My favorite kind of family memoir is one that is as much about food as […]
A Ladder to the Sky, by John Boyne
It’s not enough for a writer to have a way with words, dedication, and “a […]
Green for Danger, by Christianna Brand
As if I needed proof of what I wrote yesterday about how readers can react […]
Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer
Reading Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven brought up some memories for me that […]
The Schrödinger Girl, by Laurel Brett
Garrett Adams is stuck in his ways at the beginning of Laurel Brett’s The Schrödinger […]
Two Blankets, Three Sheets, by Rodaan al Galidi
I’m glad that I read The Ungrateful Refugee, by Dina Nayeri. before I read Rodaan […]
Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear
My unintentional dive into historical mysteries continues with Maisie Dobbs, the first novel in Jacqueline […]
Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje
Nathaniel’s mother, Rose, a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. As he narrates […]
How We Disappeared, by Jing-Jing Lee
Trigger warning for rape. The exact number of “comfort women“—women who were enslaved by the […]
Highway of Tears, by Jessica McDiarmid
Since the 1970s, thousands of Indigenous teenaged girls and women along Highway 16 in British […]