Grief Cottage Author: Gail Godwin As Gail Godwin is one of my favorite authors, I expected wonderful, and that is what I got. Grief Cottage wraps around its protagonist, 11 year old Marcus, like a fog coming in off the ocean, winding and twisting, soothing and terrorizing. A desolate cottage, a desolate child sent to live a with a desolate great aunt on a South Carolina island, and a ghost all combine to produce a forceful and touching portrait of resilience and love. Grief Cottage provokes a ... continue reading...
Grief Cottage – a review
Five Kid-Friendly Hikes Near Las Vegas??
All around Las Vegas lie areas of breathtaking natural beauty, offering families with young children the easy opportunity to explore unspoiled wilderness without traveling great distances. To compose this list, I tapped the memories of three experts: my children, who spent much of their childhoods hiking Southwestern trails with me. These came up as the five places they most enjoyed when they were small. Badwater, Death Valley National Park, Calif. One of the most popular places in the ... continue reading...
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos – a Sizzling Summer Read
We received a copy of this book for review. Sizzling Summer READS If you are anything like me, there is nothing better in the summer but a paperback book, one that I have thrilled to read. This summer, The Review Broads offers up a bonfire of books, ones that are hot, ones that are flaming and some that just simmer! Get out the cauldron readers and stoke up your reading genius: here comes the first in our lineup! The Last Painting of Sara de Vos Dominic Smith (Named a best book of the ... continue reading...
Book review: In the Darkroom
We received a copy of this book to review. All opinions are our own. In the Darkroom Author: Susan Faludi Susan Faludi is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, and it shows. In the Darkroom is a kind of memoir, a kind of salutation of what identity means to our culture, and a mostly intrepid journey into the world of her father. At seventy six, her father decides to have a sex change operation. He has moved from Hungary to the United States and returned in his older age to Budapest. He ... continue reading...
Chewy.com Introduces Tylee’s Cooked Human Grade Dog Food
Sponsored: Ava received Tylee's product for review from Chewy.com. All opinions are those of the reviewer. There is an intricate bond between pets and their people. We find in our pets the comfort and love and companionship that we sometimes lose in the matter of living life and this bond requires our utmost attention to our pets’ health, nutrition and welfare. They are, in a sense, our soulmates. And that bond is so personal. Caroline Knapp, in Pack of Two, tells about how her dog ... continue reading...
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