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“#Afghan women’s triumph and tragedy revealed in two great books” Get more behind the heartbreaking headlines from Afghanistan these past few weeks with two great books set in the country that give the reader a sense of what the reality is like there, particularly for women. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (nonfiction, Harper Perennial) Former ABC journalist Gayle…
“#The ‘Anxiety Sisters’ help people return to work post-pandemic” The past 16 or so months have provided ample fodder for anyone prone to anxiety. But for people who live with anxiety, these times bring on more than just garden-variety worry. Along with their popular Facebook group, “The Anxiety Sisters’ Survival Guide” by Abbe Greenberg and…
“#How these little-known black female WWII heroes lifted morale” It was 1945, and warehouses in Birmingham, England, were filled with millions of pieces of undelivered mail. As the Allied forces swept across Europe, mail delivery had become difficult, but the lack of care packages and letters from back home was hurting morale. Enter the 6888:…
“#Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York’s ancestor sparked new novel” Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York (otherwise known as Fergie), is no stranger to the world of book publishing: She’s written two historical nonfiction books: “Victoria and Albert: Life at Osborne House” and “Travels with Queen Victoria,” two memoirs: “My Story” and “Finding Sarah,” and a number…
“#3 books that bust the lid off ‘bad old days’ New York City” This has been an extremely challenging year for the Big Apple, and while we’ve turned the corner on the pandemic, the city’s future isn’t entirely clear. I’ve been on a bit of a “Bad Old Days of NYC” kick this summer, reading…
“#How I traveled to 90 countries and all 50 states by age 70” Karen Gershowitz has traveled to 90 countries and all 50 US states. From the age of 17, when she left home to travel in Europe alone, the New Yorker has embraced travel as an enduring lifelong love and a way of gaining…
“#How I survived a sinking cruise ship” In March 2019, Chaney Kwak was a freelance travel writer with a cushy writing assignment: He was traveling aboard the Viking Sky cruise ship on a 12-day jaunt off the Norwegian coast, visiting small towns and cities before making a scheduled arrival in Tilbury, a port near London….
“#Memoir ‘Nothing Personal’ reveals why online dating sucks” When she was 49, author Nancy Jo Sales was getting over a breakup when she downloaded Tinder on a whim. Why not, she thought, this seems like it might be fun. What ensued was quite the adventure through the world of online dating. She never intended to…
“#Poet uses 17 syllables to describe 9 million people of NYC” Peter Goldmark has held many highly impressive jobs, including head of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, program director at the Environmental Defense Fund, and publisher of the International Herald Tribune. Now he can add “author and…
“#Ex-lawyer dishes on sexist, racist legal professionals in memoir” A few years ago, Anna Dorn was a criminal defense attorney. One afternoon, she stopped for a drink with friends and left her client’s rap sheet behind in a German-style biergarten. “Festive, but not the best environment for a confidential document,” she writes. “Soon after I…