Can you imagine leaving behind a big city lifestyle, complete with big city job and big city amenities, in favor of moving to a five hundred acre cattle farm? That’s exactly what Susan McCorkindale and her family did a few years ago, and her writing became inspired by the experience. Her first memoir Confessions of…
Category Archives: Non-Fiction
Kirkus Review: What’s Eating Your Child?
For the past few years, I have dealt with recurring health issues: reflux, eczema, sinus infections, and anxiety. After reading that they could all be connected to my digestive system, I made extreme changes to my diet. I have stuck with these changes since March 30th and have seen drastic changes. My eczema and sinus…
Unbroken
Louie Zamperini was a bit of a scoundrel as a kid. An accomplished neighborhood thief, he would “run like mad” while shopkeepers chased after him. His running skills earned him a trip to the 1936 Olympics where he didn’t medal but garnered the attention of Adolf Hitler. Several years later he found himself in the…
Your Child’s Writing Life, Review and Giveaway
The title of Pam Allyn’s book says it all: Your Child’s Writing Life: How to Inspire Confidence, Creativity, and Skill at Every Age. As parents, don’t we all want confident, creative, and skilled children? Pam Allyn explains the benefits in school and “real life” that results when they have developed writing skills. I recently reviewed…
The Available Parent, Review and Giveaway
How in the world will we survive raising teenagers? If you’ve ever found yourself asking that very question, regardless of the age of your children now, have I got a book for you! The Available Parent: Radical Optimism for Raising Teens and Tweens by Dr. John Duffy is a concise and wholly logical parenting tome…
The Most Beautiful Walk in the World
John Baxter, married to a French woman and living in Paris, had no intention of starting work as a tour guide, leading visitors through Paris’ many-storied streets and recounting odd anecdotes. But as someone who was interested in history, specifically the history of the place where he lived, he had stored up over the years…
Sugar in My Bowl: Kirkus Reviews Blog
No matter how comfortable we are (or aren’t!) talking about it, there’s no denying that sex plays a significant role in adult life. For women especially, this can be a taboo topic to discuss, though I dare say that it’s one that could use a bit more honesty and realism in comparison to the sexual…
KaBOOM! at Kirkus Reviews Blog
I’m sure there aren’t many people who will disagree with play being very important for a child’s health and well-being, but not all kids have a safe place to play. KaBOOM!, a non-profit based in Washington, D.C., strives to create a safe space for kids to play in communities all over the country. Darell Hammond,…
To Be a Runner: Kirkus Reviews blog
In early 2010, I started running. I was determined to like it and stick with it. I had tried running several times, but always quit because I didn’t enjoy it at all. Two things helped me change that: my husband and son didn’t think my efforts would last longer than three weeks and I wanted…
It Came From the 70s
I never thought about how many great movies were made in the 70s until I read Connie Corcoran Wilson’s new book It Came From the ’70s. Because I was too young to go to many movies during that decade, I saw most of these movies on DVD, or in an art-house cinema that was replaying…
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