Maye Musk is an international supermodel, registered dietician-nutritionist, and worldwide speaker. She has appeared in a number of major fashion magazines and in her first book she delves into what has made her such a success story in the modeling industry. Musk is many things including an international supermodela, a CoverGirl, a mother, but also a role model for many women around the globe. A Woman Makes a Plan reveals her secrets to success and practical advice on how the choices you make can pay off in surprising ways. Continue reading “A Woman Makes a Plan Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Gloria finds herself behind the wheel of a car one night in January of 2019 covered in blood and beaten with no idea of how she got there. After that she loses consciousness and wakes up next to someone she thought was her fiance, but is instead her dangerous ex-husband, who she thought she had left two years prior. She has been thrown back into 2003 and is trapped with her tormentor. This work of fiction is a thriller, but does not actually include time travel. Gloria has dissociative disorder, which has altered her memories. L.A. Villafane draws from her own experiences with this disorder to transport readers into a dark and dangerous world. Continue reading “The Other Gloria Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Delivered by Midwives: African American Midwifery in the Twentieth-Century South is the 2019 American Association for the History of Nursing Lavinia L. Dock Award for Exemplary Historical Research and Writing in a Book winning book that examines the role of African American midwives in the twentieth century South. Jenny M. Luke has worked as a midwife herself and in this book her knowledge shines through. With evidence from a variety of sources, including personal accounts, this book will reveal to you information that you may never have considered. Continue reading “Delivered by Midwives Book Review from @kleffnotes”