Book Review: Ruth written by Kjersti Hoff Baez, illustrated by Al Bohl Ruth was born in the land of Moab, but married a Judahite named Mahlon who had come to live there with his family. The marriage was childless but happy, and Ruth became especially attached to her mother-in-law Naomi, who’d become widowed some years… Continue reading Book Review: Ruth
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Movie Review: Easy Virtue (1928)
Movie Review: Easy Virtue (1928) directed by Alfred Hitchcock John Whittaker (Robin Irvine) returns from a Riviera vacation with a surprise bride. Larita (Isabel Jeans) is certainly pretty, and seems pleasant enough. But John’s mother (Violet Farebrother) can’t shake the feeling that she’s seen Larita before, and that the young woman is hiding something. Larita is… Continue reading Movie Review: Easy Virtue (1928)
Book Review: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Book Review: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier Griet is sixteen, and would ordinarily be living in her parents’ home for another few years, preparing for the day she would get married and join her husband’s family. But her father was blinded in an accident at his job as a tile painter, and… Continue reading Book Review: Girl with a Pearl Earring