Books

Johnathan Tropper’s One Last Thing Before I Go is an attempt to make you look at what’s important in life. The main character Silver is a washed up drummer of a one-hit wonder band. He’s made a mess out of his life by alienating his family of origin, abandoning his wife and daughter and not

David Rakoff’s 2010 Half Empty explores common places and events through Rakoff’s unique lens. Some topics for verbal discourse are the show/movie Rent, Disney’s Innoventions Dream House, Salt Lake City, a porn convention. Two topics of depth and feeling are those of his therapist dying of cancer and his own cancer progression. Here are some

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris is a collection of personal stories focusing on his family of origin. The family is frequently a topic of David’s essays and I admit it’s a bit like overhearing a therapy session: little scandalous, a little delicious. I had read stories about Amy in other

Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer with The New Yorker magazine since 1996. I had read The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference and thought I would give another of his books a try. Gladwell is eloquent, organized and thorough in his research. He lays out his perspective in a methodical