shield of self-protection and … Continue reading
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Dodging Machetes: How I Survived Forbidden Love, Bad Behavior, and the Peace Corps in Fiji – Will Lutwick
(Reviewed by Julie L. Kessler) Sometimes you come across a book by a first-time author that wholly by surprise thoroughly transports you to another time and to another place. And the best part is that you are able to go … Continue reading
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Apples and Oranges – Marie Brenner
It’s been reported that 52% of brothers and sisters have a close rapport, while 12% have none. Another 21% have a “borderline” relationship. The latter is how New York journalist Marie Brenner defined her relationship with her older brother, Carl. … Continue reading
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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
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