Category Archives: Memoir

North to the Orient by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Posted on April 10, 2024 by mysm2000

North to the Orient is the first published book of Anne Morrow Lindbergh and details the trip she and aviator husband Charles Lindbergh made in 1931 to map and assess the feasibility of possible routes for the new airplane industry … Continue reading →

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Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Posted on April 8, 2024 by mysm2000

This is the second in a series of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s diaries published in the early 70s and, as the title implies, it captures the extreme highs and extreme lows of her life between 1929 and 1932, beginning with the … Continue reading →

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Under a Wing, a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh

Posted on July 18, 2023 by mysm2000

I had found out something about my father that afternoon, just by watching him work his way down through the air. I held on to the knowledge tightly afterward, and I still hold it to this day. I learned what … Continue reading →

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Magnolia Story, The, Chip and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino

Posted on July 10, 2023 by mysm2000

If you follow home renovation shows and have watched Fixer Upper, or if you just really enjoy a success story, you’ll love the story of Chip and Joanna Gaines. Told in turn through both their voices, this saga is a … Continue reading →

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Sunday Special: Melanie Willard

Posted on May 5, 2019 by mysm2000

Melanie Willard spoke to our Woman 2 Woman Bible Study (Metropolitan Bible Church, Ottawa) session recently about how to care for people in crisis.  She speaks of this with authority because she has been through an amazing, torturous journey that … Continue reading →

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Uprooted by Joan Sparling Migwans

Posted on June 13, 2018 by mysm2000

Have you ever wanted to travel to exotic places?  Have you ever experienced the loss of a loved one and temporarily lost your sense of equilibrium?  Both of these things were part of Joan Sparling Migwans‘ experience and, rather than … Continue reading →

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The Birth House by Ami McKay

Posted on April 12, 2018 by mysm2000

Kudos to the Britannia Book Club (one of the perks connected with my recent move) for choosing such an excellent read for March.  The Birth House is Ami McKay‘s debut novel and it captures the early 1900’s rural Nova Scotia … Continue reading →

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Loved Back To Life: How I Found the Courage to Live Free by Sheila Walsh

Posted on January 6, 2017 by mysm2000

Loved Back to Life is a memoir/inspirational work that frankly deals with mental illness from a Christian perspective.  Sheila Walsh goes back through her journals to retell the journey from recognition that she needed help dealing with fear and anger issues … Continue reading →

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First Chapter, First Paragraph & Teaser Tuesday: Loved Back To Life by Sheila Walsh

Posted on January 3, 2017 by mysm2000

First Chapter, First Paragraph, is a meme hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea.  Anyone can play — just copy the first paragraph of the first chapter (or prologue) and include a picture of the book cover. Leave your link at … Continue reading →

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Then Again by Diane Keaton

Posted on September 21, 2016 by mysm2000

When you first look at the title with Diane Keaton‘s playful pose, the title seems like an off-hand comedy line.  It’s not until the end of the memoir that she explains it: Now will soon be Then.  Then can never … Continue reading →

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