To Selena, With Love

From Jackie Cantwell Author:  Chris Perez To Selena, With Love Chris wants you to know that he is more than “the widower of the Queen of Tejano music ,Selena Quintanilla Perez.” Chris was the guitarist for Selena’s band. This is a loving tribute to the Latin music superstar who was gunned down by her fan [...]

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The Diary of a Young Girl

From Catherine Costanzo author: Frank, Anne  The Diary of a Young Girl A true story as you know — but a classic tale of a young girl and her family as they are “hidden” during world war II.  Anne keeps a diary about their day to day trials and events, and one can see the [...]

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Just Kids

From Ellen Druda author: Smith, Patti  Just Kids Patti Smith’s evocative memoir recounts her early days in New York City and her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. This National Book Award winning work is an accessible, easy read, yet full of imagery that stirs the imagination.  From her childhood in New Jersey, we follow her [...]

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Growing Up

From Helen author: Baker, Russell Growing Up This is an autobiography of the two time Pulitzer Prize winning author, Russel Baker.  Once I started reading this book, I could not put it down.  It is a warm, likable and funny account of growing up in America during the Depression years and World War II.  Very [...]

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Night

From Nicole Marsh author: Wiesel, Elie Night Night, written by Elie Wiesel is an autobiographical account of his life during the Holocaust. The novel is a short read with easy to understand wording.  Wiesel gives a very vivid account of the heinous and unimaginable acts of cruelty committed by the Nazi’s.  It shows the dehumanization [...]

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A parrot in the pepper tree

From Jackie Cantwell author: Stewart, Chris  A parrot in the pepper tree This is book two of the Driving over lemons trilogy. Now Chris and Ana are the parents of a daughter named Chloe. Getting her to school every day is an adventure in itself as they try different forms of transportation to cross the [...]

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Driving over lemons: an optimist in Andalucia

From Jackie Cantwell author: Stewart, Chris Driving over lemons: an optimist in Andalucia This is book one of the Driving over lemons trilogy.  Chris Stewart is now one of my favorite authors.  He was the original drummer for the band Genesis and has been a sheep shearer and circus musician.  He and his wife Ana [...]

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Let’s take the long way home: a memoir of friendship

From Jackie Cantwell author: Caldwell, Gail Let’s take the long way home: a memoir of friendship This is an account of the author’s friendship with Caroline Knapp, the author of Pack of two and Drinking: a love story (among others), who died of lung cancer in 2002 at the age of 42.  I liked Ms. [...]

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Tip it: the world according to Maggie

Jackie Cantwell author: Griffin, Maggie Tip it: the world according to Maggie  This is a fast read. Fans of Kathy Griffin: My life on the D-list, the Bravo channel TV show, will probably want to read Kathy’s mother, Maggie’s, life story.  Kathy even adds her comments to the text, which are in brackets and italics.  [...]

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Resistance: A Woman’s Journal of Struggle and Defiance in Occupied France

From Eileen Effrat author: Humbert, Agnes Resistance: A Woman’s Journal of Struggle and Defiance in Occupied France In June 1940 Paris fell to the Germans.  So begins the   memoir of Agnes Humbert, a forty year old art historian who joins the resistance.   The beginning of this memoir details the early days of the German occupation [...]

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