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Joanna Cannon 2018 Thank heaven for Elsie, Florence Claybourne’s lifelong friend. What would Florence have done without her all these years? What would Florence do without her now, faced with the sinister presence of Gabriel Price? Thank heaven for Elsie. Mr. Price has just moved into Cherry Tree Home for …
Alistair Moore 2022 I reviewed this book for Reedsy Discovery. From a talking monkey to a talking vagina, Alistair Moore presents the reader with short stories that are part social commentary, part character study, and part dystopian fantasy, in varying degrees. Other readers, and even the author, may disagree, but …
Madeleine L’Engle – 1945 Katherine Forrester has a few strikes against her – a slight limp resulting from an injury in her toddler years, a mother who is absent for three years before returning to Katherine’s life, and social awkwardness that makes life terrible at her Swiss boarding school. (This …
Anne Tyler 2022 I’ve written discussion questions, free for use in your book club. When Mercy Garrett paints a “house portrait” she highlights one small aspect of a home in minute detail. The doorknob, nightgown, chair leg is drawn into crystal focus, surrounded by vague shapes and colors that suggest …
Liane Morarty 2004 Although they may look alike (two identical, one fraternal), the Kettle triplets have their differences. Entrepreneur Lyn is pragmatic and highly organized; Cat, with her emotional extremes, is a marketing executive; and flighty Gemma loves impermanence; she drifts from one house-sitting job to another and treats relationships …
Liane Moriarty, 2021, Macmillan Audio – Narrated by Caroline Lee Troy, Brooke, Logan, and Amy Delaney lived and breathed tennis for their entire childhoods – and prior to selling their Sidney tennis school, so did their parents, tennis coaches Stan and Joy. In Moriarty’s latest novel, readers get an up-close …
Margaret Laurence 1964, McClelland & Steward – First publication of the Manawaka Sequence I was intrigued to discover a new-to-me Canadian author. In reading the book, I was introduced to Hagar Currie Shipley, ninety and full of spark. I met her father and brothers, her husband Bram, her nemesis Lottie, …
