Wow. Louise Nayer's devastating memoir, Burned, will rip your heart out, then slowly but determinedly put it back together again. When she was just four years old, Louise's parents fell victim to a flash fire and spent nine months in the hospital, separated from their two little … [Read more...] about Louise Nayer Talks About her Devastating Memoir, “Burned”
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Margaret Dilloway on “How to Be an American Housewife”
How to Be an American Housewife has only been out for a few weeks but it's already going back to press and has been selected as an Indie Next List Notable because it's SO GOOD! It's the kind of book that makes you want to call your mom, and send out a prayer of gratitude if … [Read more...] about Margaret Dilloway on “How to Be an American Housewife”
Mare Henderson Reviews “American Taliban” by Pearl Abraham
"But knowing yourself makes you wise." - American Taliban American Taliban opens with the reader embarking on a journey through a normal Americanized Lilly Pulitzer pink and green town with a surfer/skateboarder/future Brown University student from a wealthy upper middle class … [Read more...] about Mare Henderson Reviews “American Taliban” by Pearl Abraham
Mare Henderson Reviews “Cakewalk” by Kate Moses
"The by-product of suffering, if you're lucky, is appreciation -- the savor of chance windfalls." - from Cakewalk. Cakewalk, a memoir by Kate Moses, transports the reader on a frosted yet roughly-chopped mixture of her baked goods, sugar-filled, candy-lane life. Written with … [Read more...] about Mare Henderson Reviews “Cakewalk” by Kate Moses
Ellen Horan on “31 Bond Street”
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”
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