Unpacking the “Man Box”
Dynamic duo Ted Bunch and Anna Marie Johnson Teague dare boys to be different. “I dare you.” These familiar and effective words are used to taunt kids around the globe.…
Category: children
Altered in an Instant – BLIND TURN
Author Cara Sue Achterberg explores how one mistake can change lives forever. Mothers fear for our children’s safety and futures. Invincible kids have a hard time believing that one stupid,…
Brandon Hobson’s THE REMOVED: A Novel
A Cherokee family struggles to survive trauma past and present. Author Brandon Hobson is well versed in tales of tragedy suffered by the Cherokee Nation. His novel Where the Dead Sit…
The Garden Secret
A dogged heroine struggles to untangle herself from the mysterious Vine. In her debut novel, Daughters of the Wild, Natalka Burian crafts a tale of magical realism mixed with a woman’s determination to…
PSA: Austin’s “Mother Teresa of Montopolis” Needs Your Help
There’s Florence, Italy, Florence, South Carolina, and closer to home and heart is the iconic Austin social advocate Florence Ponziano—the “Mother Teresa of Montopolis.” If you visit 515 Kemp Street,…
Review of THE SILENCE by Susan Allott
The historical guilt of a nation ravages the lives of two Australian families. Silence isn’t always golden. It can also be “a cult of forgetfulness practiced on a national scale.” The…
Review of The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson
Diamonds, Dysfunction, and Family Legacy The fragmented Miller family is far from perfect — they’ve never been able to get their act together. But when the family matriarch dies and…
Review of PERFECT LITTLE CHILDREN by Sophie Hannah
When you haven’t seen friends for a long time, it’s easy to remember their children as the same age you knew them years before. But when Beth Leeson sees her…