- Sep 18, 2020
Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year
01 Leaving the Witness In Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life, Amber Scorah takes the reader into her confidences...
- Sep 14, 2020
Review of Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
Some aspects of Surrender Your Sons felt deeply real and intimate, but I couldn't get past the details that didn't fit.
- Aug 14, 2020
Review of Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
I was frustrated by what felt like disjointed cause and effect and lack of clear motivation on the characters' parts.
- Aug 3, 2020
Review of Shiner by Amy Jo Burns
The women's lifelong friendship felt like the heart of the story and was a fantastic element.
- Aug 1, 2020
Review of My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
The title of the book feels like an important assertion from Lucy; she is finally owning who she is--her story, choices, and essence.
- Jul 4, 2020
Review of Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker is a fascinating, disturbing, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful book.