The Boston Girl tells the story of one woman’s life. She is both ordinary and extraordinary in the most spectacular ways. The book begins with Ava asking her grandma, Addie Baum, how she became the woman she is today. Grandma Addie was born in 1900, but her story begins in 1915 and concludes at the time of this interview in 1985. This story takes us
Color Your Wardrobe Girls, do you like to color? Color Your Style by David Zyla is like coloring for grown-up girls. My coworkers and I have been studying this book for the last six months, at least. We’ve been geeked-out on color! That’s what happens when you work in a library. You latch onto a book and don’t let it go, no matter its due
You can never start preparing for Mother’s Day too early. Ladies, can I get an Amen? This year, I wanted to do something special for Mother’s Day, so I put together an eBook, only it’s not just a regular old eBook, it’s a gift book. It’s pretty enough to print out and give as a gift. We all buy our moms a card, and either
Left Neglected, written by the author of Still Alice, is a book you should consider checking out. It is the story of Sarah Nickerson and her traumatic brain injury. If you know anything about Lisa Genova, the author, you’ll know she holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University, so it makes perfect sense that she writes books about people with brain injury, trauma, and
I’ve decided not to summarize the entire book when I do a review, because summaries are a dime a dozen. Whenever I want to read a book, I look to find out what other readers thought of the book, so that’s what I’m giving you – my thougts. A Paris Wife sucked me in by the end of the very first chapter. The more