by Michael Coffino | Jun 16, 2025 | Blog
The debut novelist grounded her story in a personal battle with trauma, driven by a need to tell her truth—not just to share her pain, but to highlight dangers she encountered and offer a guide for others to avoid the pitfalls and suffering she endured. Her writing...
by Michael Coffino | May 1, 2025 | Blog
The novel opens in the kitchen of a New York City tenement. The husband has returned after an exhausting day manning a newsstand in frenetic Penn Station expecting to decompress first with a cold beer and then a homecooked meal. Instead, he finds his wife seated at...
by Michael Coffino | May 11, 2022 | Michael Reviews
The core beauty of Ms. Leicher’s brilliantly written Acts of Atonement lies in how deftly it draws us into the pain, irrationality, and joy of family, captures the nuances of love between two women, and tests our personal capacity for tolerance, acceptance, and...
by Michael Coffino | May 10, 2022 | Michael Reviews
The hallmark of a successful “how-to” book, particularly one about self-empowerment, is a blend of author credibility, writing clarity, reader-friendly exercises, meaningful takeaways, and relatable storytelling that brings home the teaching. Harness Your Inner CEO by...
by Michael Coffino | May 10, 2022 | Michael Reviews
As a former and long-time basketball coach, I bring a bias to books about youth sports. I favorvalues-based content, explorations into how athletics prepare young athletes to becomecontributing citizens, coveted work colleagues, cherished life partners, and,...
