With his first two novels, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, becoming book club classics, Khaled Hosseini is in that rare strata of authors who are so beloved by readers that the publication of a new book becomes a major cause for celebration. Well, get ready to take the day off work tomorrow because…
No trip to Nashville would be complete without a visit to the Grand Old Opry so, after saying goodbye to the Elephant Sanctuary and Hurricane Mills, we returned to the city to spend Saturday night at the “show that made country music famous.” It was awesome.
Since devouring the entire Little House on the Prairie series when I was growing up, I have been fascinated by pioneers. I always admired the fact that people could just leave behind everything they knew for the iffy promise of a better life. (Okay, we do that on a regular basis now but they traveled…
Every 9 seconds, a woman is beaten. That fact alone should be enough to get you to set your DVR to tape Sin by Silence when it makes its world broadcast premiere on the Investigation Discovery Channel tonight. This documentary about the survivors of domestic violence who are serving life sentences after being convicted for the deaths…
I’m totally on board with the idea of teaching a man to fish rather than simply giving him one, so we love that the women of West Bengal, India have taken that theory even further, crafting gorgeous bags to help support their families. Creating jobs is a more effective – and empowering – way to…
