Book Blog Tour: Who Saved Who by Roslyn Cohn

I am joining WOW - Women on Writing's Book Blog Tour this month. I am reading Who Saved Who by Roslyn Cohn. I will be posting my review on April 25th, so do watch out for it!

Book Summary

Growing up in beautiful Bohemian 1970s Marin County, the daughter of a funny pawnbroker-jeweler with vision who knew the streets and a warm, independent Mom turned Naturalist-Animal Rights Activist, Roz is an award-winning actress who spent 20 years in NYC, where she worked on stages from the size of a postage stamp to Broadway.

 Roz begins Who Saved Who with her unique parents and upbringing which is so crucial in understanding both her and her journey during 2022. While living in a post-Pandemic world, her career on hold and with politics and the environment in a persistent state of toxic tension, there was little left of life to be desired, so believed Marin County raised and NYC ripened Roz.  Told through words, pictures, and video, “Who Saved Who” is an honest, sometimes funny, many times moving, and ultimately joyous journey of 2022 with a woman who was lost. With messages from the Other Side and the words that her Mother said to her years ago, “We save dogs, Roz, that’s what we do,” Roz was able to climb out of deep sadness and found a purpose ignited she didn’t know was flickering inside.

In “Who Saved Who,” readers may recognize their own journey in loving dogs – perhaps heal themselves from the loss of their own beloved furry family member – and best of all, readers may find their hearts open to saving their next canine companion. “Who Saved Who” does more than warm the heart, it can help heal the spirit. It’s an easy and fulfilling read – paws down.

ISBN-13: 979-8865682363

ASIN: B0CNWZ3LYW

Print Length: 157 pages

Purchase a copy of Who Saved Who on Amazon. You can also add this to your GoodReads reading list.

About the Author

 Roslyn Cohn is an actress who has worked from stages the size of a postage stamp to Broadway with the likes of Tony Randall, Jack Klugman, Jerry Stiller, Julie Hagerty, and Ellen Greene as well as appeared in TV, film, and commercials. Roz has won awards in Intimate Theatre (known as 99 Seat) in Los Angeles; awards for her Short “Essential Tremors” about her neurological disorder; and in 2013, with Jake Anthony and Joshua Finkel, co-wrote and stars in the groundbreaking, Broadway World Award-nominated “diffiCult to leave,” about her 23 years in the Cult of Scientology. The entire show lives on her YouTube channel: RoslynCohn. You can visit her at: www.RoslynCohn.com. #WhoSavedWho #ShelterDogsRock #AdoptDontShop

 You can find her online at:

Her Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/rozcohn

Website: www.RoslynCohn.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roslyncohn/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rozcohn

Book Blog Tour: Writing on the Wall

Book Review

I was born in the 70s in Manila, Philippines when women who ventured into professions populated by men were unheard of. Reading Marilyn Howard's The Writing on the Wall brought me back to that time and I was reminded of the constant need for women to earn back their rightful place in history, in family life, in society and in the world. Howard's narrative is honest, funny and irreverent. For this I am thankful. We need many smart and successful women who can be hilarious and heart warming at the same time.

I read her memoir cum autobiography while traversing my own journey of becoming. She sets the context of her story making our differences in culture and geography gaps that can be bridged. In the end, the book she so preciously crafted has become a good friend. Someone I can turn back on when I need a more experienced voice to remind me that, mistakes and failures all, I am going to be alright.

Rating: 4 Bookmarks

Publisher: Hammond Publishing (August 2019)

ISBN-10: 1733319638

ISBN-13: 978-1733319638

ASIN: B07WXTKQ1H

Print Length: 293 pages

Purchase a copy of The Writing on the Wall on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.org. You can also add this to your GoodReads reading list.

About the Author

 Marilyn Howard broke through the glass ceiling at Grey Advertising of New York to become their first female art director while in her early twenties. In 1970, she founded an innovative startup. Creative Freelancers Inc. became the first agency to connect businesses with freelance artists and writers, and operated for over 25 years in the center of Manhattan. ADWEEK Magazine of New York featured her in “The Dynamic Dozen,” those women under forty they identified as most likely to succeed. In 1997, her company became the first agency on the Internet. The author holds a B.F.A. from Syracuse University.

Book Blog Tour: When Mama Grows With Me

Because book blog tours are fun with WOW! Women on Writing, here is my review of When Mama Grows With Me.

What makes When Mama Grows With Me a delightful read is its recognition of the learning child's need for personal space. This must be respected along with the changing emotions that the child -- even the parent, goes through in the journey of becoming. Crafting an environment that is safe for the young reader, in both the story's setting and the book's format, Rebecca Wenrich Wheeler weaves a tale of faith and hope. In our world today, we need these two things to plant more of every day.

Katherine Jordan's illustrations extends the comfort this book brings the reader.

More information about the book and the wonderful creators!

Book Summary

In When Mama Grows with Me, a mama and her son create their own garden, starting with just a few small seeds and ending with a beautiful display of flowers. They observe how pollinators help the earth stay healthy, learn how to care for plants, and meet other critters that live in their garden, all while playfully shaping their bodies into yoga poses inspired by nature. Not only do Mama and her son learn valuable lessons about their garden, but along the way, they also learn to practice patience. 

By pairing lessons with movement, Rebecca Wheeler helps young readers make

connections between the natural world and their own emotional experiences.

Learn the value of patience and practice some fun yoga poses in this beautifully

illustrated children’s book.

 

Includes a step-by-step guide to each yoga pose!

Publisher: Belle Isle Books

ISBN-10: 195875465X

ISBN-13: 978-1958754658

Print length: 32 pages

Purchase a copy on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Thrift Books, or Bookshop.org. Make sure you add it to your GoodReads reading list.

About the Author

Rebecca Wenrich Wheeler  

was raised in West Point, a small town in the Tidewater region of Virginia.

From the moment she submitted her first short story to a young authors' contest

in second grade, Rebecca knew she wanted to be a writer. Her love of writing

led her to earn a BA in English and an MEd in English education. She spent several

years as a high school teacher, during which she also developed a passion for

mental health advocacy. Rebecca completed an MA in professional counseling and

now works in school-based mental health and as a college adjunct

psychology instructor.

 

Rebecca also teaches yoga for the young and the young at heart, and she likes to

infuse yoga and breathwork in her counseling practice wherever she can. She believes

the most valuable use of her time is teaching youth how to love and care for each other

and the world around them. Her stories share this focus on positive relationships and

a love of nature. Rebecca now lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her husband,

two children, and two spoiled Siamese cats.

When Mama Grows with Me is Rebecca’s third book. Her first picture book in the yoga series,

When Daddy Shows Me the Sky released November 2021, and her first YA novel,

Whispering Through Water, released January 2023. 

 You can follow her on Instagram @rebeccawwheeler_author, Twitter @RWW_author and www.rebeccawwheeler.com