Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron

May 14, 2022

I’m going to be the first one to tell you that Delia Ephron’s memoir Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life is definitely not for everyone. Those of you who watched a loved one suffer from cancer or another long, drawn-out disease will probably not want to...

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom

April 10, 2022

Amy Bloom’s In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss isn’t an easy book to read, and many readers may be uncomfortable with this book. Bloom’s husband, Brian Ameche, had Alzheimer’s, and he made the decision that he didn’t want to live with the...

Enough Already by Valerie Bertinelli

February 19, 2022

I don’t think there’s an American woman who is satisfied with her physical appearance. Valerie Bertinelli’s memoir, Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today, is a testament to that. She stresses over the ten pounds she’s lost and...

Apparently There Were Complaints by Sharon Gless

February 16, 2022

I seldom read celebrity memoirs, so maybe most of them are as brutally honest as Sharon Gless’ Apparently There Were Complaints. She doesn’t hesitate to share her faults, and she had plenty. She has an addictive personality, and it came out in many ways in...

Coming-of-Age – The Tender Bar

January 09, 2022

I seldom talk about a movie here. First, in the last two years, I haven’t been to a movie. And, I just don’t give up two hours of my life to watch movies when I’m home, unless it’s my seasonal appointment with “The Muppets’...