AboutTruce by Jim Murphy
“Truce” is the story of a brief moment in World War I where many of the soldiers on both sides of the trenches along the infamous Western Front, decided to ignore their superior officers and fraternize with the enemy in honor of the Christmas holiday. The author sets the stage for this event by explaining [...]
Book Review: Following Atticus by Tom Ryan
Don’t miss this one.— In Following Atticus, Tom Ryan is leading a good enough life in a city he loves, Newburyport, Massachusetts. He is owner and staff of the “Undertoad, a whistle blowing, truth telling newspaper. Then Maxwell Garrison Gillis opens up Tom’s life and Atticus Maxwell Finch carries it upward. Both change his [...]
Book Review: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
“The world would not love them; the world would not be kind.” ~ Ayana Mathis, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Ayana Mathis’ debut novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, penetrates the reader with its powerful story and poetic prose. During the Great Migration, the Shepherd family moved from Georgia to Philadelphia to start a [...]
Book Review: Where’d You Go Bernadette? By Maria Semple
This is a clever, fast paced book about award winning architect Bernadette, her daughter Bee who is wise beyond her years and husband Elgin. They are living in Seattle and the family is making plans to embark on a vacation to Antarctica, a dream trip that Bee has longed for. All sounds perfect except for [...]
Book Review : “More Than Human”
The first time I opened the book “More Than Human” by renowned photographer Tim Flash and author Lewis Blackwell, I got hooked right away. The first picture I came across was of bats, and my reaction was “I never saw bats looking that beautiful”. They looked like they were in a photography studio posing for [...]
