Jillian Abbott

http://www.jillianabbott.com/

Jillian Abbott, a former journalist, is the chair of the Hammett Award Reading Committee and a judge for the International Thriller Writer awards for 2011.
Her short stories have won awards, and have been published the U.S. and Australia, including in Queens Noir.
She teaches English (writing) at CUNY and has written for The Washington Post, The New York Daily News, The Independent (UK) and The Writer magazine.

Book Reviews by Jillian Abbott

Image of Fresh from the Farmers' Market (Reissue): Year-Round Recipes for the Pick of the Crop
Author(s):
Janet Fletcher
Genre(s):
Natural Ingredients

Fresh from the Farmers' Market (Reissue): Year-Round Recipes for the Pick of the Crop

January 27, 2017
Reviewed by: 
Jillian Abbott

When was the last time you bought a cookbook and immediately went out and purchased the ingredients to cook all the recipes? Never, right?

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Image of One Summer: America, 1927
Author(s):
Bill Bryson
Genre(s):
History, History

One Summer: America, 1927

September 29, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Jillian Abbott

“. . . a mosaic illustrating a pivotal year in America’s global economic and cultural success.”

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Image of Life in a Marital Institution: Twenty Years of Monogamy in One Terrifying Memoir
Author(s):
James Braly
Genre(s):
How-To, Humor, Inspirational, Self-Improvement/Self Help, Divorce, How-To, Humor, Inspirational, Self-Improvement/Self Help, Divorce, Self-Improvement/Self Help, Inspirational, Humor, How-To, Divorce, Self-Improvement/Self Help, Inspirational, Humor, How-To, Divorce

Life in a Marital Institution: Twenty Years of Monogamy in One Terrifying Memoir

April 3, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Jillian Abbott

“Mr. Braly: Man up. Stop spreading gossip about your family. Start protecting your sons [and] Show some respect for the woman who made their existence possible.”

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Image of The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals About the Future of Individual Freedom
Author(s):
Mark S. Weiner
Genre(s):
Political & Social Science, Political & Social Science, Political & Social Science, Political & Social Science

The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals About the Future of Individual Freedom

March 17, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Jillian Abbott

The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals About the Future of Individual Freedom is an accessible, mesmerizing, and compelling argument for the importance o

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Image of Hannibal and Me: What History's Greatest Military Strategist Can Teach Us About Success and Failu re
Author(s):
Andreas Kluth
Genre(s):
Military History & Affairs, Military History--General, Self-Improvement/Self Help, Personal Growth, Military History & Affairs, Military History--General, Self-Improvement/Self Help, Personal Growth, Self-Improvement/Self Help, Personal Growth, Military History & Affairs, Military History--General

Hannibal and Me: What History’s Greatest Military Strategist Can Teach Us About Success and Failure

January 5, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Jillian Abbott

“Fight any urge to dismiss Hannibal and Me as boys-only self help.

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Image of Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
Author(s):
Robert Hughes
Genre(s):
Italian, European

Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History

October 26, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Jillian Abbott

Robert Hughes’s latest tome, Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History, proves once again that this erudite man can take on a mammoth task such as chronicling the entire history of Ro

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