Author Alison Stewart began the development of Junk: Digging Through America’s Love Affair with Stuff in a way that I love to approach book projects. Sparked by an experience in her life, she was left with questions she had a passion to answer. The book reflects her...
The adage, “You can’t judge a book by its cover,” is not always accurate, which I discovered when the mail arrived and I opened the package containing Lead with Your Heart: Lessons from a Life with Horses. Immediately impressed with the beauty, quality and uniqueness...
Review by Melanie Holmes When it comes to having children, An Atypical Chick: A Gay Man in a Woman’s Body Coming Out to Change Life As We Know It throws facts into the face of emotion and religion. Author Rhonny Dam has a lot to say, and her quick-witted flair relays...
Review by Melanie Davis The foster care system receives billions of dollars, yet after five years of dedicated research, author Cris Beam reveals how poorly this system is working. To The End of June: An Intimate Life of American Foster Care shines a focused light on...
In The Selfishness of Others, Kristen Dombek asks some real questions about the “narcissism epidemic.” She wants to get to the bottom of how we got to a time when according to many health professionals, there are “more narcissists today living in the United States...
