‘Book Reviews’ Archives
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: the ambassador, the journalist and adultery in Yemen
Sounds interesting....http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7127563.ece
Laura Bush’s memoir, Spoken from the Heart, reveals that “divorce is not in her DNA”
First Lady Laura Bush has written a memoir and appears on Oprah Winfrey's show today to promote the book, Spoken from the Heart. In the book she spills many secrets, including a 1963 car accident in which, as the driver of the car, she was responsible for the death of a friend. What was most interesting is that Mrs. Bush reveals that there came [...]
BOOK REVIEW: An Inconvenient Woman, by Dominick Dunne
Title: An Inconvenient Woman Author: Dominick Dunne Publisher: Bantam Books, 1990 (paperback) Genre: Fiction Premise: The rich are different and live in their own universe where adultery, homosexuality, prostitution, divorce and murder are child's play. Plot: In The Inconvenient Woman, Flo March pays with her life for cavorting with [...]
BOOK REVIEW: The Bird Detective, by Bridget Stutchbury (do birds get divorced?)
There is an interesting book coming out in July by Harper Collins, Canada called the Bird Detective. I actually learned of it after reading the Times of India. So I did a bit more research and found the book's description which sounds intriguing. The author is a Yale graduate who spent significant time studying birds. Here is a small description [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation, Sally Hogshead
TITLE: Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation AUTHOR: Sally Hogshead PUBLISHER: Harper Collins PREMISE: Using the 7 Triggers - Lust, Mystique, Alarm, Prestige, Power, Vice and Trust - one can fascinate anyone, gain their trust, loyalty, love and devotion; and obtain power over others. The power that a person who is [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Getting Past Your Breakup, Susan J. Elliott
BOOK REVIEW TITLE: Getting Past Your Breakup AUTHOR: Susan J. Elliott, Esq. PUBLISHER: Lifelong Books PREMISE: You can get past a break up and turn it into the best thing that ever happened to you from the perspective of personal growth. The author focuses on the concept of "self-care" post break up. She states "no one can love you [...]
BOOK REVIEW: The Recession Made Me Eat It – by Genevieve Smith
BOOK REVIEW Title & Publisher: The Recession Made Me Eat It: How the bad economy forced me to live on $20.00 per week from Waterfall Press, Inc., edited by Brenda Monteau and M. Lewis, 2010. First Impressions: The book which is now available exclusively as an eBook is short, snappy, funny and wise. It would make a lovely little hard [...]
Getting Past Your Breakup: How To Turn A Devastating Breakup Into the Best Thing That Ever Happened To You, by Susan Elliott?
We plan to do a book review of Susan Elliott's new book, Getting Past Your Break Up. But in the mean time here is her bio. Check out her blog if you want more information about her and the book. And pick up a copy of the book if you can. ------------------------------------------------------- Getting Past Your Past Productions is a different [...]
Divorce Saloon speaks with author Genevieve Smith (plus a review of her book)
The following is a chat with author Genevieve Smith who has just launched her first eBook, The Recession Made Me Eat It on lulu.com which you can find here. Divorce Saloon: So, Ms. Smith, good morning! Thank you for joining us today to talk about your new book. Genevieve Smith: Thank you for having me. Divorce Saloon: First things [...]
BOOK REVIEW: The Good Karma Divorce by Judge Michele Lowrance — Genevieve Smith
In the Good Karma Divorce, Judge Michele Lowrance makes the argument that by using the principles of Buddhism in your divorce, you create good karma for yourself which comes back to you in countless ways. As a divorce judge (and former divorce lawyer) Judge Lowrance has certainly seen her share of toxic divorces and she doesn't feel it has to [...]
UK: The English Marriage (the English divorce?) by Maureen Waller
According to the UK Guardian's Kathryn Hughes who reviewed The English Marriage by Maureen Waller: One thing soon becomes clear from Maureen Waller's compilation of English marriages through the ages: throwing in your lot – not to mention your heart – with another human being is a risky business. Instead of the deep peace of monogamy and [...]
CHICAGO: The Good Karma Divorce by Judge Michele Lowrance
Has anyone read this book? I just saw online that she was on Good Morning America this morning reading an excerpt, and it seems to have gotten decent reviews. Here is an excerpt from the good divorce lawyer turned judge's book: What did I want for this couple? I wanted them—a husband and wife who had damaged each other, who had even devastated [...]
BOOK REVIEW: 10 things single women can learn from divorced women
I am reading this amazing book on divorce called, Ask me about my divorce women open up about moving on edited by Candace Walsh and published by Seal Press (her press agent sent it to us to see if we wanted to do a review of it) and I have to tell you, even though I'm only up to page 106 of a book that is about 266 pages long, and I have to tell [...]
BOOK REVIEW: What, if anything, does “Year of the Cock: The Remarkable True Account of a Married Man Who Left his Wife and Paid the Price” by TV producer Alan Wieder say about the state of marriage in this country?
Have you read Alan Wieder's midlife crisis memoir, Year of the Cock? Me neither. But I just read Barbara Ellen's review in the UK Observer and I'm not sure if it makes me want to go out and read the book, or if I should just vomit. Barbara observes Al on marriage: Here's Al on marriage: "A soul-destroying gulag, from which, after years of [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Divorce Sucks, by Mary Jo Eustace (ex wife of Tori Spelling’s husband Dean McDermott)
Book Review of DIVORCE SUCKS, by Mary Jo Eustace Reviewer: A New York Divorce Attorney I didn't read Divorce Sucks from cover to cover. I didn't have to. As a divorce attorney, I pretty much got the drift after a few pages. Still, I was going to purchase the book so that I could in fact read it cover to cover at my leisure but I [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Sending Love…My “Different-Functional” Family by Lori Hilliard
I finally checked my in box today and discovered a few books which have been sent to me by readers/authors who write on the subject of divorce. One great, cute little work was by author Lori Hilliard. The book is targeted to ages 2-10 years old and it is a precious little number. I highly recommend it to anyone who is going through divorce and who [...]
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