Book Review
Inside Me
by Mari Carlson
In the inspiring novel "Inside Me", a woman’s future happiness is dependent on her ability to reconcile herself to her troubled past. Based in truth, Zoe Hethershaw’s novel "Inside Me" is about a father’s influence on his...
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Live Caught
by Mari Carlson
In R. Cathey Daniels’s harrowing novel "Live Caught", a young man confronts his troubled past. In the 1970s, Lenny set out for the Atlantic from his North Carolina farm. He washed up on an unrecognized shore, his boat lost. He was...
Book Review
A Piece of Me
by Mari Carlson
The varied essays and poems of the autobiographical collection "A Piece of Me" are shared to inspire the community involvement that they model. The autobiographical essays and poems of physician Arif Ahmad’s collection "A Piece of Me"...
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Rotten Fruit in an Unkempt Garden
by Mari Carlson
The memoir "Rotten Fruit in an Unkempt Garden" dignifies the social outliers who nurtured a man’s quest for self-improvement. Michael Nanfito’s boundary-pushing memoir "Rotten Fruit in an Unkempt Garden" uses harrowing situations to...
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A Dagger for Catherine Douglas
by Mari Carlson
In the historical novel "A Dagger for Catherine Douglas", a young couple contemplates the value of sacrifice. Though its impetus is the fifteenth century murder of a Scottish king, Euan MacPherson’s historical novel "A Dagger for...
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Sunnyside Up
by Mari Carlson
The spiritual novel "Sunnyside Up" follows two sisters who confront eternal truths with a helping of heavenly wisdom and earthly charm. In Rea Nolan Martin’s otherworldly novel "Sunnyside Up", two sisters who live and work among the...
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Finding Grace
by Mari Carlson
In the bittersweet novel "Finding Grace", a fractured family works toward healing. In Maren Cooper’s character-driven novel "Finding Grace", a family secret leads to ruptures and reconciliations. Charlie and Caroline are a married...
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The Virgin Chronicles
by Mari Carlson
A twist on liberated feminism, the memoir "The Virgin Chronicles" models romantic fortitude. Marina DelVecchio’s pointed memoir "The Virgin Chronicles" follows her adamant quest for a love that warrants sex. DelVecchio was born in...