Good Material by Dolly Alderton was exactly the right book at the right time. Having just finished reading The Women by Kristin Hannah about the war in Vietnam, I needed something light, contemporary, and with a bit of humour for a complete change of pace. Good Material was the right material for me. I was introduced to Dolly Alderton’s work when she was a contributing writer…
The recent passing of Alice Munro, the respected and famous Canadian writer who won a Nobel Prize for Literature has created a rush on her books at the library and bookstores across the country. As I added my name to the waiting lists for her various books at the library, I ordered The Lives of Girls and Women from Amazon to read on Kindle and…
There probably isn’t a baby boomer out there whose life has not been touched in some way at some time by someone with age-related dementia or Alzheimer’s. One of my former roommates has already passed away from Alzheimer’s (at the age of 75) and two other friends are now struggling with the disease. Whether it’s friends, family, or acquaintances, most of us know someone affected…
As someone who is already a fan of books by New York Times best-selling author Kristin Hannah, I couldn’t wait for her newest release, The Women. It’s a story about the war in Vietnam during the late sixties and early seventies when thousands of people were dying for a dubious cause. Sadly, no one acknowledged or appreciated the contribution made by the women at that time,…
Lyn Slater is a retired professor at Fordham University in New York, a former social worker, model, fashion icon, writer, social media influencer, and advocate for positive aging. She is also one of us— a baby boomer. After following Slater for years on Instagram and Facebook as the “Accidental Icon”, I was delighted to hear she was working on a book about aging so I…
When I read three books in a row by the same author, then you can be assured I love her writing. After reading and reviewing her two diary-styled non-fiction books a couple of weeks ago (Went to London, Took The Dog and Love, Nina) I went looking for other books by Nina Stibbe and came upon the fictional One Day I Shall Astonish The World….
