Raising Up Mommy and Let Nothing Trouble You
Catholic Media Review
9/11/2008, by Catholic Media Review
Order and proportion, beauty and moderation. To embrace these principles of artistry within the home is to create an environment where the senses of family members are liberated to appreciate the fullness of God's design. A single bit of sun-ripened peach dances on the tongue with a far greater ...
Good Omens
Catholic Media Review
9/11/2008, by Catholic Media Review
The complete title of this book is Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch. This is a joint effort by Neil Gaiman (Stardust) and Terry Pratchett (Discworld series). Which means it's hysterically funny, but you can't explain to anyone why you're laughing out loud without ...
The Secret Life of Bees/The Mermaid Chair
Catholic Media Review
9/11/2008, by Catholic Media Review
ue Monk Kidd has a way with words, evoking scenes and smells, drawing idiosyncratic characters who seem perfectly plausible. Her writing style reminds me a lot of Pat Conroy's--if she's not a native Southerner, she's one who loves it all, the people, the land, the food.
The Secret Life of Bees is ...
The Time Traveler's Wife
Catholic Media Review
9/11/2008, by Catholic Media Review
Six-year-old Clare Anne Abshire is in The Meadow, an isolated area behind her family home, when a naked man suddenly appears. He asks for the beach towel she is using and she gives it to him. He introduces himself: he is Henry DeTamble. Clare does not know him but Henry knows her because he is her ...
A Haystack Full of Needles
Catholic Media Review
9/11/2008, by Catholic Media Review
Ask a mother who home educates her children, ask which question she encounters most frequently and she will undoubtedly respond, “What about socialization?” In the decade since I began teaching my three daughters at home, this question has remained, even as other questions like, “Is that legal?” ...
1776
Catholic Media Review
9/11/2008, by Catholic Media Review
David McCullough begins 1776 on October 26, 1775. His Royal Majesty, George III, is addressing the opening of Parliament on "the increasingly distressing issue of war in America." The King and Parliament see the war as rebellion. The Americans, in contrast, really do not want to be independent from ...
"Roadmap to Holland"
Catholic Media Review
9/11/2008, by Jennifer Graf Groneberg
Those of us who give birth to children with Down syndrome have been likened to travelers to Italy who find that their plane unexpectedly lands in Holland. The title “Roadmap to Holland” is a reference to that famous essay by Emily Perl Kingsley, who worked for decades writing for Sesame Street and ...
Hear My Voice
Catholic Media Review
9/11/2008, by Catholic Media Review
Hear My Voice strikes me as a very good way to help children begin to have an understanding of what the adults are talking about in the Gospel readings and homilies that follow. I received a galley to read and can vouch for exactly what the publisher describes: These passages are suggested for ...
'Basic Instinct' author writes book about faith
Catholic Media Review
9/11/2008, by Catholic Media Review
Joe Eszterhas' latest book is a shocker, but not the kind that made him rich and famous.
The upcoming release from the man who penned dark thrillers such as Basic Instinct and Jagged Edge tells the story of his spiritual conversion and his newfound devotion to God and family.
In Crossbearer: A ...
Bob Woodward describes the war within the war room
McClatchy Newspapers
9/10/2008, by Diane Evans
DelMio.com (MCT) - If journalist and author Bob Woodward is a master of uncovering secrets, he also understands the power of keeping secrets. By the time his latest book came out Monday, Woodward had what every author covets: advance media buzz. What would Woodward reveal this time about the Bush ...
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