A few years before my mother died in 2001, I was visiting her for her birthday. She told me that since it was her eightieth birthday, she was going out to eat with her friend that afternoon. She pronounced the name of her friend; it …
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Accessory To His Death Jeffrey stood out from the rest of us. His skin was a lot whiter for one thing. A lot whiter because he came from one of those really white-skinned families that moved here from the mid-west or someplace like that. Some …
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Finding My Father He didn’t come around that often. By the time I was old enough to figure that out I realized it was always around the time my mother got her welfare check, the first and the fifteenth of the month. He …
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Reviewed by: lfm1223 3 out of 4 stars Francine Rodriguez has written a very compelling novel about one woman’s journey through her largely difficult life. A Woman Like Me follows Genie, a transgender woman, as she tells her troubling life story full of hardships. The story starts …
Read MoreARE DEMOCRATS AS WOKE AS THEY THINK? After the results of the last Democratic contest, it was pretty obvious that voters were not interested in the female candidates, at least not in South Carolina. So why is that? You probably won’t find many …
Read MoreWhat’s Wrong With You Oprah and the Rest of You Agents and Literary Publishers?
I finally got around to reading Oprah’s review of American Dirt. I have to say I didn’t read the book myself, because when I skimmed through it, it looked like a dozen other books I’ve seen about poor uneducated Mexicans living the immigrant’s struggle. So …
Read MoreHow Much Is That Baby In The Window?
How Much Is That Baby In The Window If you grew up in the fifties as I did, I know you probably heard that cute little song; How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? If you remember, it was cute. Right? I forgot about …
Read MoreA Woman Like Me Review by Daniella Poloni
Reviewed By: Daniella Poloni This is a thriller unlike one that I have read before. Its unique themes that track through an entire lifetime make the reader intrigued each step of the way. From the beginning, we see how trauma and questionable childhood situations lead …
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Reviewed By: Viga Boland Review Rating: 5 Stars – Congratulations on your 5-star review! Reviewed By Viga Boland for Amazon If you’re going to write a long fiction crime thriller, you’d better make sure of three things: you have a really great plot, gripping characters, and most …
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Reviewed By: Robert X Gasca Review Rating: 5 Stars I found the book an excellent read and highly recommend it.The book begins with the birth of the main character in the slums of Manila.The author vividly describes in depth the main character of the story …
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