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 Home Sweet Anywhere Author: Lynne Martin Review by Christine Krzyszton Have you ever wanted to sell everything you own and just go see the world? I think it’s a fantasy that passes through many of our heads. We go off on vacation and momentarily think about what it would be like to live in each holiday destination but then of course we ultimately return to sober reality.  Fortunately, you don’t have to sell everything and travel the world to find out what it would be like to live in those ... continue reading...

The Kidney Sellers  Author: Dr. Sigrid Fry-Revere A book falls into your lap.  You read it.  And you feel connected to a problem that previously was just a tag headline in the newspaper, a statistic in the medical journals.  You now know the feeling of something, the soul of something.  Dr. Sigrid Fry-Revere‘s The Kidney Sellers, overwhelming well documented and well written, becomes real.  Our friend who sits in a chair in dialysis becomes real.  Their pain becomes real.  So we become ... continue reading...

The Shadow Year Author: Hannah Richel  “A tale of deceit and betrayal that will have you riveted right to the final page…clever, enthralling and at times even menacing. Curl up and settle in for a page turner.” Woman’s Day The Shadow Year compels an odd and unique experience that swells with ripeness and fecundity.  The novel takes a landscape to wrap around, as well as a chiaroscuro of both locale and characters – The Shadow Year is that good, that ennobling, and that harsh, dark and ... continue reading...

Monday Monday Author: Elizabeth Crook It is August, 1966, an outrageously hot Monday at the University of Texas.  Shelly cannot breathe in the airless classroom, her stomach is cramping, the professor speaks through bubbles, and she gazes out the window of the South Mall.  The professor dismisses the class and as Shelly walks through the doors she hears “Monday, Monday playing on someone’s radio.  And this day will permeate her lives and the lives of two other students, both cousins, for the ... continue reading...