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Jowana
First Look Club: Jowana reviews The Anatomy of Anxiety by Ellen Vora
Posted on February 22, 2022| Posted in Book Reviews
Since the author is a practitioner of both modern medicine and alternative healing, expect a combination of both in her book. There is a conscious effort not to dismiss traditional medical solutions, though she tries to nudge readers to open their minds to the alternative. Read the full review on the blog.
First Look Club: Jowana reviews To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Posted on December 17, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
The idea of To Paradise started after the publication of A Little Life, which makes her stories prescient—it is a massive undertaking and a brilliant demonstration of her skill, talent, and ambition. Read Jowana's review on the blog.
First Look: Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Posted on August 11, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
Inhabiting her childhood perspective with exquisite lyric clarity and unforgettable charm and strength, Qian Julie Wang has penned an essential American story about a family fracturing under the weight of invisibility, and a girl coming of age in the shadows, who never stops seeking the light.
First Look Club: Jowana reviews Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Posted on August 11, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
The memoir is a compelling voice of the forgotten as told through the perspective of a child. The author drew the dark curtains shrouding her childhood and guided her readers through claustrophobic sweatshops, isolated school lunches, and predatory train rides. Read Jowana's review on the blog.
First Look Club: Jowana reviews Lorna Mott Comes Home by Diane Johnson
Posted on July 23, 2021| Posted in First Look Club
Reading Lorna Mott Comes Home is comparable to chatting up with a friend. The point of the Diane Johnson's novel is simple: prepare for a life full of surprises. Read Jowana's review on the blog.
First Look: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto
Posted on April 25, 2021| Posted in First Look Club
What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family?
You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue!
First Look Club: Jowana reviews Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto
Posted on April 25, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family?
You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue! Read Jowana's review on the blog.
First Look: When Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten
Posted on October 18, 2020| Posted in First Look Club
The story about a young girl who can't remember anything from her previous summer after a hurricane.
First Look Club: Jowana reviews When Life Gives You Mangos
Posted on October 18, 2020| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
The story about a young girl who can't remember anything from her previous summer after a hurricane.
First Look: Just Like You by Nick Hornby
Posted on September 26, 2020| Posted in First Look Club
Nick Hornby's warm, wise, highly entertaining twenty-first century love story is about what happens when the person who makes you happiest is someone you never expected.
