Tag Archive: small town & rural fiction

Writers & Lovers Looks at Grief and Desire

May 1, 2020 4:06 am By Ellen Birkett Morris Leave your thoughts

Writers & Lovers, Lily King, Grove Atlantic - Writer’s and Lovers is set in 1997 and narrated by Casey Peabody, a 31-year-old writer grieving the death of her mother as she struggles to write, make a living and rebound from a bad romance with a poet.

Book Review: Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews

March 30, 2020 2:17 pm By Cynthianna Matthews Leave your thoughts

Hello, Summer, Mary Kay Andrews, St Martins Press - Conley Hawkins has ink in her blood. Daughter of generations of newspaper owners and journalists, her award-winning career looks set to soar onward and upward—until a golden opportunity falls apart, leaving her adrift and jobless.