review by MEREDITH MCKINNIE Four-year-old Wavy and her little brother Donal are raising themselves on a meth compound. The sporadically present parents are emotionally neglectful and physically abusive, as Valerie struggles with addiction and mental illness and Liam resents the children’s existence t...
review by MEREDITH MCKINNIE Bonnie Garmus’s debut novel Lessons in Chemistry showcases a sucker punch narrative laced with social commentary. With the ever changing dynamic for women’s roles and perceptions in society, Garmus looks back at where they’ve been. In the 1960s, Elizabeth Zott is an aspiri...
by ERIN SHARPLIN LOVEerinlove@panachebyerin.com Take it from me, the mother of a ten-year old boy and an eight-year-old girl, organizing toys and other paraphernalia that come with having children takes constant attention (or a miracle). With that thought in mind, I formulated a few tricks for ...
