Something Inside of Me: How to Hang on to Heaven When You Are Going Through Hell by Chitoka Webb | Book Review
Something Inside of Me: How to Hang on to Heaven When You Are Going Through Hell by Chitoka Webb Genres: Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2011 Source: Advanced Reading Copy from the publisher. Goodreads Find the Author: Goodreads, Amazon Something Inside of Me: the inspiring story of how one woman’s journey through poverty and debilitating illness catapulted her to the halls of power as a successful businesswoman. Long before selling secondhand belongings on eBay and Craigslist was the rage, a preteen Chitoka Webb sold what others saw as junk to the residents of her neighborhood and made a profit. Without a college degree, through tenacity, grit, and a healthy dose…
The Little Women Letters by Gabrielle Donnelly | Book Review
Little Women Letters by Gabrielle Donnelly Genres: Fiction, British Literature Original Publication Date: 2011 Source: Advanced Reading Copy from the publisher. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Goodreads, Amazon The Little Women Letters: With her older sister, Emma, planning a wedding and her younger sister, Sophie, preparing to launch a career on the London stage, Lulu can’t help but feel like the failure of the Atwater family. Lulu loves her sisters dearly and wants nothing but the best for them, but she finds herself stuck in a rut, with no romantic prospects in sight. Then Lulu stumbles across a collection of letters written by her great-great-grandmother Josephine March. As she delves…
The Orchard: A Memoir by Theresa Weir | Book Review
The Orchard: A Memoir by Theresa Weir Genres: Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2011 Source: Advanced Reading Copy from the publisher. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon The Orchard is the story of a street-smart city girl who must adapt to a new life on an apple farm after she falls in love with Adrian Curtis, the golden boy of a prominent local family whose lives and orchards seem to be cursed. Married after only three months, young Theresa finds life with Adrian on the farm far more difficult and dangerous than she expected. Rejected by her husband’s family as an outsider, she slowly learns for herself about…
Rin Tin Tin: The Life And The Legend by Susan Orlean | Book Review
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean Genres: Animals, Biography, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2011 Source: Advanced Reading Copy from the publisher. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon He believed the dog was immortal. So begins Susan Orlean’s sweeping, powerfully moving account of Rin Tin Tin’s journey from abandoned puppy to an international movie star who appeared in twenty-seven films throughout the 1920s. Spanning almost one hundred years of history, from the dog’s improbable discovery on a battlefield in 1918 by an American soldier to his tumultuous rise through Hollywood and beyond, this book is a love story and “a masterpiece” (Chicago Tribune) that…
Following Atticus: Forty-Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship by Tom Ryan | Book Review
Following Atticus: Forty-Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship by Tom Ryan Genres: Animals, Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2011 Source: Advanced Reading Copy from the publisher. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon In Following Atticus, Tom Ryan describes life with his mountain-climbing dog. After a close friend died of cancer, middle-aged, overweight, acrophobic newspaperman Tom Ryan decided to pay tribute to her in a most unorthodox manner. Ryan and his friend, miniature schnauzer Atticus M. Finch, would attempt to climb all forty-eight of New Hampshire’s four-thousand-foot peaks twice in one winter while raising money for charity. Following Atticus is an unforgettable true…
