I just reviewed Suzanne Kamata’s novel Losing Kei, a story of an American woman who loses her child to Japanese custody laws when she divorces her Japanese husband. Suzanne Kamata, like her character, is an American living in Japan for the past twenty-one years with her family and gives a unique perspective to the book. [...]
Yesterday I reviewed the book The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris, a new book that takes place during the Sierra Leone civil war as a journalist investigates the murder of his past girlfriend. In my review, I said the book had “a great storyline, believable characters, and set against a volatile background of war, greed, [...]
Yesterday I posted a book review for Crocodaddy by Kim Norman and illustrated by David Walker. Crocodaddy is a fun rhyming book with adorable illustrations and I’m thrilled to share with you an interview with Kim as she discusses Crocodaddy, picture books, school presentations, parsnips and more!
Maw Books: You say you wrote Crocodaddy based on [...]
Today it is my pleasure to share a special Mother’s Day interview with Katherine Center conducted by Nicki Richesin. Katherine has an essay titled “Things To Remember Not To Forget” in a new mother-daughter anthology Because I Love Her: 34 Women Writers Reflect on the Mother-Daughter Bond, edited by Nicki Richesin. A book that [...]
Chicken Butt! by Erica S. Perl is a fun, new book that plays off of the saying, “You know what? What? Chicken butt!” Will your kids like it? Mine did! Check out my three year old laughing his way through the book. Erica has graciously answered some questions for the Maw Books readers (check out [...]
