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The Trouble with You
The Trouble with You: A Novel
by Ellen Feldman
1950s Soap Opera Writer During The Red Scare (1/22/2024)
In Ellen Feldman’s timely new novel The Trouble With You, Fanny Fabricant has barely had a chance to welcome her beloved and happily-returned WWII veteran husband home when a sudden event radically alters her anticipated life course. Raised to be an excellent suburban …more
If I Forget You
If I Forget You
by Thomas Christopher Greene
Lasting Love, Long-Held Secrets (5/29/2016)
If I Forget You is a lovely, well-written novel of reunited former loves which will take the reader on a sentimental journey to a time in the recent past when socioeconomic and religious differences were still major roadblocks in a relationship. Filled with flashbacks to …more
The War Reporter
The War Reporter
by Martin Fletcher
Bosnian Conflict from a Reporter's POV (9/6/2015)
A well-told story from a unique perspective; especially recommended for fans of Girl at War. The reader is quickly drawn into Tom's world.

The War Reporter is a fascinating look at the very real dangers faced in reporting from the front lines, while also telescoping the war' …more
The Well
The Well
by Catherine Chanter
Thought-provoking look at a future with no water (3/18/2015)
The Well is a well-written dystopian novel which unfolds in a style reminiscent of Girl on The Train, in two sets of flashbacks, one recent and one further in the past. Set in a water-scarce England of the future, The Well focuses on Ruth, an ordinary woman who finds …more
The Memory of All That
The Memory of All That: George Gershwin, Kay Swift, and My Family's Legacy of Infidelities
by Katharine Weber
Riveting and Sad Memoir (7/15/2011)
The rich and famous truly ARE different. In this charmingly told, evocative page-turner, Weber recounts the complex truth-is-stranger-than-fiction tale of her parents' and grandparents' marriages and extra-marital relationships. The author unblinkingly examines both the …more
A Lesson in Secrets
A Lesson in Secrets: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
by Jacqueline Winspear
Pacifists and the Gathering Storm (3/16/2011)
In this moderately good between-the-wars series installment, it's now the summer of 1932, and intrepid psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs has just been recruited by the British Secret Service. On assignment at Cambridge University, Maisie continues to filter and …more
The False Friend
The False Friend
by Myla Goldberg
The Consequences of Bullying (8/29/2010)
In 'The False Friend', one morning on the way to her Chicago job Celia Dunst has a flashback to a tragic event 21 years earlier which resulted in the disappearance of her best friend Djuna Pearson. Galvanized by the need to confirm her long-repressed memories of the …more
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