Stranger to Ourselves

Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Written By: Rachel Aviv Published By: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Reviewed By: Melissa Minners I am very interested in the field of psychology, so when Netgalley offered me the opportunity to read Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv, I jumped on the chance.  The book was described

The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion

Written By: Fannie Flagg Published By: Random House Reviewed By: Melissa Minners                Sookie Poole has just received a letter that has given us the shock of her life.  All these years, Sookie has believed she was the daughter of Southern Belle Lenore Simmons, an over-the-top and often overbearing woman whom Sookie has never believed

Giants: The Dwarfs of Auschwitz

Written By: Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev Published By: MJF Books Reviewed By: Melissa Minners                Those who know me know I have a great interest in history and have read quite a few books about various eras, locales and wars, including the Civil War, WWI and WWII, Vietnam.  I have read about the horrific