Review:Carine McCandless is a talented and smart up and coming writer whose first
book is a real page turner. She has a great talent for describing the
indescribable. Carine is a survivor who loved her brother endlessly. Her
brave book about growing up in chaos with older brother Chris is a MUST
READ! Her vivid recollections are captured in stunning detail. Carine is
kind, honest and fair in her memories of childhood and the events that led
up to her brother Chris' untimely death... Read more

Review:I found this book to be a refreshing change of pace from what is usually on the shelf. I enjoyed a glimpse into her world. I would have liked to know more about her current husband and daily life, I enjoy rooting for. the under dog. Read more

Review:I finished reading this book last night, and I've been thinking of it all day, having read it with full engagement over a week. It affected me increasingly, the more deeply I read into it. Most of all, it's an honestly felt memoir, in which the author Mira's fear of, and inability to live, near here mentally ill mother Norma, leads her to make many life choices that would otherwise be unexplainable. All the settings--Cleveland for much of the book, where I happened to also grow up--are extremel... Read more

Review:While I admire the authors many accomplishments and can appreciate his contributions to the art of profiling, his ego leaves no room for admitting mistakes. This gives me reason for concern, no one is ever right in every instance no matter how experienced. For instance the William Heirens case which he breezes through with broad strokes doesn't touch on any of the contridictions of this particular case and in the end he writes William off as guilty without ever looking into any other aspects of ... Read more

Review:I feel like this book could've been written slightly better but overall it was very good. The story goes into detail of the struggles he faced on his rise to power and everything he had to do to get there. Read more

Review:Interesting to me as I grew up in the fifties in the fifties. I knew some of the people mentioned in the book and it was eye opening to me.
There was not all that much about Buffalino as a person. It seems to me to be more about facts gleaned from news or reports than a personal story of he Quiet Don. Read more

Review:You know what, I'm not all that big on memoirs or the celebrity book of the week, but when the world seems to be a cesspool of negativity, greed and people getting laid off left and right, it is almost refreshing to read a book about a really really decent, genuine and endlessly interesting person who did things the right way.

She made a name for herself by working hard, taking chances, weathering the down times and working even harder to push herself over the hump.

Films, Broadway... Read more

Review:It was a thought-provoking book. Writing about about a sister who has died has to be a challenge, and you can see the author's attempt to paint her as nearly perfect in one sense, yet human and flawed in the other. One of the things I reflected on after reading it was that, at the end, Ruthie suffered in great pain and her family was not prepared for her death. This can lead to complicated grief. Ruthie could have died at home much more peacefully if hospice had been involved, and bereavement... Read more

Review:Fantastic book. I grew up in MN, and my mother's and father's families grew up in the same Southern MN area. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books always rang true with my family stories. This is a great historical book, the foot notes show the recorded history and reveal that Laura Ingalls Wilder only at times "stretched the truth". This book makes Laura's stories even more 'true'. I cannot recommend it higher. 10 stars would not due it justicve. Read more

Review:Excellent seller service....have no completed read but so far very good read....it is not the usual bio ...gives you insight into her writing style and topics...If you have noy read any of her works read this one first... Read more