Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bill Lewis

John's first extant letter to Abigail is addressed to "Miss Adorable." In her first extant letter to him she refers to herself as "...your Sincere Diana." That the ambitious farmer's son and the independent parson's daughter truly loved reading and writing is readily apparent from the beginning in this most extensive collection of their forty year correspondence ever published. That they loved their country, th... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bruce Anderson

"...all men are created equal..."

And women? With penetrating hindsight Jon Kukla analyzes evidence bearing on Thomas Jefferson's relations with (and attitudes toward) the women of his age, and arraigns thereby the author of the Declaration of Independence on charges of misogyny, sexual predation and miscegenation. Readers favorably disposed toward our third President will here discover a lens stron... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Liz Barnum

An exceptionally moving, compassionate, beautifully written memoir, Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat is not to be missed. It is the story of two brothers, her beloved Uncle Joseph who raised her until the age of 12 and her father who fled Haiti eventually bringing his family to live with him in NY. Danticat is a powerful writer whose prose is simple but magical and you should not miss her latest book.