The Ladies of Managua Author: Eleni N. Gage In The Ladies of Managua, Ms. Gage presents Isabela, her daughter Ninexin and her granddaughter Mariana (called Maria), in a trinity of three Nicaraguan women, living in an acuity of emotional drama in a portrait of mothers, daughters, and the men that they love: husbands, brothers, fathers and lovers that got away. A succulent, insouciant surface explodes as Isabela’s husband dies, and Ninexin and her daughter Mariana are forced to deal with ... continue reading...
Book Review: The Ladies of Managua
AARP Member Advantages
The AARP 2015 Convention and Expo Life@50+ offers Amazing AARP Member Advantages As I got on my American Airlines flight 304 to Miami, Florida to attend the amazing AARP Convention and Expo to see AARP Member Advantages, I was 65. The next day, leaving The Palms Hotel and Spa in Miami, I was 66. Yup, May 14 was my birthday! The last week before I left, I scudded into a miserable depression. I WAS NOW ON SOCIAL SECURITY! Oh My GOSH! And Congress was seemingly attacking the benefits I ... continue reading...
Beauty & Health review: NO-AD Sunscreen
NO-AD Oil Free FACE 30 Sunscreen Lotion Life at 66! Yup I celebrated my birthday May 14. Thanks to VERY lucky genes, I have great skin and look younger. AND to keep myself that way, I always use sunscreen. And inevitably I get breakout skin! A few pimples here and there are no problem, but really? I’m 66 not 14! So when NO-AD Oil Free FACE 30 sunscreen hit my door, I grabbed to go! After 5 days use, I can say I am still white as a ghost (the entire point!) AND my skin is blemish ... continue reading...
Book review: Church of Marvels
Church of Marvels Author: Leslie Perry Church of Marvels, a debut novel, has many glistening parts that entertain and stun: the plot follows four outliers in 1895 New York City, and strums a Dickensian tone throughout the novel. Sylvan Threadgille is a night soiler; he cleans the lavatories and privies of tenement houses. One night Sylvan finds a newborn baby in the soils and dregs of the privies and takes her home, asking a neighbor, Mrs. Izzie, to take care of the infant until he can find ... continue reading...
Book reviews: Fat Girl Walking
Fat Girl Walking Author: Brittany Gibbons AKA Brittany Herself (Sex, Food, Love and Being Comfortable in Your Skin Every Inch of It) I’m still laughing. Brittany Gibbons has welded together an enormously funny, enormously courageous book about The Truth about Imperfect People or Women to be Exact Who Do Not Fit into a Size 8, 10, 12, 14 or 16 or Maybe Even Higher and Still Live the Good Life. Ms. Gibbons puts her own face on the absurd adulation of the mesomorph body structure ... continue reading...
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