by Tara Westover, Kindle version, 2018, Random House LLC This book is a harrowing memoir about a young girl growing up in a dysfunctional family in Idaho with an abusive father and brother. She was discouraged from attending school and … Continue reading →
by J. D. Vance, 2016, Harper (Kindle Edition) This book is very pertinent to what is occurring in the United States today. Individuals are angry and upset, don’t trust the government, don’t trust the media, and are prone to false … Continue reading →
Origins of a Catastrophe, by Warren Zimmerman, 1999, Times Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York Warren Zimmerman was the last U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia and the Balkan War broke out in the 1990’s. The book relates his … Continue reading →
by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt, 2016, Harper This book is basically a compilation of emails that Anderson Cooper exchanged with his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, when she was over ninety years old. I was impressed with how sharp and articulat … Continue reading →
by Steven R. Roberts with Alexander von Svoboda, 2013, Rouge River Press, Dearborn, MI This story is about a youth who was drafted into Hitler’s army and survived incredible hardship. At the age of 15 Alexander Svoboda was sent to … Continue reading →
by Elie Wisel, 1972 (new translation by Marion Wiesel, 2006), Hill and Wang, a division of Farrer, Straus, and Giroux, New York Compelling, horrifying, saddening – one individual’s story of his Holocaust experience. Also, I might add, beautifully written. Reading … Continue reading →
by Victor Klemperer, Translated by Martin Chalmers, 1999, Modern Library Paperback Edition, Random House, New York (First published in Germany under the title Ich will Aeugnis ablegen bis sum ltestn: Tagebucher 1933 von Victor Kempere, Copyright Aufbau-Verlag GmbH, Berlin, 1995). … Continue reading →
by Jeannette Walls, 2006, Scribner, New York This book is a bit hard to fathom. There are elements that ring true and then there are things that seem to be a bit of a stretch. Walls’ parents seemed to be … Continue reading →
by Cokie and Steve Roberts, 2000, William and Morrow Company, New York A nice little memoir about the authors’ marriage and relationship, it is interspersed with stories about other marriages, starting with the American Revolution and ending with some divorced … Continue reading →
by Frank McCourt, 2005, Performed by the Author, 2005, Simon and Schuster Audio This book focuses on the author’s many years of teaching in New York schools. There are many interesting stories with flashbacks to his childhood growing up in … Continue reading →