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Reviews: Books & Movies

The Fifth season by Lisa Ohlen Harris

January 6, 2014

The Fifth Season: A Daughter-in-Law’s Memoir of Caregiving

"The Fifth Season" is an honest, yet poetic, account of a difficult experience: caregiving for an elderly person. An added complication is that the person requiring care both is/isn't a relative. She is in that unique role: mother in law. The author, Lisa Ohlen Harris, brings all of herself to … [Read more...] about The Fifth Season: A Daughter-in-Law’s Memoir of Caregiving

Uncategorized book review,  Collegeville Institute,  family,  Reviews: Books & Movies

May 22, 2011

The Year of Living . . . with a Beard

After reading A.J. Jacob's book,?The Year of Living Biblically, I decided to follow a friend's recommendation and read Ed Dobson's book The Year of Living Like Jesus. The two books are quite different. Jacobs was raised as a secular Jew, and his book feels a bit like a stunt, a follow-up to spending … [Read more...] about The Year of Living . . . with a Beard

Words & Writing book review,  Reviews: Books & Movies

February 8, 2011

Two Movies I Never Heard of But Loved

I'm posting these titles because I never heard of them before I found them on Netflix (both available on streaming). "Sweet Land" -- set in 1920 in Minnesota -- a "mail order" bride arrives. Really a sweet, tender movie, nice tight dialogue, great acting, interesting story. A congregation, and the … [Read more...] about Two Movies I Never Heard of But Loved

Words & Writing Arranged,  movie review,  Reviews: Books & Movies

April 22, 2009

Publishers Weekly Review of “Take Wing”

Regular readers know that I entered my novel TAKE WING in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest, and was eliminated between the quarterfinals and semifinals. One of the benefits of being in the contest was getting feedback. Anyone could read the first 4,000 words of the novel and post a review. … [Read more...] about Publishers Weekly Review of “Take Wing”

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