History Unleashed – Saint Virginia
Virginia K. Johnson was a courageous woman who was called to help unfortunate women in Dallas, even though, at the time, it wasn’t proper for reputable ladies to speak of…
Month: January 2016
Review of “Call Girls 4-Emily” by Emma Jaye…
The Call Girls is an erotic romance series which tells the stories of members of a high-end escort service in Brighton, England. Emily was about a British aristocrat, Emmeline Grinshaw-Flynn,…
Review of The Good Goodbye by Carla Buckley
The Good Goodbye is labeled a domestic thriller. And it is that. A murder investigation interwoven with a family drama. Two cousins, Arden and Rory, are more like sisters, sharing…
History Unleashed – Prostitution in Dallas in the Early 20th Century
Although in the late nineteenth century, many Texas cities passed laws against the practice of prostitution, they didn’t enforce them in any meaningful way. City government was also keenly aware…
Review of Inside the O’Brien’s by Lisa Genova
In Inside the O’Briens, Lisa Genova takes us on a journey through living with Huntington’s Disease (HD). The O’Briens are a typical, blue-collar Boston family. Joe has been a policeman…
History Unleashed-Prostitution in the 19th Century
In anticipation of the publication of Life Before, I thought I’d share some interesting historical information about some of the issues dealt with in the book – prostitution, social reform,…