When do we reach the age where our parents are suddenly “old” and “frail” and require us to care for them? At what point in care giving of our elderly and infirm parents do we change from the child of the parent to the parent of the parent? Mothering Mother by Carol O’Dell hits the [...]

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Fantasy readers craving a good quest with an interesting cast of characters will find page-turning fun in Gail Z. Martin’s The Summoner. The hero of the story is the Prince of Marjolan, Martris Drayke, a second son of the king content not to inherit his father’s throne. But Martris, who goes by the short name [...]

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Debbie Lessin, a CPA, entrepreneur, speaker and author, presents 66 resourceful ideas for managing and coping with life challenges. Although the book is small, it is powerful and realistic, yet fun and entertaining. Each page gives the reader a new idea or an opportunity to remember an act that can be followed through to attain [...]

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Mary Thorne Randall’s Search for Self Fulfillment: Key West in the Mid-19th CenturyJane Louise Newhagen has created a poignant, story. “Sand Dollar” is a remarkable fictional account of the life of Mary Thorne Randall. The novel portrays the struggles facing a woman in the middle years of the 19th Century. Randall is torn between a [...]

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These five novels are all unique and riveting, but they share one factor in common-they are all touching. Although they are all in turn written in hard, unforgiving prose, they still manage to stir emotions constantly within the reader. These five novels contain real characters with flaws, as opposed to other novels with ideal protagonists, [...]

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“The Cage Keeper and Other Stories” is a collection of seven short stories by Andre Dubus III. The originality of this collection lies in the potency of the characters and the author’s microscopic viewpoint of the human condition.Externally, the stories in this collection focus on characters from the rougher roads of life with some link [...]

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Tyler R. Tichelaar of Reader Views is happy to be joined today by Sherry Brantley. Sherry is here to talk to us about her new book “Best of Friends,” ISBN 9781411645455, reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (4/07)Sherry Brantley is an inspirational author and a public speaker. Sherry’s purpose in life is to assist [...]

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Fern was born Mary Ruth Kovak in Hastings, Pennsylvania on April 3,1933 to Albert and Lucy Kovak. She says she was an avid reader at a young age. She especially enjoyed mysteries and adventure stories.Fern Michaels is the pen name for Mary Ruth Kuczkir. She says that although Fern Michaels is not who she is [...]

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North of Beautiful by Justina Chen HeadleyTerra’s dream is to leave her small town for college and start anew, where the port wine stain on her face will not draw so much attention. Her verbally abusive father constantly tells her she can’t make it on her own in hopes of controlling her future. When Terra [...]

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Author: Shannon O’TooleISBN: 0803286252Good day Shannon and thanks for agreeing to participate in our interview.Thank you for the invitation!Norm:Shannon, please tell our readers a little bit about your personal and professional background.Shannon:I received my master’s degree in sociology at Western Michigan University. My master’s thesis was entitled “Professional Football Players’ Attitudes Relating Toward Women and [...]

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