If you never thought a story that begins with a divorce could be uplifting, you clearly haven’t read Amy Dickinson’s new book, The Mighty Queens of Freeville: a Mother, a Daughter, and the Town that Raised Them.
I have to confess, when I was handed the DVD of Girls Rock! and told it was about a camp where girls could learn to be rockers, I was expecting a more plugged in version of the popular indie film CAMP. Instead, I was treated to a documentary that shook me to the roots of my dyed-blue hair, and made me sit up and take notice.
In her last novel, Firefly Lane, which was released in paperback earlier this year, author Kristin Hannah gave us a stirring story exploring the often-adversarial relationships between mothers and daughters. In her newest book, True Colors Ms. Hannah once again displays her deftness at portraying relationships between women, this time with a brutally honest portrayal of three sisters in a somewhat dysfunctional family.
If you are a traditionalist werewolf lover, this may not quite be the book for you. Although the werewolves are portrayed as fierce fighters and vicious hunters, you may be put off with the amount of fashion-related escapades that go on and some of the drunken foolishness. It makes for a story with a great sense of humour, but if you are excepting hardcore werewolf action, this isn’t it. There is a lot of tearing of throats though, if that helps.
Amy is the owner of Brownstein & Associates. Her job is to put other people in the spotlight.
Josh is a piano playing singer/songwriter with jazz in his soul and a mission - to keep helping the City of New Orleans - in his heart.
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