Author: George Packer (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2013) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman In the prologue to The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New […]
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My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Author: Ari Shavit (Spiegel and Grau/Random House, New York, 2013) Reviewed by Doris Friedensohn Ari Shavit, the left-wing Israeli journalist, is an uncommonly brave writer. In My Promised Land (2013), […]
The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life
Author: Rod Dreher (Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group, 2013) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman The author, Rod Dreher, and his sister, Ruthie, grew up in Starhill, Louisiana, a tiny community […]
Mortality
Author: Christopher Hitchens (2012, Twelve, Hachette Book Group) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman Christopher Hitchens took on death much the same way he took on life—with an unsparing, combative […]
The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
Authors: Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin (2012, Rutgers University Institute for Women and Art) Reviewed by Doris Friedensohn Timing, as we know, is (almost) everything. This is the case […]
Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier
Author: Robert Emmons (2007, Houghton Mifflin) Reviewed by Marc Bernstein I discovered Robert Emmons’ book, Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier, at a difficult moment […]
