Book Review: Light in August

Reviewed by Michael Attard William Faulkner, the author of Light in August, was born in Mississippi in 1897. This fictional story takes place in the 1930’s. Historically, it was a … Read More

Book Review: When Rain Clouds Gather

Reviewed by Michael Attard When Rain Clouds Gather By Bessie Head 186 Pages, Waveland Press, 2013 (Original 1968) ISBN-13: 978-1478607595 When Rain Clouds Gather was first published in 1968 when … Read More

Book Review: Stoner

By Michael Attard The story Stoner, by John Edward Williams (1922–1994), is fiction but draws from the author’s own life. A tale of humble beginnings from dirt poor farming, flowing … Read More

American Dirt – Book Review, May 2025

By Michael Attard The story is fiction, but the author, Jeanine Cummins, has grippingly brought to the fore one of the greatest social dilemmas, traumas, and moral issues of our … Read More

Franci’s War: A Woman’s Story of Survival – Book Review, April 2025

Reviewed by Michael Attard The book is a memoir from World War II Holocaust survivor Franci Rabinek Epstein. Her story mostly relates what happened to her during a three-year period … Read More

Killers of the Flower Moon By David Grann 

Reviewed by Michael Attard  The Osage Indians have a more than 2000-year history in North America, but I will start in 1803. In that year, U.S. President Thomas Jefferson purchased … Read More

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 

Reviewed by Michael Attard  The children are living in what appears to be a private boarding school for a select few, but something is amiss. There is no mention of … Read More

Think Like A Monk by Jay Shetty 

Reviewed by Michael Attard  Officially, Jay Shetty was a monk for three years. So, one might ask, “If being a monk is so great, then why did he quit?” Simply … Read More