Book Reviews
Memoir
Americashire
Book Reviews, eBooks, IR Approved, Memoir, Nonfiction, Travel •
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May 15, 2013
Americashire is the story of an American woman married to a British man, who is persuaded to move to her husband’s country and finally ends up settling in a peaceful (but eccentrically British) village in the Cotswolds. Read On
Loving Andrew: A Fifty-Two Year Story of Down Syndrome
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May 13, 2013
“Loving Andrew” is a biography of the author’s oldest son, Andrew, who was born in 1959 with Down syndrome. Read On
Beamish Boy
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May 07, 2013
In this beautifully crafted and intricate memoir, author Albert Flynn DeSilver explores his evolution from a child neglected by his parents and abused by his nanny to a young adult in the abyss of addiction and alcoholism to a man who finds his peace and his story through his creative endeavors and ultimately his own writing. Read On
Secret Storms: A Mother and Daughter, Lost then Found
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Apr 30, 2013
After giving up her baby for adoption, a Pennsylvania debutante spends her adult life wondering what happened to her daughter…until the two reunite. Read On
Life Minus 3 1/2
Book Reviews, eBooks, IR Approved, Memoir, Nonfiction, True Crime •
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How exactly does someone who could pass for any ordinary office worker steal millions of dollars and gamble it all away? The explanation comes in three hundred some pages of losses, lies, and brushes with elements ranging from the IRS to Boston mobsters. Read On
From “Will You?” to “I Do”: A Groom’s Tale of Survival
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Apr 02, 2013
Part-memoir, part-send-up of matrimonial traditions, recounting the painstaking labor that goes into planning one’s own wedding. Read On
If I Only Knew
Book Reviews, eBooks, Memoir, Nonfiction •
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Mar 12, 2013
The true saga of a Jewish Czech woman who immigrates to Israel as a teenager in the 1960s, goes through three dysfunctional marriages, and builds a successful career in the United States. Read On
I Didn’t Kill Jesus
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Author Naomi Haber highlights the lasting effects of the Holocaust on three generations, while educating others about the horrors in order to stop such violence and senselessness from occurring again. Read On
Asphalt Warrior
Book Reviews, Memoir, Nonfiction •
IR Staff •
Feb 20, 2013
Rushing from one destination to another, the job of the New York City foot messenger may be straightforward, but is fraught with difficulties. Read On
In the Rearview Mirror
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IR Staff •
Feb 12, 2013
A heartfelt memoir in which a 1961 road trip across America’s heartland serves as a kind of homage to a close friend who committed suicide. Read On
