The Invisible Mountain

The Invisible Mountain

Rating:   The Invisible Mountain, by Carolina De Robertis. Vintage Books (2009), 424 pages. This is a book that will make you want to fly to Uruguay and walk the streets of the first village you come to, knocking on doors and asking if you might come in to...
Sickened

Sickened

Rating:  Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood, by Julie Gregory.  Bantam Books (2003), 246 pages. This is the most one-of-a-kind memoir I’ve ever read. It is incomparable in its horror—even within the subcategory of memoirs featuring...
Eye of My Heart

Eye of My Heart

Rating:  Eye of My Heart:  27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother, Barbara Graham, editor.  Harper (2009), 298 pages. This collection of essays is exactly what the title promises—a whole bunch of grandmothers writing about...