Review of the book Adrift: A True Story on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell About it by Brian Murphy Rating **** Having just read The Graves Are Walking about the Irish potato famine, I was intrigued by this survival story set ten years later. Many of the people described in this … [Read more...] about Review of the book Adrift
Review of Solito: A Memoir
Review of Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora Rating **** 1/2 This is a story about an illegal immigrant—a story that every anti-immigration proponent should read. Javier Zamora is nine years old when he begins his journey from El Salvador to the U.S. He recounts the perils of his seven-week trek … [Read more...] about Review of Solito: A Memoir
Review of The Other Side of Prospect
Review of The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City by Nicholas Dawidoff Rating ***** The central plot in this book involves a wrongful conviction. But that is just one among many threads in this expansive nonfiction work. Over the course of its 450 pages, … [Read more...] about Review of The Other Side of Prospect
Review of Judicial Soup
Review of Judicial Soup by Shannon Bohrer Rating **** The book Judicial Soup tells the story of a court case in which the author was an expert witness. The case involved Heath Patrick Thomas, a former ICE agent, and his conviction for assault with a deadly weapon. From the beginning, the … [Read more...] about Review of Judicial Soup
The Heartbreaking Story of Nancy Smith and Joeseph Allen
Review of The Edge of Doubt: The Trial of Nancy Smith and Joeseph Allen by David Miraldi Rating ***** This story begins in 1993 with an accusation of child molestation by a black man named Joeseph Allen. The accusation by the child's mother also included a claim against a bus driver, Nancy Smith, … [Read more...] about The Heartbreaking Story of Nancy Smith and Joeseph Allen
Review of Greenlights
Review of Greenlights by Mathew McConaughey Rating **** 1/2 Some guys have all the luck. Some guys get all the breaks. Mathew McConaughey is the type of guy who Rod Stewart was talking about. Right place. Right time. It starts with an offer for a bit part in a movie. Add in an adlib line that … [Read more...] about Review of Greenlights