September 26, 2022
Turner Grant’s To Venus and Back is a memoir exploring a middle-aged man’s dating experience in the search for love.
With the heart of a country boy, Grant is a Harvard-educated, well-travelled architect who once ran for Congress and was versatile in the Washington D.C. world. After losing his wife of 20 years and finding […]
April 4, 2022
Centuries before Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, Indian and Pakistani legends were filled with cautionary tales of star-crossed lovers whose forbidden romances led to their deaths. Sadly, such stories aren’t only ancient relics. In Love and Honour?: Marriage for Peace, Australian author David D.E. Evans demonstrates, with chilling precision, how the ostracism and murder of […]
March 1, 2021
As chief equality and inclusion officer at Procter & Gamble, Shelly McNamara addresses many groups. No surprise, then, that her slim, polished memoir resembles a TED talk for readers. Her entertaining, inspiring stories about processing grief and overcoming prejudices are a testament of personal growth.
McNamara grew up outside Cleveland, the youngest of 15 children. […]
December 20, 2017
The subtitle of Wedge Stevens’ book says it succinctly: This is a collection of dating tales by a man who sees himself as a likable lunk, something like a human version of the animated character Shrek.
Cupid Hates Me is a chronological rundown of Stevens’ hapless love life, starting with his earliest childhood […]
July 24, 2017
Giuliana Prada recalls her dating travails in her debut memoir, Hiding Boys in Bathrooms.
Prada, a self-described “poster child for someone who would attract and, yes, date dysfunctional males” chronicles her romantic mishaps throughout her evolution from a shy college freshman to a sociable school teacher in her 30s. She devotes a chapter to each […]