Synopsis: Armed with camera and notebook, war was an assignment Croswell Bowen could finally sink his teeth into — until the bombs dropped and the story began. Croswell Bowen, Betsy Connor Bowen’s father, began writing and taking photographs for Back from Tobruk in 1941 while en route with his unit of American Field Service volunteer […]
Category: Historical
About Heather: Heather B. Moore is the award-winning author of ten novels, two inspirational non-fiction books, and two anthologies, including The Newport Ladies Book Club Series, A Timeless Romance Anthology, and Christ’s Gifts to Women (co-authored by Angela Eschler). Her historical fiction is published under the pen name H.B. Moore. She is the two-time recipient […]
Daisy: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Presidential diarist and author Janis F. Kearney transforms civil rights legend Daisy Gatson Bates’ life from black and white, to living color. The author, who interviewed Bates many times; recreates her conversations and interviews to “fill in” places left un-filled, and colors incidents and experiences, to […]
Tuesday Teaser: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
September 11, 2012
My book club is reading this book for our gathering this weekend where we will also watch the movie. I will have to say that the tradition of binding feet is a little disturbing but I know it was what was done at that time. Lisa See is the author of this novel. Synopsis: In […]
Review: Fixer by Ed Brodow
February 14, 2012
I love getting random emails from authors asking me to review a book, especially when the book is something I probably wouldn’t have normally picked up or even known about. Stretching the mind is a good thing! Ed Brodow contacted me about reading and reviewing Fixer which is fiction but loosely based on his Grandfather’s […]