Book Review: Fairest

Title: Fairest Author: Meredith Talusan Type: Memoir Pages: 320 Published: 2020 Put aside your beliefs of gay, lesbian, trans and just appreciate the human story that this author writes. Talusan, an albino trans Filipino-American, doesn’t just set forth on a story of being trans or an immigrant. “I was an outcast among outcasts.” From her childhood as a boy in the Philippines to her life … Continue reading Book Review: Fairest

Book Review: All Things Consoled

Title: All Things Consoled  Author: Elizabeth Hay Type: Memoir Pages: 272 Published: 2019 Hay’s relationship with her parents had always been a tricky one but when they move across Ontario into a retirement home just down the road from Hay and her husband, she finds herself struggling with their slow decline into decrepitude. All Things Consoled is a recounting of those years and the family history that … Continue reading Book Review: All Things Consoled

Book Review: You had me at hola

Title: You Had Me at Hola: In search of love & truth in South AmericaAuthor: Leigh RobshawType: MemoirPublished: 2019Pages: 254 Time: 2 min You Had Me at Hola is the memoir of Leigh Robshaw who travels from her home in Australia to South America to seek adventure and find love. The plan is only meant to travel for three months, however Robshaw ends up telling the reader about how she … Continue reading Book Review: You had me at hola