Sometimes You Have To Lie by Leslie Brody

Release Date: December 1, 2020 “Harriet the Spy” by Louise Fitzhugh was first published in 1964. Since then, this classic middle-grade school novel has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. However, the author’s personal life remained a mystery as she never granted interviews or attended bookstore publicity events. Louise was born to a privileged family in Memphis during the 1920s and quickly accepted that she … Continue reading Sometimes You Have To Lie by Leslie Brody

Suzy Approved Book ReviewsJanuary 17, 2021

Nonfiction

Tiny Hot Dogs – A Memoir In Small Bites by Mary Giuliani

Release Date: April 9, 2019 This is the memoir about Mary Giuliani who is a successful caterer and event planner from Long Island. She recounts her life growing up with a loving Italian family inside a predominantly Jewish neighborhood. She quickly blended into the local flow while attending Hebrew school despite her Catholic roots. After attending college, her goal was to be an actress … Continue reading Tiny Hot Dogs – A Memoir In Small Bites by Mary Giuliani

Suzy Approved Book ReviewsMay 12, 2019May 12, 20191 Comment

Nonfiction

It Takes One To Tango by Winifred M. Reilly

Release Date: April 4, 2017 Winifred Reilly is a family therapist who realizes that her own marriage is in decay. She decides that a major change is in order and proceeds to apply many of her own professional strategies towards salvaging her relationship. Winifred quickly realizes that the first step in improving her marriage is to revamp herself. Each chapter describes special situations faced by … Continue reading It Takes One To Tango by Winifred M. Reilly

Suzy Approved Book ReviewsAugust 2, 20173 Comments

Memoir, Nonfiction

My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, with Recipes by Dawn Lerman

Book Blurb from Goodreads.com: From the author of the New York Times Well Blog series, My Fat Dad Every story and every memory from my childhood is attached to food… Dawn Lerman spent her childhood constantly hungry. She craved good food as her father, 450 pounds at his heaviest, pursued endless fad diets, from Atkins to Pritikin to all sorts of freeze-dried, saccharin-laced concoctions, and … Continue reading My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, with Recipes by Dawn Lerman

Suzy Approved Book ReviewsAugust 20, 2016August 20, 2016

Memoir, Nonfiction

The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

Did you ever wonder about those who were raised in a polygamist community? The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner is a firsthand account of a child growing up in a colony in rural Mexico. Ruth’s father was the founding prophet of the colony but he died when she was young leaving her to be raised by the textbook “evil” stepfather. Her family lives in … Continue reading The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

Suzy Approved Book ReviewsApril 11, 2016August 13, 20161 Comment