Tag: marriage

• Book Review: Awake: A Memoir by Jen Hatmaker

  First, thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this memoir (via audiobook) which was published by Macmillan in September of this year. Awake: A Memoir by Jen Hatmaker explains a lot. Some time ago I was aware via social media that something was going on with her, there was an ominous post on…

  michardillo

  November 20, 2025

  books

  audiobook, autobiography, Awake: A Memoir, book-review, book-reviews, books, divorce, Jen Hatmaker, Macmillan, marriage, memoir, NetGalley, nonfiction, reading, single mother, writing

• Book Review: Here After by Amy Lin

  I checked this book out from the new release shelf at my local public library, Aspen Hill Public Library of Montgomery County, MD, and I must admit I was drawn to it by its size and cover. It is a hardback, but it is a non-traditional size, more of the size of a diary or…

  michardillo

  April 5, 2025

  books

  Amy Lin, book-review, books, death, Delia Ephron, grief, Here After, Left on Tenth, marriage, memoir, nonfiction, reading, tea, widowhood, writer, writing, Zibby Books

• Breaking News

  Today, Friday, May 10, 2019, I am currently propped up in a recliner in my den, watching BBC America and writing on my laptop. My left leg is jacked up on multiple pillows on the recliner extension, draped in a blanket. I am surrounded by tray tables, pillows, and the minutiae of a normal life:…

  michardillo

  May 10, 2019

  Essay

  anniversary, broken ankle, crutches, knee scooter, Libra, marriage, orthopedic, surgery