Thursday, July 7, 2016

Book #16 ~ Carissa's Pick: The Bette Davis Club By Jane Lotter






I spend quite a bit of time online looking at top reads of the season, or the year, at places like GoodReads and Huffington Post.  I was pouring over lists trying to find something laugh-out-loud funny and came across this little book.  It sounds as though it has a little bit of everything.  I am not going to provide a synopsis this time.  I think this book will be better if we have absolutely no expectations going into it.  Let's just have some fun with it!

...Another reason this book jumped out at me is the author, Jane Lotter, passed away before her book was picked up by a publishing house.  Although it is sad that she never had a chance to celebrate her success, it is wonderful that she had the faith in herself to self-publish.

Hold Still: A Review by Carissa

Sally Mann is a fascinating woman...what a family history!  Her talent for writing parallels her ability to tell a story through her lens. The way she folds in memorabilia makes you fill like you too are digging through the boxes in the attic.  This is a book I will pick up again.

After reading Jeanette Walls' true-life novels I can't help but wonder how all of this has impacted her children.  I'm sure we will find their memoirs on our list in the future.