Reviews by Philip K. (San Anselmo, Ca)

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The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
by Margot L. Stedman
Bright Lights (7/22/2012)
What a wonderful book. It takes place at the end if the land where two oceans meet in Western Australia.The key protagonists are to very wounded light house keepers, living in isolation 100 miles from land.Tom is a WW 1 veteran and Isabel has miscarried 3 children. Intomore
The First Warm Evening of the Year: A Novel
by Jamie M. Saul
Special (4/16/2012)
I am an older man who doesn't particularly enjoy love stories as they are often maudlin and unrealistic. The First Warm Evening of the year was neither as it was more character-driven than anything else, and it's characters were people you would want to befriend in life.more
Until the Next Time: A Novel
by Kevin Fox
No next time (2/14/2012)
This book explores the concept of reincarnation using 3 generations of an Irish American family to try to accomplish the authors goal. While the concept of reincarnation is fascinating, Fox is too weak an author to make this a satisfying read. His characters are caricaturesmore
The Memory of All That: George Gershwin, Kay Swift, and My Family's Legacy of Infidelities
by Katharine Weber
Memories (7/11/2011)
The Memory Of All That starts slowly focusing at first on the authors' father,a second rate producer and movie director and first rate cheat who ignored his family. The story takes off when the focus shifts to the authors mothers' family, the Warburgs, grandfather Paul andmore
A Lesson in Secrets: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
by Jacqueline Winspear
The creative miss Dobbs (3/29/2011)
This is the first Masie Dobbs book I've read. I wanted to read it because of my interest in the effects of WW 1 on English society as well as my passion for detective literature about that period. Unfortunately while Maise has a compelling history and proper wisdom for anmore
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