Book Review: The Lies that Build a Marriage: Stories of the Unsung, Unsaid and Uncelebrated in Singapore

Author: Suchen Christine Lim Title: The Lies that Build a Marriage: Stories of the Unsung, Unsaid and Uncelebrated in Singapore Call no: LIM With this collection of short stories, Lim delves beneath Singapores prosperity and coded decorum to reveal genuine people facing difficult issues that are normally strictly taboo in Asia, such as the mother […]

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Book Review: Love, Ellen

Author: Betty DeGeneres Title: Love, Ellen Call no: DEG Insightful, universally touching, and uncommonly wise, Love, Ellen is a story of friendship between mother and daughter and a lesson in understanding for all parents and their children. “Mom, I’m gay.” With three little words, gay children can change their parents’ lives forever. Yet at the […]

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Book Review: Don't Get Me Started

Author: Kate Clinton Title: Don’t Get Me Started Call no: CLI The product of an upstate New York Catholic girlhood, Clinton spent eight years teaching English before she took a leave, developed her feminist and lesbian consciousness and began writing. That writing turned into stand-up comedy. Since 1981, Clinton has been performing at festivals, universities […]

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