Book Review: An End to Arguing: 101 Valuable Lessons for All Relationships, by Linda and Charlie Bloom

By Katherine Itacy Summary (as provided by the authors): “Now more than ever, couples need guidance for navigating conflict wisely and skillfully. Drawing on insights from their work with couples since 1975, the Blooms offer practical tools and strategies that apply to all relationships. An End to Arguing convincingly shows how destructive conflicts can be […]

**Book Review: I’m Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy**

By Katherine Itacy Genre(s): Memoir Review: Jennette McCurdy might’ve been a child actor of iCarly and Sam & Cat fame, she might’ve acted alongside Ariana Grande and Miranda Cosgrove and had a brief country music career and attended countless kid’s award shows, but it’s never the life or career or childhood she wanted. It was […]

Book review: Reaching for normal, by amy daniels

Book Review: Reaching for Normal, by Amy Daniels By Katherine Itacy Genre(s): Memoir Synopsis: At twenty-six years old, Amy Daniels is a new mother with an exceedingly cranky baby. She and her husband, Dave, decide to get their daughter checked out by medical professionals, and when they do, they’re told seven-month-old Emily has a brain […]

Book Review: Gray is the New Black, by Dorothy Rice

Genre(s): Memoir Synopsis: Dorothy Rice’s memoir focuses on a year in the author’s early sixties in which she strove to work on her physical and emotional health, her physical and emotional relationship with her husband, her ability to love and accept herself, and her goal of writing a book about the experience. As Rice explains […]

Book Review: You Don’t Know What I Have Done, by Sheila McNaughton

Genre: General fiction/Family life fiction Synopsis: A large extended family, mere weeks into grieving the passing of their patriarch, is confronted with evidence that the family matriarch, Maggie, is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. As Maggie’s children, Lizzie, Ian, and Kevin, along with their spouses, attempt to care for her, Maggie begins to reveal shocking details […]

Ain’t No COVID Strong Enough to Keep Me From You, Motown!

Photos documenting my most recent tour of the Motown Museum

Spring Cleaning Your Relationships

By: Katherine Itacy, Esq. Dated: July 22, 2018 Okay, so it’s a little late in the year to be referencing “spring cleaning,” but hear me out. Ever taken a look at your closet and realized that you’re probably never going to fit into those old jeans from your “skinny”/“skinnier” days? That the shirt that looked […]