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The Family Tabor
The Family Tabor
by Cherise Wolas
Secrets (6/21/2018)
When you look at the Tabors from the outside, they look like the perfect family, but inside each person has a secret that could change the dynamics of the family. My problem with the book is that I didn't find the way the father dealt with his secret to be believable. A …more
A Piece of the World
A Piece of the World: A Novel
by Christina Baker Kline
Christina's World (1/18/2017)
A Piece of the World is the story of Christina and how she becomes memorialized in Andrew Wyeth's famous painting, Christina's World. Christina has a degenerative condition, and at the end of the book she mostly just crawls. She can be compared to the house where she lives, …more
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
by Kathleen Rooney
An Enchanting Walk (10/26/2016)
Kathleen Rooney found an ingenious and charming way for 85 year old Lillian Boxfish to look back through her life. The author literally took her on a walk through memory lane by taking her through her beloved city of New York. She visits landmarks that were important to her …more
The Tea Planter's Wife
The Tea Planter's Wife
by Dinah Jefferies
Secrets Abound (8/11/2016)
For those of you who like reading books with secrets, you won't be disappointed in The Tea Planter's Wife for secrets abound. Although predictable and contrived at times, the suspense goes on right to the very end. It is important to pay attention to beautiful Ceylon. …more
Maybe in Another Life
Maybe in Another Life
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Your Bashert (7/15/2015)
We've all come across a fork in the road. You choose one. Did you ever wonder what would have happened if you had taken the other path? Some people believe that the one you take is the right one. It is your "bashert", the Yiddish word for fate or destiny. The person you …more
Letters to the Lost
Letters to the Lost
by Iona Grey
Timeless Love (4/13/2015)
In Letters to the Lost we meet two couples, Jess and Will from the present time and Stella and Dan from the WWII era. Both couples are deeply in love. Even though I didn't feel as much of a connection to Jess and Will, the story of Stella and Dan more than made up for this …more
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