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Dumped: Women Unfriending Women by Nina Gaby My rating: 4 of 5 stars I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review. A series of essays on women being dumped by their female friends. Many of the stories had me going " I know how she feels!" All of them were good even though I felt a couple didn't really belong but I still enjoyed those as well. This is a must read for women. View all my reviews Genre: Essays Publisher: She Writes Press, March 2015 212 pages

No Saints Around Here: A Caregiver's Days By: Susan Allen Toth 256 pages Genre: Memoir/Essays/Caregiving Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2014 In this book Toth writes in short essays that chronicle the last 18 months of her husband James's life- who suffered from  Parkinson's Disease. An honest, poignant, and darkly funny book. Susan Allen Toth's collection of essays about her caregiving days are not just a must read for caregivers; they're a must read for all readers.      Here's some book links: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N / University of Minnesota Press About the author: Susan Allen Toth  has written for the  New York Times , the  Washington Post ,  Harper's , and  Vogue , among other publications. Her many books include  Blooming ,  Ivy Days ,  My Love Affair with England ,  England As You Like It , and  Leaning into the Wind: A Memoir of Midwest Weather  (Minnesota, 2006). A...

Eat Now; Talk Later: 52 Tales of Family, Feasting, and the American Dream By: James Vescovi Genre: Memoir 136 pages Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2014 In this short memoir James Vescovi tell the stories of his grandparents Tony and Desolina Vescovi. They immigrated to American from Italy in the 1920s. This collection of short essays provides a glimpse into immigrant life and is a loving tribute to his grandparents. The stories are told with love and filled with interesting characters. The book is a quick read and the stories are funny and poignant. However, I feel some of them end too abruptly. I wanted the author to give a bigger glimpse of his grandparents' lives. I still found it to be a sweet tribute to this colorful couple. * I received a copy from the author in exchange for an honest review. Book links: Goodreads         Amazon             B&N          ...

* I received a complimentary copy from the author in exchange for an honest review. Paperback Kindle Nook Publisher: Alex Clermont November 2012 75 pages Synopsis:   Imagine leaving behind everybody and everything familiar to live in a foreign country where you don't speak the language and don't know a soul. Worst yet, you look different from everybody there. People find your cultural norms insulting, and you can't get a date to save your life. Imagine you wrote a book about your time there... Eating Kimchi and Nodding Politely is a collection of snapshots that cover the two years that Alex Clermont lived in the country of South Korea as an English teacher. Scribed with a flair for humor, emotion, character and depth, these introspective narratives do more than act as a travel guide. They are creatively written windows into the life of of someone discovering new things about himself, the world, and the people who he shares it with-all w...