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Bill Hayes’ “How We Live Now” Reminds Us Just How Much Life Changed in a Matter of Months

I am a big fan of Bill Hayes, author of a memoir I love, Insomniac City and street photographer extraordinaire (follow him on Instagram @billhayesphotography). He was Oliver Sacks' partner at the time of his passing and was involved in editing Oliver’s last book, Everything in Its Place, as well as a…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 4, 2021

Nonfiction Save the World

Kindness Spurs Kindness in Growing Kids

The world can often be harsh, and lucky for us, authors Dale Atkins Ph.D. and Amanda Salzhauer, MSW are giving all families a leg up with tips and ideas for how to be kind in their new book, The Kindness Advantage, Cultivating Compassionate and Connected Children. Based on research, this guide provides ways…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 20, 2019

Nonfiction

A Mother-Daughter Bond of Lies and Secrets in “Wild Game”

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Adrienne Brodeur is a story of a mother’s love, what not to do and the long journey to recover from the damage done. Rennie’s mom, Malabar, and her second husband, Charles, spend a lot of time with friends…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 13, 2020

Nonfiction

“Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls:” A Moving Memoir

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, (Bloomsbury) a stunning memoir, is T Kira Madden’s story. A school girl’s coming of age in wealthy Boca Raton, Florida, the author struggles with her identity and shares with us the good the bad and the ugly. T Kira was born to a…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 27, 2020

Nonfiction

Three Women Share Their Tales of Lust, Marriage and Disloyalty

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/three-women-feature-image-300x300.jpg A raw and honest look at women’s lives based on reports and interviews, Three Women (Avid Reader Press/Simon and Schuster) is an explicit and intense work of nonfiction. Author Lisa Taddeo dives deep into the sexual and emotional worlds of Maggie, Sloan and Lina, revealing desires and intimate details of…

Jennifer BlankfeinNovember 1, 2019

Nonfiction

“Everything in its Place:” Inside the Mind and Life of Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks swam every day, was severely shy, and suffered from prosopagnosia (was unable to recognize faces). He was celibate for 40 years and was private regarding his sexuality. A physician, professor of neurology and bestselling author, he wrote many books about his patients, his own disorders and nature, including…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 26, 2019

Nonfiction

CEO Bobby Herrera on Going Off the Beaten Path

CEO of Populus Group, Bobby Herrera has had his struggles. Growing up in a Mexican migrant worker family, he was not unfamiliar with long hours and difficult times. In school for six months of the year and then traveling to work in the fields to provide food for the people…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 10, 2019

Nonfiction

Cardiologist Explains Heart Health and His Own Experiences

Heart health is essential to us, yet we know very little about this vital organ. Dissecting the heart's structure and the different treatment options available, along with balancing the clinical and sometimes cynical issues with thoroughly enjoyable anecdotes, it's hard not to immerse yourself in Heart: A History. According to…

Jennifer BlankfeinFebruary 18, 2019

Fiction Young Adult

A Vietnamese Immigration Story in “Butterfly Yellow”

When Hằng was 12, her 5-year-old brother Linh was taken away as part of Operation Baby Lift and sent to the United States at the end of the Vietnam War. She and her grandmother spent the next six years worried about his safety, wondering about his life and planning for…

Jennifer BlankfeinDecember 31, 2019

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

College Students Plan Chinese Art Heists in Portrait of a Thief

“Li invites readers along for a ride in the crew’s roving getaway car, promising breathtaking vistas and, more importantly, a reckoning with colonial legacies that have long lingered in the shadows.” —Boston Globe “A cinematic heist thriller with a social conscience … vivid and precisely crafted.” —BookPage “Portrait of a…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 2, 2022

Fiction Romance Romance - Featured

“Sari, Not Sari” to Tell You That Love Can Happen on the Journey to Self-Discovery

"I just loved this delightful debut about finding love in a complicated world — and discovering who you are at the same time!" — Marissa Stapley, author of Lucky —∞— Love can happen on the journey to self-discovery, and in Sonya Singh's Sari, Not Sari (Simon & Schuster), that is what…

Jennifer BlankfeinApril 4, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Stay for a Dream or Chase After Lost Love, She’ll Wonder “What Might Have Been”

If you are a fan of Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, you will surely enjoy this Sliding Doors–type romantic story of a woman named Lucy as she seeks out her soulmate and determines her destiny. Lucy has some major choices to make: does she pursue her longtime love, Matt, or the…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 7, 2022

Fiction

Success at Any Cost: Charismatic Man Climbs “A Ladder to the Sky” by John Boyne

If you loved The Heart’s Invisible Furies and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne like I did, although very different, you may want to check out A Ladder to the Sky (Hogarth). This incredible story keeps you on your toes … guessing who the narrator is, who…

Jennifer BlankfeinDecember 6, 2021

Fiction

Can These Triplets Heal a Community That’s Literally Been Poisoned? “One Two Three” Go …

I was lucky enough to be able to engage in conversation with the talented and charismatic Laurie Frankel at my latest book club meeting, where we discussed her moving new novel, One Two Three (Henry Holt and Co.) The group gave this amazing book rave reviews and we thoroughly enjoyed…

Jennifer BlankfeinOctober 22, 2021

Fiction

Sisters Cling to Lies to Maintain Their Not-So-Perfect Lives in Lauren Weisberger’s Latest

A perfect beach book that surprises and delights, makes you laugh and cry and sing 80s hair band music … there is nothing better than Lauren Weisberger’s new novel, Where The Grass Is Green And The Girls Are Pretty (Random House) to escape to a Paradise of sorts! Sisters, Peyton and…

Jennifer BlankfeinMay 19, 2021

Fiction

Steven Rowley’s “The Guncle” Packs a Gut-Punch of Heart and Humor

The Guncle (G.P. Putnam's Sons) by Steven Rowley is a delightfully heartfelt story of family and loss; the perfect book to kick off the summer, especially during Pride Month. Uncle Patrick, the fun uncle who lives across the country in Palm Springs, has no experience with children yet he is…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 17, 2021

Bill Hayes’ “How We Live Now” Reminds Us Just How Much Life Changed in a Matter of Months

Kindness Spurs Kindness in Growing Kids

A Mother-Daughter Bond of Lies and Secrets in “Wild Game”

“Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls:” A Moving Memoir

Three Women Share Their Tales of Lust, Marriage and Disloyalty

“Everything in its Place:” Inside the Mind and Life of Oliver Sacks

CEO Bobby Herrera on Going Off the Beaten Path

Cardiologist Explains Heart Health and His Own Experiences

A Vietnamese Immigration Story in “Butterfly Yellow”

College Students Plan Chinese Art Heists in Portrait of a Thief

“Sari, Not Sari” to Tell You That Love Can Happen on the Journey to Self-Discovery

Stay for a Dream or Chase After Lost Love, She’ll Wonder “What Might Have Been”

Success at Any Cost: Charismatic Man Climbs “A Ladder to the Sky” by John Boyne

Can These Triplets Heal a Community That’s Literally Been Poisoned? “One Two Three” Go …

Sisters Cling to Lies to Maintain Their Not-So-Perfect Lives in Lauren Weisberger’s Latest

Steven Rowley’s “The Guncle” Packs a Gut-Punch of Heart and Humor

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