by Laura DeNooyer | Aug 2, 2022 | Book Reviews
What attracts you to a particular novel? Are you ever drawn in primarily by the setting? I certainly am. Such was the case with Liz Johnson’s The Red Door Inn, set in North Rustico, Prince Edward Island. For our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary years ago, Tim and I...
by Laura DeNooyer | Jul 26, 2022 | Book Reviews
There’s no doubting the power of stories, whether fact, fiction, or a blend. There’s also no doubting the power of words—to heal, soothe, save, bind, bond, or destroy. All of that surfaces in Heidi Chiavaroli’s The Orchard House, a novel rooted in the home and...
by Laura DeNooyer | Jul 19, 2022 | Book Reviews
Perceptions of mental illness have included demonic influences, witchcraft, genetics, and bad parenting. In earlier centuries, degrading practices were the norm for those who suffered. From the 1700s to the 1900s, even mental health hospitals proved barbaric....
by Laura DeNooyer | Jul 12, 2022 | Book Reviews
Unlike certain other twigs in my family, I’ve always gravitated to family trees, their roots, and stories of ancestors. I wish I’d heard more family tales growing up. It wasn’t till years later that I missed what I never had. So I had to start digging on my own and...
by Laura DeNooyer | Jul 5, 2022 | Book Reviews
As an author, here’s my “Top 4” list of worst fears—possibly every author’s worst fears: Realizing you accidentally plagiarized and the whole world knows it. Goodbye, career. Discovering another author wrote and published your story idea before you did, even...
