Better than The Hunger Games: Review of First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung [Harper Perennial]
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First They Killed My Father Loung Ung Published by Harper Perennial Released on April 4, 2006 978-0-06-085626-7 I’m not entirely certain what I expected, but what I got was not it. Instead, I got so much more. Fictional Hunger Games move over, because this haunting memoir will really tell you of pain and suffering by digging deep into the depths of your empathy, affecting your heart and soul. Loung Ung, the author, tells a story of desperation, despair, and the true darkness of...
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I did not realize that Melissa Coleman was the daughter of four-season farming guru Eliot Coleman until almost 300 pages into the book. While it is embarrassing for me to admit this, I also believe in telling the truth - faults and all. Once I realized this, I had to laugh since I had Four-Season Harvest
Review of When All That’s Left of Me is Love by Linda Campanella [Tate Publishing]
When all that’s left of me is love Linda Campanella Published by Tate Publishing Released on August 2011 978-1-61777-417-1 When All That’s Left of Me Is Love is about the process a daughter undergoes when she discovers her mother is living with terminal cancer. There is no end date. There are no guarantees. There is a very close family and a very determined woman who doesn’t want anyone to suffer – Ms. Campanella’s mom. Early on she lays down a commandment that no...
Read MoreTouching and Matter of Fact: Review of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon [Harper Perennial]
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Published by Harper Perennial Released on March 20, 2012 (reprint) 978-0-06-173247-8 I was not sure what to expect when the package arrived with The Dressmaker of Khair Khana within it. I had read, and sobbed throughout, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and wondered if this novel would be like those. All three are set in (or have portions set in) Kabul, Afghanistan. Unlike the two books by Mr. Hosseini, Ms....
Read MoreThe Idea Factory will send you off on a fantastic journey through the history of Bell Labs (Part 2)
When TLC Tours invited me to read this book, I was intrigued. Once it got here and I glanced it over, I knew there was too much information for me to contain in a single review. Therefore, I have followed the natural segments of the book which is divided into Part 1 and Part 2. Enjoy my thoughts on Part 2 below after you’ve read my thoughts on Part 1 posted yesterday. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation Jon Gertner Published by Penguin Press Released on...
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