dianemanson

"Stern is highly honest about her anxiety, phobias and depressions. When the bottom falls out of her life--or when she's able to admit that it has--she decides to follow a dream she had as a child. She wasn't at all sure she could be an EMT, and ..." Permalink

"Excellent, describing her experience of her brain event (AVM...arteriole-venous malformation), which caused stroke-like deficits across a broad ara of functional life...speaking/communicating, moving/walking, and manual skills ability, from her pe..." Permalink

"I thought this book was just awful! I made it 40% of the way through on eBook before giving up. The book has very little real substance. The ghostwriter has taken many chapters to repeat the same things-- --Rick had an awful childhood with a..." Permalink

"Loved this book,with its 19th century prose, and brave deeds done on both sides of the law. Did not find the opening slow. The Audiobook reader seems the ideal choice and listening to him is a treat. He brings it all to life wonderfully." Permalink

"Matthew Pearl writes historical fiction, which is my jam, and he writes specifically about books, manuscripts, authors, and other topics that appeal to bibliophiles. In this book, he crafts a historical crime novel about Robert Louis Stevenson, fa..." Permalink