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Review of the Month
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Such a Pretty Picture: A Memoir
Andrea Leeb’s debut memoir, Such a Pretty Picture, is the brave, heart-breaking story of growing up with a predator—her own father—and a mother who must have known what was happening in their home yet failed to protect her young daughter. It is a compulsive read. The author brings […]
Categories: Memoir and Autobiography
Tags: coming of age, Family relations, Good Books, Review of the Month, Women's issues
Tags: coming of age, Family relations, Good Books, Review of the Month, Women's issues
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Fiction
Her Daughter
Every mother of a daughter will find something to relate to in Fran Hawthorne’s novel about a woman who loses her connection with her beloved teenage daughter and wonders if they can ever find their way back to each other. While Alice’s best friend assures her that her […]
Memoir and Autobiography
Don’t Look in the Freezer
Reading Don’t Look in the Freezer is like sitting down with a friend in front of a roaring fire and trading your best, funniest, and most poignant pet stories. I consider myself the perfect reader for this book as my childhood dream was to be a veterinarian (until […]
Our Favorite Authors
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An Interview with Mariam Pirbhai
The daughter of Pakistani immigrants, Pirbhai is Professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University, where she teaches and specializes in postcolonial studies and creative writing. […]
