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Against the intense drama of ilms like Apocalypse Now, Platoon, The Deer Hunter, and so on, Frank Jolliff’s memoir, 365 and a Wake-Up, paints a comparatively benign picture. That contributes to both its strengths and its drawbacks.
Pat McGoohey doesn’t always play by the rules. He’s a rich construction businessman, thoroughbred owner, and a bit of a seedy crook. When he hires Len Thomas as a horse trainer, he definitely crosses delicate ethnic and political boundaries in the world of racing because Len is black. McGoohey sets out to introduce his new trainer into a world of crime after he doesn’t get his way, but Thomas himself is a bit deceptive in his own right and has a few tricks up his sleeve.
Larry Jacobson has sailed around the world! And I don’t just mean that in a literal sense. He actually did it. From 2001 to 2007, Larry and a small crew set out on a journey around the world on a beautiful sail boat he named Julia, after his Mom. His book, The Boy Behind the Gate, tells his story.
Fermented Memories shows not only how we ignore what’s best for us but also the lies we tell ourselves in order to survive (or at the very least to enable us to continue on our road to destruction) and Jack’s bittersweet humour of ‘don’t care /depressive state’ shows just how it’s done.
As I think back to what I learned from reading S. Stanley’s memoirs and contemplate how this review should begin, I recall a commercial for Google Chrome which highlights Dan Savage’s It Gets Better Organization, providing positive and encouraging messages for gay youth. Several videos in the series were posted by gay seniors doting that “It gets better with age!” Truer words were never spoken when it comes to describing Gordon’s autobiography entitled My Two Wives and Three Husbands.
David M. Brown reviews his own book, Fezariu’s Epiphany, and has an epiphany himself about it.
Dai Break Jones is a business woman. But the business world is a man’s world, and as the title of Tony Lindsay’s book suggests, Dai has good business sense and is gonna do just fine.
C.V. reviews Chuggie and the Desecration of Stagwater by Brent Michael Kelley
Shannon reviews The Boston 395 by Jason Derr
Susan reviews Appraisal for Murder by Elaine Orr
C.V. reviews Hellwatch by Larime Taylor (February's 1st review)
Jaime reviews The Parrot's Perch by Karen Keilt
Susan reviews Dark Mind by Jennifer Chase
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