by Carol Jane Morrison | Jan 16, 2019 | Book Reviews
“The Woman Next Door” by Yewande Nomotoso I like the premise of this book. Two women in their eighties, one black, one white, live next door to each other in Katterjin, an upscale community in modern day South Africa. Hortensia, who is black, despises...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Dec 24, 2018 | Book Reviews
“A Tale for the Time Being” by Ruth Ozeki The fact that I am 137 pages into this 422 page book, and my monthly book review was due two days ago, tells you how busy I am this Christmas. A good busy, I’m happy to report, but not much time to finOKish...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Nov 14, 2018 | Book Reviews
“The Story of Arthur Truluv” by Elizabeth Berg Eighty-year old Arthur has lunch beside his wife’s grave everyday. He eats his sandwich as he talks to her in the achingly familiar way of long time partners and then goes home alone, where he’s...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Oct 23, 2018 | Book Reviews
“An American Marriage” by Tayari Jones Celestial and Roy, a thirty-something African American couple, are married and living the American dream in Atlanta. Roy is in sales. Celestial is an artist who makes stuffed dolls called “poupees”. Roy and Celestial...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Sep 26, 2018 | Book Reviews
“David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants” by Malcolm Gladwell I’ve read parts of several Gladwell books. He has brilliant, creative ideas about how things work and gives detailed examples from history and science to...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Aug 23, 2018 | Book Reviews
“America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and a Path to a New America” by Jim Wallis This was a book selection by my new book group at church. I looked forward to it, as I’m all about a path to a new America, and I respect Jim Wallis,...
