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Love Soars the Skies: A mother's quest to reach her son by Linda Ann Jones is a profound, sincere, open book that at the same time dismembers each stage that brings the pain of losing a loved one and more so for a mother, the loss of a child. At the same time, it also leads you to understand what the process of pain is like and how one should not forget loved ones. What can a mother write about the loss of a child? There are times when language cannot encompass misfortune. However, Linda has rescued the words she needs to tell her pain. She has protected them in this book, guarding the memory of Nathan, her absent son. This book is the story of a mother who lives with her memories and makes a pact with them to continue her path through life. It is a personal journey, a complex picture of surviving the death of her son. I feel that I should not say much about this book, because it is better to go without knowing anything. I know it's a story that will stay in my mind for a lon

Conversations Across America: A Father and Son, Alzheimer's, and 300 Conversations Along the TransAmerica Bike Trail that Capture the Soul of America by Kari Loya is a story that from suffering sees the blossoming of pure and unstoppable new joy of living, the absolute beauty of the discovery of the other, the magic of feeling human and brings us to know the most common of degenerative dementias: Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's is the reality of many families, and more and more studies and research are being carried out to better understand it and seek a cure. However, there is still little clear information to answer the questions of patients. The battle against Alzheimer's is an emotional and engaging journey animated by the hope that the most precious gift we have will not remain so impenetrable for long. The protagonists of the book are Merv, a father and Kari, the son who decide to go out of the box and take a trip in bicycles from east coast to west coast of USA, trave

There are times when you need a book to cure an ailment or just to take your mind off some worry. And there are books that have this thaumaturgical power to explain to us how life works or to reassure us about something. One of them, in my opinion, is A Reservoir Man by L. J. Ambrosio. It wasn't so much the plot that struck me, but the style. A Reservoir Man caught me off guard as I thought I would be faced with something predictable. It is the story of Michael, a man on his way to life, who makes detours through social embarrassment, sexual assault, wars, scandals, and obsession. His existential path lacks a landing place because the use of splitting mechanisms and the disruption of belonging make a lack of the necessary support for a possible integration, in a short circuit where ungovernable anxieties and identity fragility are nourished as he meets the men near a reservoir inspite of the reservations of his family. It is the task of Michael to reinvent himself and the world,

Today I bring you my impressions of The Mind, a novel by Gloria Foster, a game of mirrors where everything can be real or illusory at the same time. For me it has been my first approach with this author and I have had a great time reading this book. It is true that when I got this novel, I was expecting something else, but the path it has taken me has pleased me and above all, it has surprised me. We are going to attend a reading that is not at a frenetic pace, but it is not necessary, since the author combines a plot that puzzles and that you want to know more about. The plot has an atmosphere that will make us relive the childhood of Sheila Leclaire, an investment banker who lives in Sommerville, Virginia. Haunted by voices of events that occurred in her childhood, we find Sheila is a tenacious and we could even say obsessive woman. In Sheila's story real things are mixed, dreams, and a lot of imagination. The same author gives us the key. The book is seasoned with an evening

Roller Rink Starlight is a memoir by William Hart that wistfully recalls the 1960s when he was young. Dominating the book is the passion, in a climate where lies the coolness to let yourself be penetrated by its fragility. And, in this sense, the book becomes a symbol of a society evolving to manage relationships and affections. The book, on the other hand, offers a lucid look at those times gone by. The prismatic characters, the relationships connoted in all their complexity, mean that with the never tragic yet profound ironic touch, William Hart makes us reflect on the institution of the family and monogamy, and prefigure the fragility of some conquests that all epoch seemed imminent, like equality between the sexes. Set in Wichita, Kansas, William Hart traces his relationships with Katy Linsey, at the tender age of fourteen and later with Lauren McCabe, that changes his life later. They were young and at the mercy of their inner world, of shyness, of prudery, of the unspoken, of l

The Society of Necessities by Christopher Bowron is not an easy novel, but it's certainly out of the ordinary. It is not easy to tell you about this book because I think that every word would be trivial compared to its beauty and complexity. Set in breathtakingly beautiful places and narrated with a style capable of captivating the reader, the book is an intense and impossible to forget tale. We are faced with a plot whose outcome is by no means taken for granted and which indeed seems capable of reversing, in the end. Daniel St Croix, the protagonist, will find himself investigating the mystery of his estranged grandfather’s estate-including a gold wedding band holding a powerful secret. Daniel must read Pierre St Croix’s well-kept journals to unravel the puzzle as he finds an obscure secret society in his pursuit. From here Daniel sets out on a journey to unknown and mysterious lands, involving the reader and guiding him along a path that is often full of misunderstandings and

The Scavenger is a new book by Aidan Lucid, author of 'The Lost Son'. There are black and red pages and, most outstandingly, descriptions that reflect key moments in the events. They are great! So if you are a fan of horror, unexplained stories, events that seem straight out of a movie, this book is for you. The plot, in my opinion, is perfectly in line with the theme, and then I fell in love with the cover - even if unfortunately, I only have the digital version. The cover image perfectly represents that that you can find in these pages. I particularly enjoyed this book: it is about friendship, relationships, hopes for the future and family. The protagonists are three kids: Jared Duval, Adrian Cole, and Jessica Barlow. They are friends and after a school’s Halloween dance they live the adventure of finding a runaway lost girl. Without realizing what they are doing, they follow her and comes across an abandoned shack with a well outside. They decide to make a wish and their