Book Review
An Alcoholic's Collateral Damage
by Mari Carlson
Childhood scars delay but don’t preclude an intelligent boy’s adulthood flourishing in the ultimately triumphant memoir An Alcoholic’s Collateral Damage. Often bleak, G. Michael Sanborn’s memoir An Alcoholic’s Collateral Damage...
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The Invisible Self
by Mari Carlson
An expressive memoir that follows a flourishing therapeutic journey, "The Invisible Self" reckons with suppressed traumas with clarity. In her psychoanalytical memoir "The Invisible Self", Michelle Taja Miller recounts traumatic memories...
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Birch
by Mari Carlson
Dangers are afoot in the technology sector, but two heroes are determined to curb them in the imaginative, inspiring science fiction novel "Birch". In Jon P. Roth’s futuristic novel "Birch", a computer hacker melds his coding skills...
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The Pale Flesh of Wood
by Mari Carlson
Family stories and regrets drive a woman away from home and pull her back again in the affecting literary novel "The Pale Flesh of Wood". In Elizabeth A. Tucker’s moving novel "The Pale Flesh of Wood", a woman grapples with her...
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The Emancipation of William Jones, Jr.
by Mari Carlson
A moralizing novel, "The Emancipation of William Jones, Jr." focuses on a boy’s coming-of-age in a hardworking turn-of-the-century ranching community. In Judith A. Perkins’s novel "The Emancipation of William Jones, Jr.", a boy grows...
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Surviving Southwood Avenue
by Mari Carlson
Fleshing out a family story with imagination and admiration for its heroine, "Surviving Southwood Avenue" is an inspiring historical novel. In Melissa Simonye’s historical novel "Surviving Southwood Avenue", a girl’s Depression-era...
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The Messages and Secrets of the Universe
by Mari Carlson
Proposing changes to correct the imbalance of spiritual energies throughout the universe, "The Messages and Secrets of the Universe" is an ambitious text. Ionel Rotanu’s reflective treatise "The Messages and Secrets of the Universe"...
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Magda Revealed
by Mari Carlson
A message of love and equality is centered in "Magda Revealed", a piquing alternative historical novel that reconstitutes a figure whose significance was buried in the Bible. In Ursula Werner’s illuminating novel "Magda Revealed", Mary...