Luanne Rice is one of the biggest bestselling authors in the world — and it’s no wonder. Her books are page-turners filled with easy-to-relate-to family dynamics, lots of love and warmth, beautiful beach settings and, often, deep secrets. Her latest, The Silver Boat, is no exception. After finishing it in a please-don’t-bother-me reading marathon, I…
Now would be a good time for you to take advantage of the free 7-day trial offered by Apple TV+ so, in addition to the excellent The Morning Show, you can watch the inspiring new documentary series, Dear … Each half hour episode of this 10-part series focuses on a beloved figure, and is framed…
It’s been, shockingly, more than 40 years since The Band’s last appearance on stage together was captured forever in Martin Scorsese’s now-classic The Last Waltz. Martin Scorsese is back with the beloved group again — this time as executive producer of the new film, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band. For those of…
For me, summer is usually a season of light reading. Good, high-quality writing but stories I can read on a plane or a lounge chair without bursting into tears and frightening the passenger next to me or furrowing my brow, deep in thought, and getting weird tan lines. Here are half a dozen books that…
After her last trip to Afghanistan in November, author Masha Hamilton (one of our favorite authors – and people) decided it was time to give the women there a place to make their voices heard before it was too late. She created the Afghan Women’s Writing Project, which is filled with astonishing, eye-opening and very…
