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Mating for Life
by Marissa Stapley
Good Beach Read (4/4/2014)
A novel about coupling and uncoupling, about mothers and daughters and sisters, husbands, wives, and lovers, and the unexpected twists life and relationships often take. The story is told in alternating voices; I almost wish there had been fewer voices, though, as I wasn'tmore
Glitter and Glue: A Memoir
by Kelly Corrigan
A Gem (12/10/2013)
Reading Kelly Corrigan's writing is like sitting down over coffee and dishing about life with a close girlfriend. Her latest memoir, Glitter and Glue, delves into the fraught relationships between mothers and daughters, and how, to a great extent, woman rarely understand ormore
The Shock of The Fall: (originally published in hardcover in USA as Where the Moon Isn't)
by Nathan Filer
Amazing Debut Novel (10/6/2013)
From the moment I opened this book, I could hardly put it down. I had no idea when I began it that it featured a character with Down syndrome, and as that was revealed, I got chills as I recognized pieces of my own son with Down syndrome in Simon Homes. The author dealsmore
The Mouse-Proof Kitchen
by Saira Shah
The Mouse-Proof Kitchen - A Little Hard to Swallow (6/18/2013)
A "semi-autobiographical novel," this book deals with a couple who have a baby born with a host of severe disabilities. As a parent of a child with a disability myself, I had trouble with this story in which the parents struggle not only to come to terms with their child'smore
A Thousand Pardons
by Jonathan Dee
A Disappointment (11/1/2012)
The title of this book gives the impression that it's a story of forgiveness and redemption, but what it mostly seems to be about is people behaving badly and not really learning anything from their mistakes. Populated by underdeveloped and largely unlikable characters,more
The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
by Margot L. Stedman
An Incredible Debut Novel (7/24/2012)
This story drew me in from the first page. Compelling and provocative, it raises many questions about right and wrong, and the human heart's capacity for love and forgiveness. Gorgeously written - the people and settings sprang to life from the pages - it's really anmore
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