Code Name: Lise by Larry Loftis is the true story of Odette Sansom, a woman who went from housewife to WWII’s most highly decorated spy. It reads like a best-selling espionage thriller, and it’s a perfect book for summer.
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First off, let me explain: I am not a mathematician. The Tenth Muse is a book about mathematicians and math. Math is almost another character, complete with beauty, emotion, elusiveness, and suspense.
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I found the idea intriguing that a member of his family — a clinical psychologist, no less — would write a book providing a psychological assessment of a man that many Americans hate and many other Americans love.
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As many young women of the late 1960s did, I attended college for a short time at 18, and then got pregnant, and then got married… yes, in that order. While in school, I wanted to major in Political Science and become a diplomat. Yet, marriage and babies seemed a much easier choice in an era where…
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This is not an easy book to read. It’s a personally challenging book. Yet, I consider it incredibly affirming of my desire to rise above the systemic racism in our society and see that equality for all becomes the dominant ideology…
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This fascinating book tells Alicia Keys’ story — in her own words. She became famous for her singing and songwriting while still in her middle teenage years, and somehow never succumbed to the stress of success that so many people who find the limelight at an early age do.
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Mary Pipher’s Women Rowing North can easily be assumed of interest to only those in the 55 and up age range — those finding themselves navigating the “last stretch of the river” rather than just launching the boat onto the water. Nothing could be further from the truth. This book is brimming with significant insights for women of all ages.
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Whether you remember Amber Tamblyn from “Joan of Arcadia,” or The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants — or not at all, this coming-of-age story makes for enlightening and informative reading.
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One of my New Year’s resolutions, in common with many people, dealt with an attempt to reduce negativity in my own life. So, when I heard about The Power of Bad, I felt like I had discovered an effective tool to help me achieve my resolution. My mistake.
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Elaine Stritch was a well-known Broadway and television star that embodied the old-time image of a bawdy female: hard-living, drinking and smoking with a complex and contradictory personality. I have described in one sentence what Alexandra Jacobs does in 298 pages.
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