Nod to Young Writers: Book Review of Quotes in Polkadots

quotes-polkadotsI get a lot of requests for reviews of books that fit into the growing LiveTrue Collection, and especially love having the chance to recognize nice works by young writers.  Here is one such chance!

Rula I. Abdo is one already-wise 25 year old. Her book, Quotes in Polkadots: The Words I Kept in Mind to Change My Life is a unique collection of inspirational quotes about life. Read more →

Just Out: One & Only by Lauren Sandler

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Lauren Sandler

I’ve had the privilege of having journalist and author Lauren Sandler interview me about pronatalism and The Baby Matrix. Today her book, One & Only came out.  We talked a lot about the pronatalist myths that the childfree and those with one child have in common—the biggest? The most stubborn pronatalist myth there is…

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Welcome to the new LauraCarroll.com!

If you have been fonward-and-upwardollowing me, you know that I’ve run this site, livetruebooks.com and laviechildfree.com for awhile now. 

This site has now combined them all into one. Read more →

Review of No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood

No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood by writer/actress/director/producer Henriette Mantel is an engaging collection of essays by her and 36 women writer friends who don’t have children. The honest and forthright stories by baby boomer women… Read more →