Griffiths’ accounting of her life since marrying fellow author Salman Rushdie in 2021 is Biblical.
REVIEW: The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
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An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
REVIEW: This Ain’t Rock ’n’ Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich by Daniel Rachel
The timing of this book is impeccable, as America’s gargantuan fascist elephant keeps tromping his way around the global room….
REVIEW: Woman House: Essays and Assemblages by Lauren Westerfield
Woman House: Essays and Assemblages is, among other things, a book about secrets.
REVIEW: Anywhere Else: Essays on Florida by Rachel Knox
Anywhere Else: Essays on Florida by Rachel Knox is part love letter to the author’s home state and part reckoning.
REVIEW: One Bad Mother by EJ Dickson
One Bad Mother: In Praise of Psycho Housewives, Stage Parents, Momfluencers, and Other Women We Love dives into many tropes.
REVIEW: Metronome by Matthew H. Birkhold
Metronome is part historical retelling, part sociological examination of the place of the little object’s presence in our lives.
REVIEW: Dementia Widow: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Survival by Fay Martin
Dementia Widow is first and foremost a beautifully crafted love story.
REVIEW: How the Rhino Lost His Horn: Cautionary Tales from Appalachia to Africa by Jack Rathmell
The very title of Jack Rathmell’s memoir warns this book might not be for the faint of heart.
REVIEW: Lights In Cold Rooms: A Psychologist Reflects on Family, Aging, Love & Loss by Joan Cusack Handler
Like the many facets of identity that make up all of us, this collection of voices, all belonging to the same person, felt true….
REVIEW: Humble Pie: Sober Menopause, Sugar Addiction, and the Sweetness of Recovery by Dana R Bowman
Humble Pie is laugh-out-loud funny, emotionally charged, and highly relatable across a wide spectrum of issues and ages.
