At first, Rose’s grief journey is solitary, but she is buttressed by her younger, can-do sisters….
REVIEW: Giving Up the Ghost: A Daughter’s Memoir by Samantha Rose
Category: Reviews
An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
REVIEW: Bigger: Essays by Ren Cedar Fuller
In each of her essays, Fuller peels back layer after layer of her family’s ways.
REVIEW: Getting Dressed in the Dark by Gabriella D’Italia
When Getting Dressed in the Dark opens, we find D’Italia in a period of deep emotional turmoil.
REVIEW: The Loss of a Lifetime, Edited by Lynn L. Shattuck and Alyson Shelton
The Loss of a Lifetime is not just for “forgotten mourners.” It provides a balm for anyone who has lost a loved one.
REVIEW: Ring of Salt by Betsy Cornwell
There are books you read, and then there are books that read you….
REVIEW: The Tragedy of True Crime by John J Lennon
I’ll never think about true crime in the same way.
REVIEW: Cat by Rebecca van Laer
… if you are anything from a cat lover to a mere cat appreciator, you will find what I did in this book: pure delight.
REVIEW: Midlife Private Parts, Edited by Dina Alvarez and Dina Aronson
The stories are as unique and varied as they are representative of this inevitably shared phase of life.
REVIEW: Held: Essays in Belonging by Kathryn Nuernberger
Held is a smart book, intermingling facts with personal narrative….
REVIEW: Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy by Tiffany Graham Charkosky
The book is strongest when the clear-eyed, wise-minded author reflects upon the journey her mom must have made….
