There is a reason books that recount the regrets and advice of the dying strike so deep a chord: people who have nothing left to lose can tell their stories with a sincerity and unpretentiousness we crave but that is all too rare. In “Trauma, Shame, and the Power of Love,” Christopher Pelloski relates his own downfall from a prominent physician-scientist in the field of radiation oncology in a similarly candid way.
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Book Review “Trauma, Shame And The Power Of Love” Christopher E. Pelloski, MD
Pelloski, in my mind, is a great champion for this cause. His knowledge of medicine and his first hand experiences combine to shine a beacon of light on this neglected problem society has swiftly condemned without any real thought on the deeper problems. All issues in society are layered. It's important to remember this if we want change. Nothing is ever simple.
Book Review “A Howl for Mayflower” Dan Gilmore
Gilmore has written an intimately unapologetic novel about the holes of selfishness and ideologies we find ourselves hunched in. His characters flaws, attributes and embarrassing urges are laid bare in a fashion that reminds us all that as humans we are complex and perplexing. Our motives a mixed bag in every circumstance.
Book Review “She” Michelle Latiolais
She'd been home-schooled for ten years, and whipped for eleven, and tomorrow she would celebrate her fifteenth birthday. That's why she'd come to Los Angeles, to turn fifteen alone and free in a city she'd never been to before.
Shelf Control – A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms
Shelf Control is where I peruse my own book shelves and find one to highlight and actually read.
Book Review “Parallel Realities: The Mundane Reimagined” J.C.
Carefully crafted to accommodate the duration of a single bowel movement in today’s fast-paced society, this short is dedicated to office drones everywhere. Join memorable characters such as Lucas, Bob and Jane on their epic adventures in familiar situations. If misdirection of expectations, ambiguous statements and lame jokes are what you seek, then look no further! Either that or you could just go back to work for the same.
Book Review “Hibiscus Fruit” Alison Gray
Gray is a true master of deep characters. Hibiscus Fruit is so much more than just another detective novel. This is the exploration of grief, paranoia, parenting and self discovery.
Book Review “Private Lucky” Melissa Guzzetta
Knowing what is to come, I found reading the pre-war Holland section difficult. Since this is the true story of a very real man's life, the usual detachment I have as a reader was stripped and I cringed at the tales of Hank's boyhood adventures. If only his life could have continued to be full of pranks and mooning over airplanes.
Book Review “Out of the Tower” Alison Gray
Jemima Forbes is seven years when a mysterious event occurs and her father and uncle disappear from her life one night. She spends her growing years obsessing about this and when she is old enough, leaves home to find out what happened. Out of the Tower was shortlisted for the Constable Trophy 1992, a competition for the best unpublished novel by a writer from the North of England. It was described by the judges as: powerful, strong, heartfelt, admirably tense, a work of great promise and individuality, carefully thought out and with subtlety, deftness and poetic nature of idiom.
Book Review “TITANBORN” Rhett C. Bruno
Titanborn has all the elements of a best seller! Between the corporate greed and rivalries, Bruno plants the seeds of a tale that is really as old as our species. It's the tale of right over wrong. It's the tale of the oppressed subjugating their oppressors. ¡Viva la Revolucion!
