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Book of the week–Sketches of Soho

October 23, 2013 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 3 Comments

Last month I posted a review of Lorette Roberts' beautiful book, Sketches of Sai Kung (Blacksmith Books, 2013). This week I bought her earlier book, Sketches of Soho: Scenes from the Backstreets of Old Hong Kong (Blacksmith Books, 2012).The Soho book is just as beautiful … [Read more...]

Book of the week–Marching to Zion

October 5, 2013 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 4 Comments

It's been almost a year since I met author Mary Glickman at her Chicago reading for One More River (Open Road, 2011) and Home in the Morning (Open Road, 2010), two novels in her series about Southern Jews in 1920s-1960s.It was during this talk that I learned about book three … [Read more...]

Book of the week–Sketches of Sai Kung

September 26, 2013 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

For quite a while I've noticed Lorette Roberts' colorful books about various regions in Hong Kong, so I was quite excited when I won Sketches of Sai Kung (Blacksmith Books, 2013) in a round about way. (It pays to know people in high places, I must say!)Sai Kung and its … [Read more...]

Book of the week–Mother Daughter Me: A Memoir

September 15, 2013 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 4 Comments

Writer Katie Hafner has published half a dozen books, lives in San Francisco, and is close to her teenage daughter, Zoe. It sounds like any mother's dream come true.Not so fast.When Hafner's mother Helen is in her eighties and can no longer take care of her longterm … [Read more...]

Book of the week–Looking for Palestine

August 29, 2013 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I have to admit that I picked up Najla Said's new memoir, Looking for Palestine (Riverhead, 2013) because she's Edward Said's daughter. But almost as soon as I opened the book, I found an open, heart-wrenching story of an Arab-American woman who could have written this book no … [Read more...]