Napolitano’s “Dear Edward” Seeks Meaning Amid Grief
May 1, 2020 4:04 am Leave your thoughtsDear Edward, Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press - Dear Edward: A Novel was a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER for eight weeks.
Tag Archive: family life fiction
Interview: Racial Conflicts Follow Black Family for Generations
March 1, 2020 4:05 am Leave your thoughtsAfricaville, Jeffrey Colvin, - Amistad. Kath Ella grew up in a black community on a rocky bluff in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the early 1900s. It is a tightly-knit community settled by families going back to the 1700s, whose ancestors ranged from American slaves to Jamaican rebels.
Interview: Story Grows Out of Nostalgia for Montauk
March 1, 2020 4:04 am Leave your thoughtsMontauk, Nicola Harrison, St. Martin's Press - Enchanted with the history of Montauk, Long Island, Nicola Harrison decided to tell the story of a modest woman who finds herself among high society.
This Terrible Beauty by Katrin Schuman
January 10, 2020 9:04 am Leave your thoughtsThis Terrible Beauty, Katrin Schuman, Lake Union Publishing - Suspense seeps through each page of Katrin Schumann’s historical fiction novel, “The Terrible Beauty.” Her evocative characters maneuver through a grim life on the German island of Rügen during Hitler’s regime ...
Costalegre: Fictional Account of Guggenheim Daughter Intrigues
December 1, 2019 4:05 am Leave your thoughtsCostalegre, Courtney Maum, - In Costalegre, Courtney Maum’s third novel, Lara and Leonora Calaway are taking refuge in a remote mansion in the Mexican wilderness in 1937 with a group of Surrealist artists, who Leonora has helped to escape Hitler’s Europe.
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
November 1, 2019 5:02 am Leave your thoughtsOlive, Again, Elizabeth Strout, - I remember the moment I fell in love with Olive Kitteridge. It was near the end of the book and Olive was lying down looking out a window.
You, Me, Everything by Catherine Isaac
September 11, 2019 8:42 am Leave your thoughtsYou, Me, Everything, Catherine Isaac, Penguin - Ten years ago Jess Pendleton went through childbirth with only her mother to support her. Her partner Adam failed to respond to any of the frantic messages telling him to get to the hospital.
Characters Are The Travelers Through Life’s Relationships
September 1, 2019 4:04 am Leave your thoughtsThe Travelers, Regina Porter, Hogarth - The Travelers tells stories of mostly interconnected families starting in 1946 with “the man James” when he was a four-year-old boy who wanted to know why people need sleep.
The Editor Explores Mother/Son Relationships
July 1, 2019 5:05 am Leave your thoughtsThe Editor, Steven Rowley, Peguin Random House - The Editor Explores Mother/Son Relationships - I can’t lie. I was drawn to Steven Rowley’s novel THE EDITOR for the chance to spend time, even fictionally, with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Australian Boy’s Coming of Age Story, a Wild Ride
July 1, 2019 5:02 am Leave your thoughtsBoy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton, Harper Collins - To say that 12-year-old Eli Bell lives an unusual life would be a gross understatement. His brother, Gus, communicates by writing words in the air, some of which seem prophetic ...