Category Archives: book reviews

Let’s Take the Long Way Home

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Michelle O'Neil

I just finished Gail Caldwell’s memoir Let’s Take the Long Way Home(Random House, 2010). It is a book about two friends, and one of the friends dies, and it is sad. I didn’t spoil anything, the death is mentioned on … Continue reading →

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Dancing at the Shame Prom

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

I loved Dancing at the Shame Prom so much I couldn’t help but ask co-editors and contributors (both have chill inducing essays in the book) Hollye Dexter and Amy Ferris some questions regarding how it came about and where they are … Continue reading →

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Dancing at the Shame Prom

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

I just finished Dancing at the Shame Prom and I am feeling such a deep sense of gratitude for the women who brought this book to life and for those who contributed to it. I feel like the book is going … Continue reading →

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Dancing at the Shame Prom

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

I am reading Dancing at the Shame Prom and will be writing more about it soon. Here is a video to whet your appetite. In it, Hollye Dexter co-editor of the anthology talks a bit about what fueled her to … Continue reading →

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The Golden Hat

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

I simply couldn’t conceive of how devastating it would be not to be able to hear my childrens’ voices. Not to be able to communicate with one’s children, to hear them learn, grow, and express themselves verbally. – Kate Winslet … Continue reading →

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Sunburned Faces, Part 1

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Michelle O'Neil

Some of you who read this blog, probably read Jeneil Russell’s blog too. She writes beautifully of family life, autism, and faith, always faith. And she has this way of making you fall in love with whomever she loves. Her … Continue reading →

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White Elephants

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Michelle O'Neil

Great review for Daughter of the Drunk at the Bar at Chynna Laird’s White Elephants blog! I thought writing a memoir would bring up a lot of stuff, and it did, but releasing it has excavated more layers and levels of insecurity … Continue reading →

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