The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J Gaines REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “Miss Jane’s story is all of their stories, and their stories are Miss Jane’s.” Ernest Gaines, a Louisiana native, takes readers into the life of Miss Jane Pittman, a fictional character who recounts her life, the l...
Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “I let words like responsible and capable govern many of my years. And what good are they? Words that I’m choosing in this season: passion, connection, meaning, love, grace, spirit.” Shauna, like so many of us, found herself spinning...
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “She could never explain this to her daughter. You made me recognize that my heart is, in fact, a bottomless hole of simultaneous pleasure and despair. You gave my life meaning and ruined it at the same time.” Lombardo’s debut no...
