Reviews by Mij Woodward

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Emily, Alone: A Novel
by Stewart O'Nan
Mij, Alone, Appreciated This Book (12/27/2011)
I should not have liked this book at all, as the action is so SLOW. Actually, to say there is any action at all is a misnomer. It's really the interior life of an 80-year-old woman facing her death, looking at her life, her children's and grandchildren's lives.

I believe O'more
On Canaan's Side: A Novel
by Sebastian Barry
Blown Away (10/18/2011)
Stunning, captivating, fascinating.

Readers who enjoy historical fiction will likely love this book.

Readers who identify with stories of loss will be grateful for this book.

I want to write more about why I loved this book, but I am just speechless.
Next to Love
by Ellen Feldman
Historical Fiction About WWII, Three Women & Their Husbands (7/21/2011)
In Next to Love, I escaped back to WWII and saw life through the eyes of three women and their husbands, all affected by the war. As I followed their stories, I often found myself thinking of my mother and my aunts, picturing their lives as young women, starting out in life,more
The Blindness of the Heart: A Novel
by Julia Franck
Fantastic! (7/21/2011)
I so loved this book. Absorbing, gripping, fascinating. Could not put it down. Seen through the eyes of a half-Jewish woman before, during and after WWII.
What Is Left the Daughter: A Novel
by Howard Norman
Wonderful Novel (7/21/2011)
This book was SO GOOD. The setting, the history, the poignant tale of the father and his daughter. The story stays will stay with me forever.
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