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Category: Memoir
Who Stole My Pork Belly?: A Memoir by Huey Choi (Book Review #2412)
Inheritance can take many forms. Sometimes it is money or property; sometimes it is a family name, a reputation, a set of expectations, or a collection of silences passed quietly from one generation to the next. In Who Stole My Pork Belly?, Huey Choi… Continue Reading “Who Stole My Pork Belly?: A Memoir by Huey Choi (Book Review #2412)”
Our Alex by David Birnie (Book Review #2406)
Grief changes the meaning of ordinary things. A football match, a family photograph, a familiar joke, or a favorite motorbike can suddenly become connected to someone who is no longer there. In Our Alex, David Birnie writes about the devastating loss of his twenty-one-year-old… Continue Reading “Our Alex by David Birnie (Book Review #2406)”
What the River Knows: Ten Lessons on Patience, Trust, and the Way Home by Aysha Khan (Book Review #2399)
Some books try to tell us how to fix our lives. Others invite us to slow down long enough to hear what our lives have been trying to tell us all along. What the River Knows by Aysha Khan belongs firmly in the second… Continue Reading “What the River Knows: Ten Lessons on Patience, Trust, and the Way Home by Aysha Khan (Book Review #2399)”
Adhara by A.J. Ripin (Book Review #2396)
Some lives become public through a single moment, while the years that came before it remain largely invisible. Adhara by A.J. Ripin begins with that tension, exploring the distance between the person the public thinks it knows and the much more complicated human being… Continue Reading “Adhara by A.J. Ripin (Book Review #2396)”
Nowhere to Go by Tony DeChico
On June 8, 2026, I was in bed recovering from a five-part foot reconstruction surgery. Six weeks with my foot above my heart in bed. I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t work. I couldn’t do the thing I had done my whole life, which was… Continue Reading “Nowhere to Go by Tony DeChico”
The Last Movement by Robert Seethaler (Book Review #2394)
The Last Movement by Robert Seethaler is a beautifully crafted and deeply introspective novel that imagines the final months of composer Gustav Mahler’s life with remarkable sensitivity and grace. Translated by Charlotte Collins, this slim yet emotionally resonant work offers readers an intimate portrait… Continue Reading “The Last Movement by Robert Seethaler (Book Review #2394)”
The Promise Jar By H. K. Sharma (Book Review #2387)
The Promise Jar is a quiet, lyrical work of magical realism that explores loneliness, renewal, and the slow, delicate emergence of connection in later life. H. K. Sharma tells the story of Nora Calloway, a 52-year-old woman recently retired and uncertain of what comes… Continue Reading “The Promise Jar By H. K. Sharma (Book Review #2387)”
NAUGHTY THOUGHTS & CROSSES By Nik Steven (Book Review #2378)
Naughty Thoughts & Crosses is a surreal and eccentric journey through memory, imagination, and exaggerated autobiography. Nik Steven presents a loosely structured narrative that blends humour, absurd encounters, and celebrity-infused anecdotes into a playful exploration of curiosity and lived experience. At the center of… Continue Reading “NAUGHTY THOUGHTS & CROSSES By Nik Steven (Book Review #2378)”
Wisdom from My Grandmothers By Jo Ann Fawcett (Book Review #2377)
Wisdom from My Grandmothers: How messages from the past shed light on your life today is a reflective and spiritually infused memoir that blends personal transformation, ancestral storytelling, and intergenerational wisdom. Jo Ann Fawcett invites readers into a deeply introspective journey where the voices… Continue Reading “Wisdom from My Grandmothers By Jo Ann Fawcett (Book Review #2377)”
