The Review Broads Bros + Paws

Man ShoesAuthor: Tom WatsonAfter 13 foster homes, Tom Watson found a home at the age of five with the elderly Watson family. Mr. and Mrs. Watson offered Tom a home, a faith and a place to heal. Through his love of music, and the connections that it brought to other people, Tom Watson writes his story of overcoming adversity and loss in order to embrace life, as a husband, father and entrepreneur. Tom’s is a personal story, full of feeling, introspection and human pain. Although Tom describes ... continue reading...

The Land of Decoration: A NovelAuthor: Grace McCleenAgainst a landscape harsh and redemptive, 10 year old Judith McPherson joins the ranks of Scout, the characters in Room, Charles Dickens’s orphans – the list could go on forever. Unforgettable and crystallized within her own poetic world, Judith emerges both vulnerable and vastly courageous. And she’s simply one of the best fictional characters to take over a blinding novel in a long time.Judith’s mother died in childbirth, as her evangelical ... continue reading...

Henny on the CouchAuthor: Rebecca Land SoodakThis debut novel strives diligently to convey the tale of a mother with a past and a 7 year old with dyslexia, and ADD.  While the characters endear and the plot proves solid, Henny on the Couch carries a tint of “therapy-think” that sullies the spontaneity of the novel.  The novel offered easy resolutions of painful situations, and that resolved too easily, floating above the intricacies of complex emotional situations.  A good first novel with a ... continue reading...