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Book Review: China to Me: A Partial Biography
September 15, 2016 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: China to Me: A Partial Biography

Emily Hahn’s China to Me: A Partial Biography is precisely the type of memoir I had hoped to write 40 […]

Book Review: Reach for Joy
September 11, 2016 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Reach for Joy

In Reach for Joy, Tessy Reyes (a pseudonym) tells of her 30-year marriage to an independent survivalist who controlled her […]

IWSG-July
July 6, 2016 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Insecure Writers Support Group

IWSG-July

Once again, the first Wednesday of the Month has arrived, the date on which many of us bloggers write about […]

Book Review: Leaving Before the Rains Come
May 23, 2016 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Leaving Before the Rains Come

“‘The problem with most people,’ Dad said once, not necessarily implying that I counted as most people, but not discounting the […]

Book Review: The Man-eaters of Tsavo
May 13, 2016 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: The Man-eaters of Tsavo

The Man-eaters of Tsavo by Lt. Colonel J.H. Patterson, first published in 1907, steps the reader back in history to […]

Insecure Writer’s Support Group–My First Post
May 4, 2016 14 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Insecure Writer’s Support Group–My First Post

It’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group Wednesday. I signed up last week when I learned of the group and its requirement […]

Book Review: Scribbling the Cat
May 2, 2016 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Scribbling the Cat

“The windows of the pickup were rolled down because we, in common with everyone else in this part of the […]

Book Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
May 1, 2016 3 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight

Alexandra Fuller’s first memoir covers her childhood in Africa, including stints at boarding schools far from her parents, ending with her […]

Book Review: Farewell to Manzanar
March 22, 2016 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Farewell to Manzanar

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston revisits the three years she and her family spent in Manzanar, one of ten internment camps run […]

Book Review: The Liars’ Club
March 19, 2016 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: The Liars’ Club

Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club set a new standard for memoirs when it came out in 1995. In it, Karr […]

Book Review: The Glass Castle
March 18, 2016 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: The Glass Castle

In The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls tells of her unorthodox upbringing by her artist mother and inventor father, during which […]

Book Review: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
February 25, 2016 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

In On Writing, King introduces himself through his early life experiences, suggests what tools I should keep in my toolbox, […]

Book Review: As Is: Confessions of a True Fatty
February 22, 2016 2 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: As Is: Confessions of a True Fatty

The author sells herself short in that she assumes all her readers face the same challenges with weight that she […]

Book Review: Shooting Saddam
February 19, 2016 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Shooting Saddam

Dennis Lynch tells the story of his three trips between 2005 and 2006 to Baghdad to oversee the videography and […]

Book Review: Fourteen
February 4, 2016 2 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Fourteen

This coming-of-age tale of three years in the life of Leslie Johansen, from age 12 to 15, centers on her […]

Book Review: The Accidental Truth
February 1, 2016 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: The Accidental Truth

Lauri Taylor’s story of discovering her mother’s secrets and the secrets surrounding her death is masterfully told. Taylor unveils the […]

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