REVIEWS
THE OTHER SIDE: CLOSING THE DOOR
"Donna Girouard has a real feeling for the sorrows and joys of everyday American
life and presents her characters with passion and understanding" - Dan Wakefield,
author of Going All the Way and New York in the Fifties
"A lovely and passionate memoir, The Other Side contemplates the
blessing and burden of family history, and how one's first home place
can shape an individual's identity long after childhood is over. This is
an elegant, haunting, and original book." --Susan Tekulve, author of
In The Garden of Stone and Savage Pilgrims
"Donna Girouard has written a memoir that brings vividly to life a New England
family, with a memorable cast of characters and all a family's tensions and intrigues
as well as the story of an entire community. In so doing, she also vivifies the house
where her family lived during her childhood. The reader finishes this book feeling
that he or she has actually inhabited the family home which becomes in these pages
a living, breathing creature. The Other Side is a coming of age story and a fine
memorial to the author's family and its way of life, its joys and sorrows" - Richard
Tillinghast, author of Finding Ireland: a Poet's Explorations of Irish Literature and Culture
and An Armchair Traveller's History of Istanbul
FELIX FINDS A FUR-EVER FAMILY
"What delightful little books, written with caring, compassion and a touch of humor"
"What a sweet, happy story."
"A feel-good book for all ages."