My Review Patricia Thrushart’s Cursed: The Life and Tragic Death of Marion Alsobrook Stahlman is a work of narrative nonfiction unlike any I’ve read before: a hybrid of genealogy, American history (including cultural history), creative nonfiction, and epistolary fiction. The book begins with a local oddity in Pennsylvania called “Curse Rock” and ends with the … Continue reading #bookreview: Cursed
#bookreview – Tales from the Annexe
Amazon: US UK CA UK AU DE My Review As its subtitle indicates, Tales from the Annex is a collection of seven stories based on H.P. Lovecraft’s Herbert West character, followed by seven other tales. I went into the collection not having read Driscoll’s Herbert West novels or anything by H.P. Lovecraft. I was very … Continue reading #bookreview – Tales from the Annexe
#Bookreview: Drunk Chickens and Burnt Macaroni
My Review Mary Smith’s Drunk Chickens and Burnt Macaroni: Real stories of Afghan women surprised me. Going into it, I expected the memoir to be interesting, as its focus is on a part of the world I know very little about. What I did not expect was that it would be so compelling. For three … Continue reading #Bookreview: Drunk Chickens and Burnt Macaroni
#Bookreview: Borders in Paradise
Review of Borders in Paradise James White’s Borders in Paradise opens in a one-bedroom, one-bathroom bungalow in West Hollywood, California. The year is 1939. The tiny bungalow is the Gaines family’s version of paradise, after twenty-two-year old Juno (John) and his brother Chassy (Charles) “ran away from that den of thieves and malcontents in Texas … Continue reading #Bookreview: Borders in Paradise
Elizabeth Gauffreau 