Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, by Geraldine Brooks – Book Review [TSS]
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, by Geraldine Brooks, sees Anna Frith, a young mother and housemaid in a small village, grapple with the ideas of religion, scripture and the strength of her own faith when an outbreak of the plague cripples the community in which she was born and raised. As the village [...]
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee – Book Review
In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is a single father raising his two children, Jem and Scout, in Maycomb County, Alabama under the watchful eyes of dear and eccentric neighbors. Atticus rules the roost with a seemingly lenient hands off approach (he has Calpurnia to more strongly keep the kids in [...]
Perfect Peace, by Daniel Black – Book Review
Perfect Peace, by Daniel Black St. Martin’s Press – March 16, 2010 – Hardcover – 352 pages Source: Personal Copy Gus and Emma Jean Peace marry for less than perfect reasons (neither has expectations that they will be able to get a better marriage partner) in 1930′s Arkansas , and start a family increasingly populated [...]
Song Yet Sung, by James McBride – Book Review
Song Yet Sung, by James McBride Riverhead – February 5, 2008 – Hardcover – 368 pages Source: Personal Copy Song Yet Sung has the distinct honor of being the book that I turned to after reading masterpieces To Kill A Mockingbird and The Color Purple. I knew that I couldn’t just pull any old thing off [...]
Folly, by Marthe Jocelyn – Book Review
Folly, by Marthe Jocelyn Wendy Lamb Books – May 11, 2010 – Hardcover– 256 pages Source: Personal Copy Mary Finn’s life slowly changes with the death of her mother. At first her father relies on 13-year-old Mary to cook, clean and raise her brothers and sister, but all bets are off when he marries a [...]
My Wife’s Affair: A Novel, by Nancy Woodruff – Book Review
My Wife’s Affair: A Novel, by Nancy Woodruff Putnam/Amy Einhorn Books – April 15, 2010 – Paperback – 288 pages Source: Review Copy from Publisher Peter works while wife Georgie gives up a career on the stage to work in the home raising their three little boys. When the family is required to move to [...]
Dracula, My Love – The Secret Journals of Mina Harker: A Novel, by Syrie James – Book Review
Dracula, My Love: The Secret Journals of Mina Harker: A Novel, by Syrie James Avon A – July 20, 2010 – Trade Paperback Original – 480 pages Source: Sent by publisher for review Mina Murray is in Whitby on holiday with best friend Lucy Westenra and her mother. Both are enjoying the last of their [...]
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, by Kelly O’Connor McNees – Book Review
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, by Kelly O’Connor McNees Putnam Adult/Amy Einhorn Books – April 1, 2010 – Hardcover – 352 pages Source: Jen from Devourer of Books was sweet and had an ARC signed for me when Kelly visited Chicago, and I have to thank Marcia from The Printed Page for giving me [...]
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