false 5 55 53 true 5754871 read 1 true 1857823 currently-reading 1 true 1857822 to-read 21 false 1956521 psychology 13 false 1972983 fiction 11 false 1972978 women 10 false 1956522 memoir 8 false 1963857 spirituality 4 false 1966466 humor 4 false 1995181 lesbian 3 false 2037934 african-american 3 false 1963882 biography 2 false 1968172 art 2 false 1975857 health http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64288384 to: Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life (Hardcover) by Allen Shawn
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33570902 to: Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Paperback) by Melody Beattie
bookshelves: psychology
Very accessible and helpful book. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27917348 to: The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World (Hardcover) by Eric Weiner
bookshelves: currently-reading, psychology
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26494235 to: The Speed of Light (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Elizabeth Rosner
bookshelves: fiction, psychology
I really enjoyed this book - the depth of the characters and psychology of trauma - their own as well as generational (holocaust).

It took me awhile to get use to the structure of the book. Three characters alternate in telling the story. Once I got the rhythm of this it was a book I hated to put down.

Quite uplifting and joyful despite the serious nature of the material. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25160086 to: JANET, MY MOTHER, AND ME: A Memoir of Growing Up with Janet Flanner and Natalia Danesi Murray (Hardcover) by William Murray
bookshelves: biography, lesbian, memoir
I loved this book!
It was a great two for one interest!
Learning about an interesting lesbian relationship in the 40' and 50's
PLUS
Learning about a wonderful writer for the New Yorker and some of the NY'er dynamics! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23952481 to: Terry: My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with Alcoholism (Paperback) by George McGovern
bookshelves: biography, psychology, women
This is such a heartbreaker. From the first page you know that Terry McGovern died at the age of 45 after passing out drunk in a snowbank in Madison, WI.

This book is a very poignant account of a father's relationship with his alcoholic daughter.
The father is George McGovern (democratic senator and presidential candidate of years gone by). I thought he did a great job of articulating the family dynamics of alcoholism. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17212830 to: The Night Watch (Paperback) by Sarah Waters
bookshelves: fiction, lesbian, women
I recently finished Night Watch (by Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the Velvet).
Engaging book about the intersecting lives of half a dozen characters during WW II in England. Several of the characters are lesbians and their respective relatives.
Initially I found the book to be confusing because it moves backwards in time.
Once you get the hang of walking backwards through England while the bombs are dropping - it's worth it. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17212830 to: The Night Watch (Paperback) by Sarah Waters
bookshelves: fiction, lesbian, women
I recently finished Night Watch (by Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the Velvet).
Engaging book about the intersecting lives of half a dozen characters during WW II in England. Several of the characters are lesbians and their respective relatives.
Initially I found the book to be confusing because it moves backwards in time.
Once you get the hang of walking backwards through England while the bombs are dropping - it's worth it. ]]>