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Wait for God to Notice
Wait for God to Notice is author Sari (rhymes with Mary) Fordman’s poignant love story about her family and a land far away—Uganda. Her parents, Kaarina (who is Finnish) and Gary (American) Fordham, are Seventh Day Adventist missionaries sent to Africa for six years during the terror reign […]
Categories: Inspirational, Memoir and Autobiography
Tags: coming of age, Family relations, Good Books, Review of the Month, travel
Tags: coming of age, Family relations, Good Books, Review of the Month, travel
Recent Reviews
Author Interviews
An Interview with Marita Golden, Author of The Strong Black Woman
Interviewed by: Pat Bean
Categories: Author Interviews, Nonfiction
Tags: Author of Color, Cultures, Good Books, Our Favorite Authors, Our times, Race relations, Sarton winner, Writers and writing
Tags: Author of Color, Cultures, Good Books, Our Favorite Authors, Our times, Race relations, Sarton winner, Writers and writing
Biography
Making It Up: The Vassar Class of ’65 On The Cusp of Change
Are we always on the cusp of change? Possibly, but do we realize it when it’s happening. Probably not. That’s why a look back can be valuable, especially for a group of women graduating from an elite school that has changed greatly since these women graduated and moved […]
Categories: Biography, Nonfiction
Tags: coming of age, Good Books, Growing older, Our times, Strong girls, Women's issues
Tags: coming of age, Good Books, Growing older, Our times, Strong girls, Women's issues
Fiction
Finding Florence
Finding Florence is a page-turner about a missing heiress and a family secret, but it’s far from a traditional detective yarn. Beneath the clues, threats, and hidden journals, it’s also a warmhearted story about the ties between two “frenemy” chefs who stop every few pages to map out […]
Memoir and Autobiography
Mother Lode: Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver
When She Writes Press recently announced the publication of Mother Lode, I was delighted that author Gretchen Staebler had done the rigorous, often draining work that I believe helps achieve deep healing. And, happily, I would learn the rest of her compelling story, for I had been a fascinated […]
Reviewed by: Mary Jo Doig
Nonfiction
Dressing Modern Like Our Mothers
Dressing Modern Like Our Mothers: Dress, Identity and Cultural Praxis in Oromia by Peri M. Klemm is a deeply researched and illustrated portrait of the physical adornment and cultural practices of modern Oromia women in and around the ancient trade center of Harar, Ethiopia. This nonfiction treatise covers […]