• This novel, essentially a fictionalized memoir of Ratner’s childhood experiences under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the 1970′s, was somewhat unexpected both in its simplicity and in its tone....0August 28, 2012

    In the Shadow of the Banyan

    This novel, essentially a fictionalized memoir of Ratner’s childhood experiences under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the 1970′s, was somewhat unexpected both in its simplicity and in its tone….

  • Behind the Beautiful Forevers:  Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity–Katherine Boo, (Random House, 2012) “Annawadi sat two hundred yards off the Sahar Airport Road, a stretch where new...0June 24, 2012

    Behind the Beautiful Forevers – Katherine Boo

    Behind the Beautiful Forevers:  Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity–Katherine Boo, (Random House, 2012) “Annawadi sat two hundred yards off the Sahar Airport Road, a stretch where new…

  • Home, by Toni Morrison (Alfred A. Knopf, 2012) “Their parents were so beat by the time they came home from work, any affection they showed was like a razor–sharp, short,...0May 25, 2012

    Home – Toni Morrison

    Home, by Toni Morrison (Alfred A. Knopf, 2012) “Their parents were so beat by the time they came home from work, any affection they showed was like a razor–sharp, short,…