Is there an extra in extrovert? Not so, says Susan Cain – A Book Review by Linda Chalmer-Zemel, Staff Writer

By Linda Chalmer- Zemel
June 8, 2013

Susan Cain, author of “QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking,” has more than one credential for writing this book. She proves this when she opens the book with a description of her first client who turns out to be none other than the author herself. By the time we... Read more »

Her Beloved World Becomes Ours by Page Two

By Linda Chalmers Zemel, Staff Writer
April 12, 2013

  -Wow. If your idea of a memoir is an in medias res kind of experience, MY BELOVED WORLD will surprise you. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor starts at the beginning.   But that’s not all. She starts not with the beginning of her intellect or interest in law, but with her Spanish-speaking... Read more »

Sue Grafton is Herself in Kinsey and Me

By Linda Chalmers Zemel, Staff Writer
April 12, 2013

All but one of the first nine stories in Kinsey and Me were previously published, but the book sheds new light on Sue Grafton herself. In the preface she notes that her husband, Steven Humphrey, ran 300 copies at his company, Bench Press, in 1991. She signed and numbered them. Here, they reappear with... Read more »

Her Beloved World Becomes Ours by Page Two

Linda Chalmer Zemel, Staff Writer
March 1, 2013

Her Beloved World Becomes Ours by Page Two By Linda Chalmer Zemel Wow. If your idea of a memoir is an in medias res kind of experience, MY BELOVED WORLD will surprise you. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor starts at the beginning. But that’s not all. She starts not with the beginning of her intellect... Read more »

Smashed to Smithereens

Laura Lord, Staff Writer
January 16, 2013

Smashed to Smithereens By Laura Lord There are certain stories that take their reader on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. They make you question what you think you know, surprise you at every turn, and make it impossible to predict the ending, regardless of how hard you try. Anita Shreve’s The Last... Read more »

Lisa See’s “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan”

Aimee Smith
November 7, 2011

In Confucian society everything is divided into the inner, or domestic, realm of women and the outer realm of men. Lisa See beckons us quietly into that secret inner world in her acclaimed 2005 novel “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan”. It is no surprise that she has since published three novels, her... Read more »

Miss Invisible

Kim Sisto Robinson, Contributor
September 6, 2011

Miss Invisible by Laura Jensen Walker Reviewed by:  Kim Sisto Robinson/Contributor Freddy is a bit over weight. Big Deal. As women, we can identify with her, feel empathy for her, and accept her exactly as she is. We get it. We know what its’ like to be unconventional in a society driven by thinness,... Read more »