Reviewed by Garret Keizer Crossing Jack Brook: Love and Death in the Woods, by Paul Lefebvre. Published by Beck Pond Books. 169 pages. Paperback. $20. Your odds of finding a four-leaf clover on your first try are roughly on a par with those of being inju... More »
Reviewed by Tena Starr The Vermont Farm Table Cookbook, 150 Home-Grown Recipes from the Green Mountain State, by Tracey Medeiros. Photographs by Oliver Parini. 254 pages. Paperback. Published by the Countryman Press, Woodstock, Vermont. $19.95. This is a ... More »
Greening Vermont, The Search for a Sustainable State, by Elizabeth Courtney and Eric Zencey. Paperback. 173 pages. Published by Thistle Hill Publications, North Pomfret, Vermont, and the Vermont Natural Resources Council, Montpelier, Vermont. $35.00 Reviewe... More »
by Bethany M. Dunbar copyright the Chronicle 5-15-2013 Tea Leaves; a memoir of mothers and daughters, by Janet Mason, published by Bella Books, Tallahassee, Florida, 2012, paperback, 202 pages, $15.95. I celebrated Mother’s Day pretty quietly this year. My ow... More »
Reviewed by Bethany M. Dunbar copyright the Chronicle 4-3-2013 The Sandcastle Girls, by Chris Bohjalian, published in the United States by Doubleday, 2012, hardcover, 293 pages, $25.95. The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian is a beautiful story of love and w... More »
copyright the Chronicle 3-27-2013 by Bethany M. Dunbar JAY — When Luis Guzman was growing up in the Lower East Side of New York City, his mother always made too much supper for the family. Every night, she packed up the leftovers and gave them to her son to ta... More »
American Puppet Modernism: Essays on the Material World in Performance, by John Bell. Published by Palgrave MacMillan, New York, 2013; 280 pages, softbound, $28.00. Reviewed by Joseph Gresser copyright the Chronicle 1-29-2013 When most people think of puppets... More »
The Organist Who Wore Gloves, by Elaine Magalis. Paperback. 289 pages. $13.95. Reviewed by Tena Starr copyright the Chronicle 12-5-2012 Alex is 12, soon-to-be-13, an interesting age if there is one. Tasha Mulholland, his unlikely best friend, is of grandmot... More »
The Mystery of the Brick Kingdom, by Raymond C. Perkins Jr. of Derby Line, self-published, 140 pages, $4.99 for an e-book or $7.95 for a hard copy. Half of the proceeds will be donated to the American Association for Cancer Research. Reviewed by Bethany M. Du... More »
Author Lynda Graham-Barber’s mission is to help stray pets find homes by Bethany M. Dunbar copyright the Chronicle 11-7-2012 BARTON — The PETS of the Kingdom group has a booth in the Village Treasures store. Author Lynda Graham-Barber of Newport Center has se... More »
copyright the Chronicle 10-31-12 Reviewed by Tena Starr The Spare Room, by Jenny Land. Published by Voyage, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Paperback. 211 pages. $14.95. Author Jenny Land, a St. Johnsbury Academy English teacher who lives in Peacham, has put a ref... More »
copyright the Chronicle 9-26-2012 Recipes from a Maple Queen, by Doreen Lyon, hardcover, full-color photographs by Doreen Lyon, design and layout by Jared Lyon, 83 pages, $35. Reviewed by Bethany M. Dunbar Recipes from a Maple Queen is a gorgeous and informat... More »
