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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Alden GravesOne of the 20th century's most influential country singers led a life that cast the trials and heartbreaks that she often sang about into shame. Wynette was always driven to seek stardom, but her eventual success came at a terrible price. Mr. McDonough is obviously a fan of the lady, although that does not mean that he shies away from the less savory aspects of her determined rise to the top. The book also pr... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Alden GravesThree mood-drenched silent dramas from one of Hollywood's most influential directors. Sternberg used light, shadow, and composition the way a painter uses colors on a canvas, often to stunning effect. Criterion has done a superlative job of restoration and the films' presentation here as they were originally envisioned by the director is perhaps more crucial for a true appreciation than it might be with any o... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Alden GravesA complex, vivid, and occasionally surreal examination of diffuse family relationships largely told from the viewpoint of a man in the final stages of dying. As his family dutifully tends him, George Washington Crosby drifts in and out of reality. Harding also integrates the troubled lives of Crosby's father and grandfather into the narrative. The prevailing sadness of eminent death that hovers over this nove... read more>>>
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Alden Graves
 A native Vermonter, Alden works in the music department at the Northshire.
He is also in charge of the DVDs and tries very hard to have titles that customers might not readily find elsewhere. He loves film, especially ones that have either trains or Elizabeth Taylor in them. Alden contributes a weekly column on the movies to the Bennington Banner. His other interests include shipwrecks, Jack the Ripper, Peggy Lee, and real country music. Other staff members at the Northshire are very tolerant as he rambles on about the Andrea Doria and they probably know a lot more about the Ripper than they ever thought they would.
Click here for all of his reviews.
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