Published Reviews

The New York Times reviews In One Person by John Irving “We are formed by what we desire,” says Billy Dean, the fatherless narrator and chief hero of John Irving’s 13th novel, “In One Person.” Irving likes to track his... Read More »	Le Courrier (Switzerland) reviews The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler Dans Les Anagrammes de Varsovie, Richard Zimler allie avec virtuosité les dimensions fictives et historiques. Sur une toile de fond relatant d’authentiques... Read More »
SF Chronicle reviews Birds of Paradise Lost by Andrew Q Lam Elizabeth Rosner March 31, 2013 Birds of Paradise LostStoriesBy Andrew Lam(Red Hen; 200 pages; $15.95 paperback) Several decades have passed since harrowing... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews I Can't Complain: (All Too) Personal Essays by Elinor Lipman In charming and often self-deprecating fashion, novelist Lipman (The View from Penthouse B) has penned an engaging and moving series of essays about her life—... Read More »
Kirkus Reviews reviews I Can't Complain: (All Too) Personal Essays by Elinor Lipman "Accomplished novelist Lipman exposes her journalistic roots by collecting over 30 "(all too) personal" essays and columns that have appeared in a number of... Read More »	Barbara Ann Mojica's Blog on Wordpress reviews How the Moon Regained Her Shape by Janet Ruth Heller Read More »
Gypsy Escapades The Telegraph (newspaper), Calcutta, India reviews Gypsy Escapades by William Jackson GYPSY ESCAPADES (Rupa, Rs 250) by William J. Jackson is the story of four friends from different cultures who travel across India — the “land of poverty and... Read More »	Gypsy Escapades Kirkus Reviews reviews Gypsy Escapades by William Jackson An American graduate student in India teams up with an intelligence agent and others to prevent a crisis that could spark bloody chaos. When Jill Rothchild, an... Read More »
Mysteries in Paradise reviews Death Lies Beneath by Pauline Rowson Pauline Rowson is an excellent constructor of false trails and DEATH LIES BENEATH is no exception. Ex-con Darryl Woodley's death results in a funeral which... Read More »	Stanford Law Review reviews Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz by Barbara Babcock Called “Portia of the Pacific,” Clara Shortridge Foltz, who lived from 1849 until 1934, was the first woman admitted to the practice of law in California, and... Read More »

Publishers Weekly reviews Paradise Farm by Brenda Webster Using a spare prose style resonant with clues to the catastrophic times ahead, Webster deftly conveys a period of social history when women began voicing their... Read More »	Rocky Mountain News reviews The Painting by Nina Schuyler Best Reason to Read: For Schuyler's stylistic versatility. The author's richly imagined Japanese sections resemble Japanese art with their delicate strokes and her... Read More »
San Francisco Chronicle reviews The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy by Bill Hayes Bill Hayes has always been fascinated with the human body, but it wasn't until he audited anatomy classes at the University of California Medical Center that he... Read More »	The New York Times Book Review reviews The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy by Bill Hayes How do you write a book about someone about whom next to nothing is known? For most writers, the answer would be move on to the next subject. But Bill Hayes has an... Read More »
The New York Times reviews The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer This is an absolutely astonishing book. Read More »	Publishers' Weekly reviews The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian "Powerful. . .Bohjalian’s storytelling makes this a beautiful, frightening, and unforgettable read." Read More »
Newsarama.com reviews Huntress: Year One #1 "Girls Can't Be Pope" by Ivory Madison This issue is a very dense and intense retelling of Helena Bertinelli’s early childhood and it does not waste any time getting into the thick of things. Her family... Read More »	Pagan Book Reviews reviews The Fires of Shalsha by John Michael Greer This is a quick read, and yet a very rich tale, too. The twist at the end is a nice touch, though I wasn’t too surprised by the resolution that occurred after.... Read More »
San Francisco Chronicle reviews Sins of the Mothers by Brenda Webster More than any novel of recent memory, Sins of the Mothers is reminiscent of Sue Kaufman's Diary of a Mad Housewife. Novels about women... Read More »	The Buddha Diaries, Huffington Post reviews The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buddhism by Gary G Gach You may find these to be times when despair and withdrawal seem to be the only rational answers.... Read More »