Click to Buy Remember Ben Clayton By Stephen Harrigan Reviewed by Patricia O’Sullivan After learning that his only child, Ben, has died on a World War I battlefield in France, Lamar Clayton’s grief drives him to come face to face with the haunting memories of his childhood. Lamar commissions a statue of Ben, […]
Edward Cohen Offers Jewish Perspective on Civil Rights Movement
June 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
SLR contributor Patricia O’Sullivan shares her favorite Father’s Day gift. Click to Buy “The Peddler’s Grandson by Edward Cohen,” Patti says. “It’s a fascinating memoir of growing up Jewish in Jackson, Mississippi during the Civil Rights era. It is also about trying to escape the identity thrust upon you by your parents.”
Daughter of Lachish, by Tim Frank
May 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
DAUGHTER OF LACHISH by Tim Frank Reviewed by Patricia O’Sullivan Click to Buy Itur-Ea is a soldier in the Assyrian army who specializes in operating siege machines. He worships the goddess Ishtar and follows his king, Sennacherib without question. Rivkah is a young woman from Lachish, one of many walled cities in Judah the […]