Two New Reviews
I’ve been quiet here for a while. The past several months, urgent family matters have taken precedence, and I’ve had to prioritize my writing for other publications. I will be back with more original content here soon (if you know me personally or follow my work, you know I’ll have some strong opinions about what’s going on with Ukraine). In the meantime, I’d like to share two book
reviews I recently published with Providence, both of which cover very timely subject matter. When I took up freelance writing, I didn’t plan to write book reviews. When I stumbled on Henri Noun’s Ukraine Diary, however, I felt called to review it, and I enjoyed that so much I’ve continued on to review a number of books. As a busy mom, perhaps the best part is that it forces me to keep reading new books, and it allows me to “kill two birds with one stone” by writing and reading on the same topic. I hope these reviews inspire you to pick up the actual books—particularly Midnight in Moscow, in light of the events of the past couple weeks.
Ambassador John Sullivan’s “Midnight in Moscow” and the Future of the War in Ukraine
Former US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan’s account of his time in Moscow during and after the invasion of Ukraine is essential reading for understanding the lead-up to Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine.
The Christian Realism of Peggy Noonan
Peggy Noonan’s “A Certain Sense of America” captures the political contradictions and controversies that have characterized the last decade as few other books have.