The Lion Women of Tehran
by Marjan Kamali, 2024, Gallery Books My wife and several women in our community read this book and said it was very good. I decided to give it a try and thought it might be okay, but that it was … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Four-Star
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960’s
by Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2024, Simon & Schuster, New York I have read other books by Doris Goodwin and think highly of her as an author and historian. This book is quite different from her other books as it is … Continue reading →
The Giver
by Lois Lowry, 1993, Ever After Kindle Edition, 2018, Houghton Mifflin Houghton Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company I came across this book due to an unusual circumstance. I went to a Brown alumni club Holiday party and … Continue reading →
Squeeze Me
by Carl Hiaasen, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Scott Brick, Random House Audio The book starts at a gala at a site in Palm Beach County, Florida, where an elderly matron who is a big donor to the President suddenly disappears. … Continue reading →
The Plot Against America
by Phillip Roth, 2004, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books This fictional book hinges on the 1940 presidential election when Charles Lindberg is elected president instead of FDR. Lindberg enters into an agreement with Hitler that the U.S. will not intervene in … Continue reading →
Demons of Unrest
by Erik Larson, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Will Patton, Random House Audio This book is a detailed account of the events that led up to the attack on Fort Sumter which was the start of the Civil War. The author … Continue reading →
So Close to Home
by Michael J. Tougias and Alison O’Leary, 2016, Pegasus Books, Ltd. I didn’t initially think much about this book. It’s the story of a family that was on board a freighter bound to New Orleans from Costa Rica during WWII … Continue reading →
Britt-Marie Was Here
by Fredrik Backman, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Joan Walker, Simon & Schuster Audio This audiobook is delightful. It’s about a 63-year-old woman who has led a very sheltered life. She is ready for a change, and she decides to try … Continue reading →
Trust
by Hernan Diaz, 2022, Penguin Publishing Group This book is about a reclusive Wall Street Mogul who amassed a huge fortune, even as he weathered the crash of 1929. He is reclusive but wishes to tell his story for posterity … Continue reading →
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by Candice Millard, 2011, Vintage Candice Millard has done a very good job portraying the life and death of President James Garfield. I knew very little about Garfield and was very surprised to find out what an outstanding human being … Continue reading →