Reviews by Laurin B. (Appleton, WI)

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Crossing the River: Seven Stories That Saved My Life, A Memoir
by Carol Smith
Writing to Heal (2/23/2021)
A seasoned, award-winning journalist takes an unlikely path toward healing the excoriating grief of losing her young son to an unexpected death after a brief life fraught with medical complications. In Crossing The River, Carol Smith dives into a world of human sufferingmore
Fishbowl: A Novel
by Bradley Somer
Like "Rear Window" As a Free Fall (5/18/2015)
What a clever work of fiction with lovely attention to detail - right down to the visual descent of Ian along the edge of the printed pages as you thumb quickly through the book. Somehow being a fish makes voyeurism okay and I was more than willing to go along for the ride.more
Three Many Cooks: One Mom, Two Daughters: Their Shared Stories of Food, Faith & Family
by Pam Anderson, Maggy Keet & Sharon Damelio
Oh, What a Beautiful Book! (3/16/2015)
This memoir from a former Cook's Illustrated test-kitchen cook and the two daughters she raised is truly a beautiful read! Three story tellers; one fluid point of view. "Is that even possible?", I thought at the outset, but now I know it's not only possible, but it is essaymore
The Same Sky
by Amanda Eyre Ward
To Understand All Points Of View (12/20/2014)
From the first sentence I was mesmerized by The Same Sky. The well-paced story, alternating between Alice and Carla and the seemingly random (but strikingly rhythmic) mystery of how they are brought together, kept my heart fully engaged the whole way through.

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