Published Reviews

Amazon reviews The Election by julia anderson This is a great story that will help children learn the importance of elections, as well as friendships, all while enjoying a fun story. Learning can be fun Read More »	San Francisco Chronicle reviews The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler Author Richard Zimler has been deservedly called "an American Umberto Eco," and has his own high standards to live up to. With his latest novel, "The... Read More »
Live to Read Blog reviews Finding Felicity by Monica Marlowe This story has many twists and surprises; the reader will not be bored. The plot is interesting enough and the events are fairly fast-paced; this book will not... Read More »	In Interest reviews Finding Felicity by Monica Marlowe As I usually review YA books, I was not sure of what to expect from this book and maybe I was guilty of forming preconceptions of the book that were not completely... Read More »
Sizzling Hot Book Reviews reviews Finding Felicity by Monica Marlowe Finding Felicity is a great read. The story between the past and the present are closely intertwined as we learn that Marco has become Father Marco at the... Read More »	Jerusalem Post reviews MURIEL'S WAR: AN AMERICAN HEIRESS IN THE NAZI RESISTANCE by sheila isenberg "With Muriel’s War, Sheila Isenberg has performed an act of historic justice, at long last giving Muriel Gardiner the credit she deserves... Read More »
Chicago Jewish Star reviews MURIEL'S WAR: AN AMERICAN HEIRESS IN THE NAZI RESISTANCE by sheila isenberg “A new biography Muriel’s War … is a story of courage and heroism. Chicago-born Muriel Gardiner was the daughter of a Protestant mother and a Jewish father, and... Read More »	San Diego Jewish World reviews MURIEL'S WAR: AN AMERICAN HEIRESS IN THE NAZI RESISTANCE by sheila isenberg “The life of Muriel Gardiner … is truly heartwarming – the number of lives she saved, or at least had a hand in saving, was incredibly great. And the saga of her... Read More »
BOSTON GLOBE reviews MURIEL'S WAR: AN AMERICAN HEIRESS IN THE NAZI RESISTANCE by sheila isenberg “Terrible times can elicit extraordinary deeds even from ordinary people, and Muriel Gardner was anything but ordinary … If some portion of Gardiner’s... Read More »	Charlotte Observer reviews Something Knows the Moment by Scott Owens Scott Owens' new poetry collection, "Something Knows the Moment," wastes no time submerging readers in his theme, a candid investigation, sometimes raw and... Read More »

The Historical Novels Review reviews Restitution by Eliza Graham Eliza Graham, Macmillan New Writing, 2008, £14.99/C$24.95, 393pp, 9780230709133 In January 2006 Alix is tracked down by her birth son, Michael. He asks the... Read More »	Guernica Magazine reviews The Possibility of Everything by Hope Edelman Hope Edelman’s memoir, The Possibility of Everything, out this week, wooed me completely. Edelman, who wrote Motherless Daughters and Motherless Mothers, best... Read More »
LA Times reviews The Possibility of Everything by Hope Edelman Motherless Daughters," "Motherless Mothers," "Mother of My Mother," "Letters From Motherless Daughters": These four books have earned Hope Edelman the title of... Read More »	Library Journal reviews The Little Russian by Susan Sherman “Sherman’s extraordinary debut novel plunges her readers into the bitter cold, deprivation, and upheaval of early 20th-century wartime Russia. Berta is a... Read More »
Salon.com reviews American Son: A Novel by Brian Ascalon Roley In a searing look at the immigrant experience, two half-Filipino brothers navigate a California of small-time thieves, Mexican gangsters and attack dogs trained... Read More »	The Journal of the Lincoln Heights Literary Society Miscellanea and Ephemeron reviews Flesh and Grass by Libby Cone "...This is an exciting story, full of human characters and people brought out of history books as living beings. I’m going to be doing more reading about Cornelis... Read More »
New York Journal of Books reviews Anya's War by Andrea Alban Gosline Anya’s War is a tender coming-of-age tale of a Jewish girl whose family escaped to Shanghai from the impending Nazi takeover of their home in Russia. ... Alban’s... Read More »	San Francisco Chronicle reviews The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress by Michelle Richmond Remember this name: Michelle Richmond...impressive talent and emotional range...Richmond writes with grace, calm, a refreshing sense of playfulness Read More »
The Daily Mail (UK) reviews No One You Know by Michelle Richmond This story about two sisters - one of whom is randomly murdered - is a terrific literary mystery. But it's also a story about story-telling, the way stories shape... Read More »	Booklist reviews The Tricking of Freya by Christina Sunley High-spirited and precocious Freya is the only child of her late-in-life, widowed mother, who waits until Freya is a coltish seven to finally return to Manitoba ,... Read More »