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— ClubMemoir Book Review Editor Viveka E.
Neveln
by David Gilmour (Farrar, Straus
and Giroux 2002
)
Erudite and thorough,
The Long Recessional spans Rudyard Kipling’s
humble beginnings to his death as a well-known literary and public figure.
Expect to learn something from this book, not only about Kipling, but about
history, literature and humanity. Read
the full review.
Week of July 15
Book Review
Safe at Home
by Bob Muzikowski
(Zondervan
, 2001)
In Safe at Home, baseball is merely the vehicle for Bob Muzikowski to take
on racism, inner city violence, poverty, addiction, and the power of faith
to heal all of these. This amazing story will make you smile, maybe cry,
but definitely will leave you wondering what more you can do to be a better
neighbor. Read the full review by ClubMemoir Book
Review Editor Viveka E. Neveln
.
Week of June 24
Author Q&A Exclusive
Author Sandi Sonnenfeld shopped around her manuscript
for This Is How I Speak 
for 10 years before she landed a deal with
Impassio Press
, which saw the talent behind this book in diary format. In ClubMemoir's
exclusive Q&A with Sonnenfeld, she talks about what it takes (and doesn't)
to write and publish a compelling memoir in diary form.
Read the Sonnenfeld Q&A with ClubMemoir
.
Week of June 10
Book Review
An Italian Affair
by Laura Fraser
Vintage
2002 (Paperback)
An Italian Affair is an irresistible
memoir that is part love story and part travel adventure.
Told in the second person, Laura Fraser recounts how she took off for
Italy to mend her broken heart after her husband left her for his high school
sweetheart. On the island of Ischia, she meets M., a professor from Paris
with an oversized love of life. Her experiences help her to reassess
her needs from a relationship as well as her goals in life.
An Italian Affair is "a great balm for a broken heart," says ClubMemoir.org
Book Review Editor Viveka E. Neveln.
Read the full review.
Week of June 3
Book Review
Surprised by Children
Surprised by Children: One Man's Embrace of
Fatherhood Again
by Harold Myra
The inspiring and touching story of how Christianity Today president
Harold Myra and his wife, Jeannette, have become the parents of three African-American
children and how this has impacted their faith. Reviewed by Shari
Count. Read the full review.
Book Review
A German Tale
A German Tale: A Girl Surving Hitler's Legacy
by Erika V. Shearin Karres
Unsure of how to feel about being German, Erika is haunted by the atrocities
her country allowed to happen. This memoir captures
the sense of guilt Erika felt growing up as a non-Nazi German, her insistent
questioning of her father about his participation in the Holocaust and her
constant struggle to survive.
Reviewed by ClubMemoir.org
Book Editor Viveka E. Neveln. Read the
full review.
Coming this Fall:
ClubMemoir's Exclusive Interview with
Erika Karres
Week of May 13
Author Q&A
Exclusive
"Stay
away from other memoir writers," advises Janet
Sternburg, author of Phantom Limb. When
writing your own memoir, "Never, ever think
about anyone else's format." Find your own
voice.
Read more about Phantom Limb
& writing styles
in this
ClubMemoir Exclusive
Talking with John Blumenthal, author of What's
Wrong with Dorfman
"You can dissect
and analyze jokes until you're blue in the face, but
that won't help you write funny stuff," says Blumenthal,
who is the author of several hilarious books
and screenplays, including the fictionalized
life story of Martin Dorfman.
On Memoir
vs. Fiction: "If you've got a great story
and it works as nonfiction and you're not
going to libel fifty people by writing it,
do it as autobiography."
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Not your average, sleepy town tale in which nothing
really happens
Special
to
ClubMemoir.org
Bryson City Tales by Walt Larimore
Reviewed by: Viveka E. Neveln
With a confiding, conversational tone, Dr.
Larimore brings you along to this bucolic Smoky
Mountain town. Strong, concrete detail and lively,
idiomatic dialogue bring the story's setting
and characters to life. He imbues the narrative
with meaning as he examines and reflects upon
his role as a "trained professional" who is
as prone to doubts, imperfections, and frailties
as anyone else.
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Personal memory books are easy to write and make
great gifts. Read tips from Cathy Fulton, director of
Capturing Memories, about ways to turn your writing
into a gift from the heart.
Learn more.
Living with Parkinson's, Fox Counts His Blessings
The BBC
takes a look at Michael J Fox's
autobiography
, Lucky Man.
Perfect in Life
CNN
interviews actress Bo Derek about
her new book
, Riding Lessons: Everything That Matters
In Life I Learned From Horses.
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"The Jungle Book Won't Look the Same Again"
