Book of the Week for February 07, 2021

Book of the Week for February 01, 2021

An Exclusive Love: A Memoir by Johanna Adorjan

An account of why the author’s grandparents decided to die together.

Book of the Week for January 24, 2021

A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

Thoughts about loss and the meaning of life, after the author’s wife dies.

“let Me Tell You What I Mean” By Joan Didion

In this new collection, the famed essayist demonstrates her longstanding mastery of the form. Reviewed by David Bruce Smith for...

Book of the Week for January 17, 2021

Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes

A man with an I.Q. of 68 has a brain operation that transforms him into a genius.

Book of the Week for January 10, 2021

Sheila Levine Is Dead And Living In New York by Gail Parent

Single, overweight, and frustrated with dating, a 30 year old decides to kill herself.

Book of the Week for January 03, 2021

June Allyson by June Allyson and Frances Spatz Leighton

Young stardom in Little Women; early Hollywood, Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis; Peter Lawford, on-screen husband, Jimmy Stewart, and Agnes...

Book of the Week for December 26, 2020

Bed/time/story by Jill Schary Robinson

A glamorous childhood in Hollywood; influential friends; addiction and rehabilitation,– by the daughter of Dore Schary, the only writer ever...

Book of the Week for December 18, 2020

The Imaginary Girlfriend by John Irving

The author examines his long relationships with wrestling, coaching, and how they influenced his writing.

Book of the Week for December 11, 2020

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

An orphan girl raised by a cruel aunt becomes a governess, and falls in love with her employer.

Book of the Week for December 05, 2020

Madame President by William Hazelgrove

After Woodrow Wilson’s 1919 stroke, the First Lady took over the running of the country.

Book of the Week for November 28, 2020

Is There No Place On Earth For Me? by Susan Sheehan

Psychotic episodes, uncontrollable symptoms, and casually callous care. Life in a state mental institution for Sylvia Frumkin, a schizophrenic. Winner...

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Miss Spitfire: Reaching Hellen Keller by Sarah Miller

An Exclusive Love: A Memoir by Johanna Adorjan

A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

“let Me Tell You What I Mean” By Joan Didion

Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Sheila Levine Is Dead And Living In New York by Gail Parent

June Allyson by June Allyson and Frances Spatz Leighton

Bed/time/story by Jill Schary Robinson

The Imaginary Girlfriend by John Irving

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Madame President by William Hazelgrove

Is There No Place On Earth For Me? by Susan Sheehan