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
In Reach for Joy, Tessy Reyes (a pseudonym) tells of her 30-year marriage to an independent survivalist who controlled her […]
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
“‘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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
The author sells herself short in that she assumes all her readers face the same challenges with weight that she […]
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
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
Lauri Taylor’s story of discovering her mother’s secrets and the secrets surrounding her death is masterfully told. Taylor unveils the […]
