by Admin | Nov 14, 2019 | creativity, Literature, Memoir, Uncategorized
Reviewed By Janet Levine Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me: A Memoir Image of Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me: A Memoir Author(s): Deirdre Bair Release Date: November 12, 2019 Publisher/Imprint: Nan A. Talese Pages:...
by Admin | Nov 14, 2019 | Baboon Camp, Coming-of-age, family, Memoir, Okavango Delta, Uncategorized, young adults
Reviewed By Janet Levine Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs Image of Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs Author: Keena Roberts Release Date: November 12, 2019 Publisher/Imprint: Grand Central Publishing...
by Admin | Nov 8, 2017 | Children, Conflagration, family, human rights, Memoir
Stolen Girls: Survivors of Boko Haram Tell Their Story Reviewed by: Janet Levine “As Bauer writes the fight against Boko Haram is far from over. His final sentence encapsulates Nigeria’s nightmare: ‘We have fear. We have hope.’” Stolen Girls by Wolfgang Bauer is not...
by Admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Children, college, high school, Memoir, non-fiction, reconciliation, young adults
After 9/11: One Girl’s Journey through Darkness to a New Beginning: A Memoir by Helaine Hovitz Author(s): Helaina Hovitz Release Date: September 5, 2016 Publisher/Imprint: Carrel Books Pages: 480 Reviewed by: Janet Levine “Hovitz had the grit, determination and...
by Admin | Apr 9, 2016 | Biography, creativity, family, Memoir, non-fiction, Parenting, reconciliation, Uncategorized
The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler’s Fight for his Mother Reviewed by: Janet Levine “Rublack creates an astute and informative study of witchcraft and witch trials.” The Astronomer and The Witch by Ulinka Rublack at first glance may appear to be a...
by Admin | Mar 29, 2016 | family, fiction, historical fiction, human rights, Memoir, Uncategorized
Reviewer: Janet Levine “The novel is a quick, compulsive read but leaves much untold; however, this is fiction and not comprehensive biography.” Terrible Virtue by Ellen Feldman is fictional autobiography (told almost exclusively in an imagined first-person narrative...
