Book Review: Mary L. Trump’s Too Much and Never Enough
An insider’s look at what made Donald Trump the man he is.
Genre: biography
Book Review: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Farmer Boy
Growing up on his family’s farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wishes for just one thing— his very own horse. But Father doesn’t yet trust him with such a big responsibility. Almanzo needs to prove himself—but how?
Book Review: Bridget Quinn’s Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order)
An educational and enjoyable read from Renaissance to Abstract Expressionism, complete with images of their works and contemporary portraits of 15 major women artists through the ages.
Book Review: Allen Say’s Grandfather’s Journey
A sweet tale of a Japanese-American extended family’s journey, bridging two cultures with the most gorgeous pictures.
Book Review: Alison Weir’s Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster
A vivid portrait of a passionate spirit who lived one of medieval England’s greatest love stories. A woman ahead of her time–making her own choices, flouting convention, and taking control of her destiny.
Book Review: Bette Midler’s A View From a Broad
Bette relives her career through memories of rehearsals, fears, crazy schedules and wisdom she learned along with her trademark razor-blade wit.
Book Review: Wendy Moore’s How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britain’s Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate
Stranger than fiction, blending tragedy and farce, How to Create the Perfect Wife is an engrossing tale of the radicalism—and deep contradictions—at the heart of the Enlightenment.
Book Review: Patricia Polacco’s Pink and Say
A picture book about the Civil War, and how a young black soldier rescues a white soldier, opening young readers’ eyes to the injustices of slavery and the senselessness of war.
Book Review: Ursula Hegi’s Tearing the Silence: On Being German in America
An exploration of interviews by one German of other Germans who now live in America and were children growing up in Germany during or after the war. What they remember. How they survived.
Book Review: Jane Aiken Hodge’s The Private World of Georgette Heyer
Lavishly illustrated, and with extracts from her correspondence and references to her work, The Private World reveals a formidable and energetic woman with an impeccable sense of style and above all, a love for all things Regency.