What does it mean to lose your roots—within your culture, within your family—and what happens when you find them?Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean…
Tag: nonfiction
Review:: Quackery by Lydia Kang
Discover 67 shocking-but-true medical misfires that run the gamut from bizarre to deadly. Like when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When snorting skull moss was a cure for a…
Review:: The Butcher’s Daughter by Florence Grende
Florence Grende's memoir The Butcher's Daughter is a family portrait drawn in lyrical style that examines the effects of war, and follows the narrator's search for her parents survival story…
Review:: Beyond Trans by Heath Fogg Davis
Beyond Trans Goes beyond transgender to question the need for gender classification. Beyond Trans pushes the conversation on gender identity to its limits: questioning the need for gender categories in…
Review:: The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
The incredible true story of the Radium Girls, the young women exposed to the “wonder” substance of radium and their brave struggle for justice... As World War I raged across…
Review:: The New Old Me by Meredith Moran
The New Old Me is a lusty, kickass post-divorce memoir, one woman's story of starting over at 60 in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood. After the death of her best friend, the…
Review:: Dust Bowl Girls by Lydia Reeder
At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have…
Review:: Butter: A Rich History
It’s a culinary catalyst, an agent of change, a gastronomic rock star. Ubiquitous in the world’s most fabulous cuisines, butter is boss. Here, it finally gets its due. After traveling…
Review:: My (Underground) American Dream by Julissa Arce
I received a courtesy ARC of My (Underground) American Dream through Netgalley and the publisher, Center Street, in exchange for an honest review. For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true…
Review:: Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book, Lab Girl, is a revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is…
Review:: I Wish My Teacher Knew by Kyle Schwartz
One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill–in–the–blank in this sentence: “I wish my teacher knew _____.” The results astounded her. Some answers were humorous, others were heartbreaking–all…