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The Fertile Earth
The Fertile Earth: A Novel
by Ruthvika Rao
The Fertile Earth (5/26/2024)
Ruthvika Rao has written a wonderful book that must be read and reread in order to appreciate every nuance and secret in the story.
In mid 20th century India, the age-old custom of landlords holding all the land and exercising feudal rights over the country population is …more
The Stolen Child
The Stolen Child: A Novel
by Ann Hood
The Stolen Child (4/8/2024)
Ann Hood’s new book tells a bittersweet story of a search for atonement and for freedom from past mistakes. During a hurried journey across France and Italy, a seriously ill man and the young woman caring for him, find that the answers are there for them to discover in the …more
At the Wolf's Table
At the Wolf's Table
by Rosella Postorino
At the Wolf's Table (10/6/2018)
What a powerful story! Told in the first person by Rosa, a refugee from the Berlin bombings in 1943, who is forced by the SS to become one of the tasters of Hitler's food. Rosa is a very complex and conflicted character, mourning the death of her mother and facing the fact …more
Clock Dance
Clock Dance: A Novel
by Anne Tyler
Clock Dance (8/2/2018)
Once again Ann Tyler has written a book that will delight her many fans. Willa, the main character, is a middleaged woman, who, although loved and cared for, has always been taken for granted by those in her family.That changes suddenly when she receives a strange phone …more
Meet Me at the Museum
Meet Me at the Museum
by Anne Youngson
"Meet Me at the Museum" (4/5/2018)
"Meet Me at the Museum" Is a thoughtful and beautifuly written novel about the correspondence between two middle-aged emotionally lonely people. A woman in Britain and a Danish man start writing to each other almost by accident. This begins a relationship by mail, which …more
As Bright as Heaven
As Bright as Heaven
by Susan Meissner
As Bright As Heaven (10/19/2017)
Susan Meissner's book "As Bright As Heaven" is about family or, more precisely, love of family. The Brights, mother, father and three daughters, have left their quiet Pennsylvania home to move to the bustling city of Philadelphia. Once there, this very close family has to …more
The Garden of Small Beginnings
The Garden of Small Beginnings
by Abbi Waxman
The Garden of Small Beginnings (4/12/2017)
I loved this book. After a winter of reading somber and slightly depressing books, it was a joy to read this funny and uplifting story. Full of undaunted women, handsome men who wore fitted t-shirts very well, and cute children, who said adorable things, this was fun.

This …more
The Weight of Ink
The Weight of Ink
by Rachel Kadish
The Weight of Ink (2/8/2017)
It is very obvious that a great deal of careful research was done by the author, into both the renewal of England"s Jewish community and the Restoration of the monarchy in the late 1650s. Sadly the story that she set during these momentous times, along with an adjacent …more
The Imperial Wife
The Imperial Wife
by Irina Reyn
The Imperial Wife (6/23/2016)
Two strong Russian women, both ruthlessly ambitious and separated by many centuries, are connected by a fabulous jewel. Catherine the Great owned it and Tanya is tasked by the present day auction house for which she works, to sell it to the highest bidder. The women's story …more
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
by Phaedra Patrick
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper (4/6/2016)
This delightful story explores the journey that takes Arthur Pepper from paralyzing grief to being able to live a fulfilling life again. Arthur's beloved wife has died, leaving him bereft, lonely and unable to find any pleasure in life, despite the unrelenting efforts of …more
The Language of Secrets
The Language of Secrets
by Ausma Zehanat Khan
The Language of Secrets (10/27/2015)
Author Ausma Zehanat Khan introduced her readers to detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty in her debut book "The Unquiet Dead". Now they are back in "The Language of Secrets."

This time, Ms Khan , has woven a complex tapestry of events, very loosely based on an incident …more
Home by Nightfall
Home by Nightfall: A Charles Lenox Mystery
by Charles Finch
Home by Nightfall (10/1/2015)
When I began "Home by Nightfall" I didn't know that this book was the newest in a series by Charles Finch. One reviewer described the writing as between Jane Austin and Charles Dickens, an observation I found to be quite accurate. This gentle and well-written mystery is the …more
Backyard
Backyard
by Norman Draper
Backyard by Norman Draper (10/20/2014)
One does not have to be a gardener to thoroughly enjoy "Backyard" although it may add a tiny extra dimension. The characters in this book are all slightly mad and manage to get themselves into crazy situations which are laugh-out-loud funny. They will stop at nothing to try …more
Her
Her
by Harriet Lane
Her by Harriet Lane (4/28/2014)
"Her" is a chilling tale of obsession and the evil that it engenders. The story is told from the point of view of two women, Emma, an unfulfilled suburban stay-at-home mother, and Nina, a well known artist. An uneasy relationship is forged between the two and the horror …more
A Paris Apartment
A Paris Apartment
by Michelle Gable
The Paris Apartment (4/12/2014)
This book is the ideal book to read curled up before a fire in winter or lying in the sun at the beach in summer. Like Paris itself, it's funny and sad, demure and sexy and altogether delightful. The two main characters, one of which we meet through her diaries, written a …more
The Venetian Bargain
The Venetian Bargain
by Marina Fiorato
The Ventian Bargain (12/10/2013)
For lovers of romantic historical fiction, it doesn't get much better than this. Author Marina Fiorato seamlessly joins a love story together with a history of Renaissance Venice in a time of peril. Her heroine, trained as a doctor, is caught up in a plot to introduce the …more
Lookaway, Lookaway
Lookaway, Lookaway
by Wilton Barnhardt
Lookaway,Lookaway (6/6/2013)
My land. The question is can a lady of a certain age, who lives at that mud-wallow of a lake (Lake Norman,that is) write an unbiased review of "Lookaway,Lookaway"? Well she can try. Of course, Wilton Bernhardt, bless his heart, has written a satire. But we have to ask …more
Close My Eyes
Close My Eyes
by Sophie McKenzie
Close My Eyes (3/30/2013)
Like many of the other reviewers of this book, I read it in one sitting and, like them I am sure that it will be a big seller. However, unlike many others, I read it to find out "why" because I was tipped off as to "who" . The author gave it away by her choice of the names …more
The Woman at the Light
The Woman at the Light: A Novel
by Joanna Brady
Has everything that makes reading a good book so enjoyable (7/16/2012)
This lovely story, based on real life characters, has everything that makes reading a good book so enjoyable. The woman, for whom the book is titled, grows throughout the entire story, becoming stronger and more her own person with every page. The other characters are …more
A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar
A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar: A Novel
by Suzanne Joinson
A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar (5/18/2012)
I found this book to be complex and quite fascinating. The characters evolve in the most interesting ways especially the main character, the lady cyclist. She grows from being quite naive, to having the will to carry on despite sometimes overwhelming odds, while still …more
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