By Reagan Henderson
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Jul 29th, 2019
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Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple | review by Meredith McKinnie “No matter what people say about Mom now, she sure knew how to make life funny.” Bernadette Fox is a creative, eccentric woman, who’s wealth allows her the freedom to be a little crazy. She obsesses over fishing vests with numer...
By Reagan Henderson
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Jul 29th, 2019
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The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn | Review by Meredith McKinnie “I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s something nobody knows about.” Finn’s psychological thriller takes readers into the educated, yet obsessive mind of Dr. Anna Fox suffering from agoraphobia, having not left her home...
By Reagan Henderson
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Jun 30th, 2019
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Becomingby Michelle Obama | review by Meredith McKinnie In the former First Lady’s autobiographical memoir, readers are shown an intimate look at the woman herself. To the public, she emerged out of her husband’s shadow, but in the book she has created a space all her own, from her meager beginnings ...
By Reagan Henderson
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Apr 27th, 2016
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reviews by Michael DeVault When Dallas designer Michelle Nussbaumer invited BayouLife editor Maré Brennan into her haute design boutique Ceylon et Cie last month, the resulting photographs and peripatetic narrative Nussbaumer weaves around the globe stunned many of us into dreams of Magellanesque adv...
By Reagan Henderson
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Apr 5th, 2016
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reviews by Michael DeVault Every summer, millions of Americans will take to the roads, the tracks or the skies in search of that special memory, the trip of a lifetime or maybe just a little break from their normal world. Some paths begin with a story shared by friends over dinner, while other journe...
By Reagan Henderson
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Feb 1st, 2016
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reviews by Michael DeVault The world awoke January 11 to news that David Bowie had died after a long, undisclosed battle with cancer. It was a tragic, though fitting end to the life and career of a multi-talented artist whose life, at times, seemed to be a performance arts piece about nihilism. Yet, ...
By Reagan Henderson
In Bayou Pages
Jan 4th, 2016
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As the old adage goes, everyone has a story to tell. Whether that story is happy or sad, cautionary or inspiring, depends as much on the teller as it does the events as they happened. At the same time, there’s a certain comfort in curling up in other people’s memories, a confirmation that...
By Reagan Henderson
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Dec 1st, 2015
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review by Hanson Hovell Holladay A name known by most Americans, especially those of Conservative political standing, Glenn Beck is a respected journalist, media personality and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Just recently he published his latest novel, titled “The Immortal Nicholas,” a rath...
By Reagan Henderson
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Oct 26th, 2015
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reviews by Michael Devault The holidays are a busy time of year, and Thanksgiving comes with a particular set of demands. Not only is it the largest meal of the year for many individuals, it’s also a time when family comes together from across the area and around the world, gathers at one happy...
By Reagan Henderson
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Aug 28th, 2015
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Nightstands and Coffee Tables reviews by Michael DeVault If the industry in question involves the creative, chances are it was led by, or at least significantly influenced by, someone who lived and worked in Paris. In literature, Hemingway dominated. For food, the City of Lights graced the world with...
