31 Bond Street is the kind of book that sucks you in from the beginning, planting you in 1857 New York, where Dr. Harvey Burdell has just been savagely killed in the middle of a stormy night and the prime suspect is his beautiful and mysterious lodger, Emma Cunningham. Based on a … [Read more...] about Ellen Horan on “31 Bond Street”
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Lisa P. Neeld Reviews “My Fair Lazy” by Jen Lancaster
So I recently spent the afternoon with my best girlfriend. We are so alike, it’s amazing and our fashion sense is, well, impeccable. We had some wine, tried out a new ethnic restaurant, told tales of our latest adventures and laughed a lot. Oh wait, that’s not what I did, but it … [Read more...] about Lisa P. Neeld Reviews “My Fair Lazy” by Jen Lancaster
Debra Monroe On Transracial Adoption and “On the Outskirts of Normal”
It's hard enough to be a single mother. It's even harder, as Debra Monroe discovered, to be the white single mother of an African-American baby in rural Texas. Debra shares her experiences -- which include often-mortifying reactions from strangers; the struggle to balance work, … [Read more...] about Debra Monroe On Transracial Adoption and “On the Outskirts of Normal”
Meggan Watterson on “Eat Pray Love” and The New Spiritual Seeker
Meggan Watterson is the founder and executive director of REVEAL, a non-profit that empowers and inspires the next generation of female spiritual leadership. She has a Masters of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological … [Read more...] about Meggan Watterson on “Eat Pray Love” and The New Spiritual Seeker
eat dessert first!
After spending so much time writing about Eat Pray Love, I'm kind of shocked that I didn’t devote more space to eating. So, I'd like to introduce you to three new cookbooks which are, of course, all about desserts. Farmer’s Market Desserts by Jennie Schacht You know all those … [Read more...] about eat dessert first!
“Eat Pray Love”
The highly-anticipated big-screen adaptation of Eat Pray Love opened this past weekend with respectable -- but not knock-out -- box office numbers, coming in second behind the testosterone-loaded The Expendables. Why didn't the film version of a book that ruled the New York Times … [Read more...] about “Eat Pray Love”
“Women, Food and God” by Geneen Roth: A Review by Tiffany Farnsworth
“Hmm, this must be a knock-off of Eat, Pray, Love,” I thought when I received Women, Food and God. I imagined it would be a fun beach read, focusing on a woman’s escapades at cooking school over an adventurous summer in Italy or maybe France. My own longing for immersion into … [Read more...] about “Women, Food and God” by Geneen Roth: A Review by Tiffany Farnsworth
Leah Stewart on “Husband and Wife”
Does a woman's identity change after marriage? Does she lose herself once she becomes a "wife?" This fascinating subject lies at the heart of "Husband and Wife," a must-read that explores a couple's changing relationship. Here's what author Leah Stewart told me about her latest … [Read more...] about Leah Stewart on “Husband and Wife”