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Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs
Beth Ricanati is impressive. An Ivy League graduate, a practicing medical doctor, a mother, a wife, a writer, a clinician at prestigious hospitals, she presents as super-woman. Even as she describes sneaking glances at her Blackberry at a mother-and-child Hebrew class, we know she has it all, right? […]
Reviewed by: D Ferrara
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Fiction
Joyous Lies
Joyous Lies is an intriguing mystery that delves into what became of the hippie communes of the ’60s and ’70s and the children who grew up in them. Margaret Ann Spence weaves a tightly knit story that keeps the reader guessing throughout the journey. The point of view […]
Book of Wings
Book of Wings is a novel that has the hypnotic aspects of poetry. And while the heaviness of grief on the part of the narrator is tangible, the prose is wonderfully melodic. It is a beautiful artifact to hold in one’s hands; the cover design, by David Drummond, […]
Memoir and Autobiography
Face: A Memoir
Most women in America are insecure about at least one aspect of their physical appearance. I am most insecure about a benign tumor on my lower back, although I am able to hide it with a loose shirt or fit-and-flare dress. Marcia Meier had to grow up with […]
