We read “Breath, Eyes, Memory” back in 1998 when Oprah picked it for her book club, and we’re thinking it’s time to re-read this harrowing story of Sophie Caco, a young Haitian girl who is forced to leave her home to live in New York with a mother whom she barely remembers. Although we don’t…
My reading list grows longer by the day! Here are half a dozen of the ones we’re especially excited about: Little Bee by Chris Cleave. There’s quite a lot of buzz about this novel which is narrated by a young Nigerian refugee. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. I’m hooked by the subtitle, “Or,…
She had us at the title, but Gail Konop Baker’s memoir about her year-long struggle with breast cancer is a must-read for all women, even those blessed not to have had their lives touched with the disease. In Cancer is a Bitch or I’d Rather Be Having a Midlife Crisis, Gail writes honestly about her…
Karen Karbo is the author of three novels (all New York Times “Notable Books”), two non-fiction titles and the Minerva Clark mystery series for middle grade readers, as well as a prolific journalist whose work you’ve probably read in The New York Times or magazines like Elle, Vogue, More and Self. I was thrilled to…
Fashion Week may have ended but you can keep style alive with Karen Karbo’s enlightening, empowering and just plain fun “The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World’s Most Elegant Woman.” Most biographies can get pretty dry, giving the blah blah blah chronological life story of a person, but Karen’s book is…
