Tag: womens fiction
Interview: Wild, Beautiful and Free
by Doris Booth | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, Interviews, Video | 0 |
Interview: Wild, Beautiful and Free, Sophfronia Scott, Lake Union Publishing – From award-winning author Sophfronia Scott comes the story of one young woman’s bold journey to reclaim her birthright and carve out her own place in a world that tells her she doesn’t belong.
Read MoreBook Review: Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie
by Kate Padilla | Apr 2, 2022 | Book Reviews | 0 |
Book Review: Please Join Us, Catherine McKenzie, Atria Books – Catharine McKenzie’s new thriller, “Please Join Us,” pivots around Nicole Mueller, a hard-working lawyer, whose boss tells her she is not bringing in enough “billable hours” so her job is at risk.
Read MoreInterview: Three Abducted Girls Struggle With a Sadistic Torturer
by Diane Slocum | Oct 1, 2021 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
Dear Miss Metropolitan, Carolyn Ferrell, Henry Holt – Three girls, Fern, Gwin and Jesenia, are kidnapped and taken to a ramshackle house where they are held captive for ten years by a man they know as Boss Man.
Read MoreBook to Read: The Perfect Neighbors by Sarah Pekkanen
by Editorial Staff | Oct 1, 2021 | What's Hot | 0 |
The Perfect Neighbors, Sarah Pekkanen, Pocket Books – The New York Times bestselling coauthor of the “creepy-crawly tale” (The New York Times Book Review) An Anonymous Girl and The Wife Between Us questions just how well we really know our neighbors in this “deliciously fun beach read”
Read MoreCharacter Seeks Authenticity in the Grip of Sadness
by Diane Slocum | Sep 1, 2020 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
Sad Janet, Lucie Britsch, Riverhead Books – Janet has a live-in boyfriend, a job at a dog shelter in the woods and a mother who depends on prescription drugs to make it through her life. None of this makes Janet particularly happy.
Read MoreInterview: Book of Lost Friends Seeks Family Amid Destruction
by Anna Roins | Jun 1, 2020 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
The Book of Lost Friends, Lisa Wingate, Ballantine Books – Lisa Wingate, the #1 New York Times bestselling author writes another showstopping historical novel, The Book of Lost Friends which is the dramatic story of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post–Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students’ lives.
Read MoreBook Review: Red Dress in Black & White by Elliot Ackerman
by Kate Padilla | May 17, 2020 | Book Reviews | 0 |
Red Dress in Black & White, Elliot Ackerman, Alfred A. Knopf – Former Marine Elliot Ackerman, who lived a swath of time in Turkey, offers us his new novel, “Red Dress in Black and White,” which focuses on that country’s political upheaval, in particular the 2013 Gezi Park demonstration that left many protestors dead and thousands imprisoned.
Read MoreThe Ash Family by Molly Dektar
by Editorial Staff | Apr 1, 2020 | What's Hot | 0 |
The Ash Family, Molly Dektar, Simon & Schuster – When a young woman leaves her family to join a secret off-the-grid community headed by an enigmatic leader, she discovers that belonging comes with a deadly cost
Read MorePearce’s Dear Mrs Bird Shows Power of Friendship
by Anna Roins | Oct 1, 2019 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
Dear Mrs Bird, A. J. Pearce, Scribner – London, 1941. Emmeline Lake dreams of becoming a war correspondent but finds herself working for the formidable advice columnist Henrietta Bird, doyenne of Woman’s Friend magazine.
Read MoreThe Braid by Laetitia Colombani
by Kate Padilla | Aug 9, 2019 | Book Reviews | 0 |
The Braid, Laetitia Colombani, Atria – Laetitia Colombani’s most inspiring novel, “The Braid,” takes us on a breathtaking journey, laced with valuable historical perspectives of three women facing different obstacles, mostly obscure, and almost beyond our comprehension
Read MoreThe Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms
by Cindy Matthews | May 30, 2019 | Book Reviews | 0 |
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler, Kelly Harms, Lake Union Publishing – Amy Byler encounters her estranged husband in her local pharmacy, triggering a whole range of feelings. John walked out on her and their son and daughter three years ago.
Read MoreThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
by Kate Padilla | Feb 11, 2019 | Book Reviews | 1 |
The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah, St. Martins Press – The austere beauty and unforgiving winters of Alaska’s outback further unravels the already-fragile and violent life of the Allbright family in Kristin Hannah’s novel, “The Great Alone.”
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