Book Review
Anything But Easy
by Jill Allen
Thousands of orphans live in China. Mary Spiess’s heartfelt debut book, Anything but Easy: A Memoir of a Special-Needs Adoption from China, chronicles the addition of Kaia to the Caucasian Speiss family, from the couple’s decision to...
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The Radiance of your Soul
by Jill Allen
In The Radiance of your Soul: Love Poems and Passions, poet laureate of the International Society of Poets and critically-acclaimed verse writer George Ergo Espinosa continues the exploration of love he began in a previously-published...
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Pending Litigation
by Jill Allen
In this fine debut legal thriller, Charity McLaughlin has a thriving law practice, doting friendly colleagues, a loving husband and…bipolar disorder. When Deborah Elledge comes to her begging for help after the suspicious death of her...
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We Shall Overcome
by Jill Allen
An activist for people with visual impairments, Abbie Johnson Taylor, has penned "We Shall Overcome", paying homage to the popular spiritual song of the same name. The novel’s protagonist, Lisa Taylor, is a successful young...
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Making the Grade
by Jill Allen
Veteran college admissions officer and former middling student Mark Pruitt offers a winning formula for success at collegiate life, both academically and socially, based partly on how he changed his own study habits for the better and...
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My Dad and These Air Disasters
by Jill Allen
First-time author Lionel S. Dunn asserts that his memoir, My Dad and These Air Disasters, illustrates numerous conspiracies of the US government, Jews, and the Catholic Church. He says, for example, that these three groups collaborated...
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A Pilgrim Leaves a Trail
by Jill Allen
In his compelling autobiography, Christian minister Robert Louis Wells chronicles his life, from childhood through retirement, with an emphasis on his search for a religious community that combines contemplation, teaching, and service to...
Book Review
Nell
by Jill Allen
Fiesty, secretive widow Nell Hannon, jumps off the pages of Lyn Stanley’s delightfully intriguing new novel about Mrs. Hannon’s rapport with the other inhabitants of her small Midwestern village. Although the book is called "Nell",...