9-19-23 – All You Have to do is Call, by Kerri Maher. Berkley Books, 2023, 364 pages.
Just published: Fiction about life just before Roe v. Wade – a reminder of what it was like, and the work we have to do now.
Please see “Reviews – Fiction”
Just published
9-13-23
Stories of My Life, by Katherine Paterson
This newly updated memoir, by the 90-year-old multiple-award-winning children’s author, reads almost like an adventure story.
Please see “Non-Fiction Reviews.”
Not about, but written by an older woman
9-5-23 – Just published:
The Raging Storm, by Ann Cleeves, a British mystery in the “Two Rivers” Series – please see “Fiction Reviews.”
The life of a wife
8-23-23
Just published, in Non-Fiction, the life of the talented, devoted, and ignored wife of George Orwell
A novel about grown children and their aging father
8-20-23 Little Monsters offers a slightly different perspective on aging: that of a man turning 70, desperate to make a final discovery to cap his already successful career. Please see Reviews: Fiction.
Two novels about Native American Women and their Encounters with the White World
New Fiction Reviews
8-6-23: In Crow Mary, by Kathleen Grissom, and A Council of Dolls, by Mona Susan Powers, Native American women’s lives in the late 19th century and the early to middle 20th century are tenderly described in their beauty and their suffering.
Is a book the same to all who read it?
7-30-23
In “No Two Persons Read the Same Book,” Erica Bauermeister shows how the same story can impact a wide range of readers. Please see how she does this in the Fiction Reviews section.
Two 80-year-old friends from babyhood…
In “Fellowship Point,” two old friends learn about each other and life as they plan the future of a beloved piece of family land.
A New Look at an Old Myth
Clytemnestra is a gripping story of a woman finding inner strength in a world that values physical strength, and that is ruled by men and war. Please see the review in the “Fiction” section.
Historical Novels/Family Sagas
6-18-23
Summer is here, and time for long books to read over relaxing days. (Or to escape hectic ones!) For this OWL , diving into historical novels tracing years in a family’s life is one of the best ways to do this. So in the Fiction Review section I suggest two related series set from post-Revolutionary America through the 1880’s. I hope you enjoy some or all of them.