Two Birthdays On March 10th, I celebrate two birthdays: my physical birthday and my sobriety birthday. Today I’m happy to report that I’m 53 years old and celebrating 18 years of living clean and sober. I’m one of those people… Read More ›
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All That is Bitter & Sweet by Ashley Judd
Ashley Juddwith Maryanne Vollers All That is Bitter & SweetBallantine Books, April 2011ISBN 978-0-345-52361-7432 pages Autobiographies and memoirs by “stars” are not my cup of tea. I’m pretty sure the last one I read was Barbara Mandrell’s Get to the… Read More ›
Scars by Cheryl Rainfield
West Side Books, 2010 I can’t say enough good things about this book. Scars is an intense story about fifteen-year-old Kendra whose repressed memories of sexual abuse started resurfacing six months prior to the action in the novel. She cuts… Read More ›