Mona Hanna-Attisha. What The Eyes Don’t See: A Crisis, Resistance, And Hope In An American City. New York: One World, 2018. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a fiery, fiercely focused, determined pediatrician, tells of her battle against government officials when she learned that the entire city of […]
Charles Frazier. Varina: A Novel. New York: Harper Collins, 2018. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald In 1906, Varina, Howell Davis, the 80-year-old widow of Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, is confronted in her Saratoga Springs, New York, residence by James Blake, an African-American teacher. Blake has with him a history of […]
Isabel Allende. In the Midst of Winter: A Novel. New York: Atria Books, 2017. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald Isabel Allende’s novel has the makings of a mystery: a young woman’s frozen body is discovered in the trunk of a car driven by an illegal, unlicensed alien, who is working […]
Joe Biden. Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose. New York: Flatiron Books, 2017. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald Former vice-presidents have been known to complain about being swallowed by an empty job, a basic sinecure. Joe Biden, President Obama’s VP for two terms, had no such […]
Amy Goldstein. Janesville: An American Story. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017. As Reviewed by Ted Odenwald Janesville, Wisconsin, population 63,000 was the home of the oldest working GM plant. For eight and a half decades, the plant had operated “like a mythy wizard, order[ing] the city’s rhythms.” But two […]
Mark Twain. The Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authoritative Edition. Volume 3. Benjamin Griffin, Harriet Elinor Smith, et al. (eds.) Oakland, California, University of California Press, 2015. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald The final volume of Twain’s “complete and authoritative” autobiography concludes the compilation of the author’s dictations, […]
