To White People Who Think You’re Woke…
Guess what? You’re probably not. Privilege. Woke. White Supremacy. White Nationalism. Racism. Critical Race Theory. Indoctrination. We’ve all heard these terms in the last few years, and for many of…
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RAISING THE BAR – A Lawyer’s Memoir by Ruth Rymer
Tackling Disparity in Divorce: How attorney/author Ruth Rymer advocated for women’s rights There are so many women in the world doing courageous things who deserve a shout-out, but this column…
Love, Sitcom Style in Memoir THIS WILL BE FUNNY LATER
How Jenny Pentland survived being Roseanne’s daughter. I wanted to write about love for Valentine’s Day. And although Jenny Pentland’s This Will Be Funny Later isn’t a romance, it is a story about both…
MOVE OVER, SANTA BABY
It’s time for a shout-out to Mrs. Claus. Okay, I admit it: I’m a Santa Claus freak. I love all things Santa. My parents raised me with a mystical reverence for him,…
THE HIDDEN CHILD – A Novel by Lousie Fein
This cautionary tale about the horror and hypocrisy of eugenics is based on real-life events. London, 1928. Eleanor and Edward Hamilton believe they have a perfect life. Their young daughter,…
SEX CULT NUN by Faith Jones
Her Body. Her Self. A sex-cult survivor speaks out. “I own me!” That’s the lesson in attorney/author Faith Jones’ TEDx Talk about women understanding property rights to our own bodies. This…
Woodrow’s Wisdom
Author Jenna Blum learns life lessons from her terminally ill (canine) companion. I’ve only ever cried over two books, and Jenna Blum’s forthcoming memoir, Woodrow on the Bench: Life Lessons from…
I Couldn’t Love You More by Esther Freud
A Magdalene Laundry looms over three generations of mothers navigating life and loss. In her new novel, I Couldn’t Love You More, prizewinning author Esther Freud — great-granddaughter of Sigmund and…