"The rhetoric of a sermon was one thing; his wife's grim reality was another. Civilizations did not vanish smoothly and easefully; empires did not set like suns: empires collapsed in chaos and violence. Real people got pushed around, beaten up, robbed, made destitute....
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 88: Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
by MHill | Sep 11, 2021 | 2021 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"And so, by circuitous and unpredictable routes, we converge toward midcontinent and meet in Madison, and are at once drawn together, braided and plaited into a friendship. It is a relationship that has no formal shape, there are no rules or obligations or bonds as in...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 72: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
by MHill | Feb 6, 2021 | 2021 Book Reviews, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
If your spouse was wrongly accused of rape and went to prison for five years but gets released, would you remain married? That was the question An American Marriage by Tayari Jones attempted to answer in her popular novel. An American Marriage was selected for...
Book Review 59: The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
by MHill | Feb 1, 2015 | 2015 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
Can a marriage be saved even if you are doing God's will and serving him to the best of your ability? That is the main question I took from reading The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber. It's an interesting question that the novel tries to answer. I'm glad...
Book Review 46: The Husband by Dean Koontz
by MHill | Oct 19, 2013 | 2013 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
"I would have love to read that book with you, babe." My wife made that comment after a recent conversation about books. I told her I had read Stephen King's Bag of Bones recently and her interest in that book surprised me. She was more of the movie watcher than...
Wisdom From Kammbia 3.5: Thoughts On Marriage After 5 Years
by MHill | Oct 7, 2012 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
My wife and I celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary this weekend. Wow, five years of marriage have gone by quickly. Time flies and definitely waits for no one. Here's a few things I've learned about marriage so far: 1) Men Chase, Women Choose: In courting (going...