Published Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle reviews For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance by Victoria Zackheim The human body is a tough machine. Women's bodies in Victoria Zackheim's straight-up, affable anthology, "For Keeps," are put to the test, experiencing... Read More »	Globe and Mail reviews THE OTHER WOMAN: Twenty-one Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayal by Victoria Zackheim Women will do anything for love. That much is clear in Victoria Zackheim's revealing - and riveting - collection of female-authored essays in The Other Woman. The... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance by Victoria Zackheim For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies,Growing Older, and Acceptance Edited by Victoria Zackheim. Seal, $15.95 paper (256p) ISBN978-1-58005-204-7 Nora... Read More »	The New York Times reviews The Phantom Father by Barry Gifford In The Phantom Father, Mr. Gifford has chosen to go after literary rather than historical effect and, to a degree, to re-mystify his dad. The result, alongside the... Read More »
The New York Times reviews Desirable Daughters: A Novel by Bharati Mukherjee Redolent with myth and symbol, Desirable Daughters is a signature work that shows why Mukherjee is the literary mother of the young Indian writers now flourishing... Read More »	San Francisco Chronicle reviews Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge by Don Lattin Jesus Freaks is an impressive feat of investigative history, bringing to light the warped worldview and abusive sexual and disciplinary practices of a deluded... Read More »
San Francisco Chronicle reviews Night of Many Dreams by Gail Tsukiyama Tsukiyama tells a quietly powerful and understated story of women finding their way in the world, and the strength they derive from family ties. Read More »	The New York Times reviews The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie Talent? Not in question. Big talent. Ambition? Boundless ambition. Salman Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies,... Read More »
The New York Times reviews The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer This is an absolutely astonishing book. Read More »

New Pages reviews Girl on a Bridge by Suzanne Frischkorn Girl on a Bridge Poetry by Suzanne Frischkorn Main Street Rag Books, March 2010 ISBN-10: 1599482266 ISBN 13: 978-1-59948-226-2 Paperback: 57pp; $14.00 Review by... Read More »	Los Angeles Times reviews Kings of the Earth by Jon Clinch Kings of the Earth displays a "subtle brilliance...so vibrant that you feel the bite of a northern wind, smell the rankness of dissipated lives and experience the... Read More »
Coffee Time Romance & More reviews The Commander's Desire by Jennette Green An exciting and interesting historical, this book kept my attention and is one that I enjoyed reading. The murder and mayhem are very well written and are... Read More »	Anna's Book Blog reviews Heart of the Highland Wolf by Terry Spear Thoughts: This latest installment in the werewolf series is one of my favorites, along with the first book Heart of the Wolf. There is always something fresh and... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies: The Surprising Science of Pregnancy by Jena Pincott Science writer Pincott (Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?) began her research when she was pregnant; her daughter was born during the writing process, and she... Read More »	AterEllen.com reviews My Life With Stella Kane by Linda Morganstein Linda Morganstein’s new novel My Life With Stella Kane is a funny, sharp look at what it was like to be gay in 1950’s Hollywood. Read More »
Salt in Our Blood:The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife www.seafoodnews.com reviews Salt in Our Blood:The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife by Michele Longo Eder "What makes this book such compelling reading? It is that Michele exposes to us all what that sense of risk on the sea is all about. All of us think... Read More »	The Window Seat on a Rainy Day reviews A Highland Werewolf Wedding by Terry Spear "They say that every seven years or so, a person’s tastes change. I thought when I heard... Read More »
Poetry International/ Issue 18/19/ 2012 reviews "Beautiful Soon Enough" by Margo Berdeshevsky Beautiful Soon Enough "The stories in this prize-winning collection are all about sex. They’re tactile, explosive, hilarious, rueful, and knowing. They’re... Read More »