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Category Archives: Family sagas
“Go Ask Fannie” by Elisabeth Hyde – Book Review
In this novel we become acquainted with the Blaire family. We come to know them first when Lillian and Murray Blaire are just starting out and have a young family of four children. Murray, a lawyer has political aspirations and … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Edelweiss, Family sagas, Literary fiction
Tagged family secrets, New England, recommended reading, stand-alone novels
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“The Lost Girls of Devon” by Barbara O’Neal – Book Review
This is the story of four generations of women: Lillian – lives in a charming old manor house in coastal Devon. She is in her late eighties and is a renowned writer of mystery novels. Now though, she is experiencing … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Family sagas, NetGalley, Women's fiction
Tagged England, missing persons, recommended reading, stand-alone novels
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“Margreete’s Harbor” by Eleanor Morse – Book Review
1955 – Margreete Hocking – an elderly woman who lives alone in a house beside the sea in the state of Maine. Margreete has been married three times, has had three children, and has lived a full and vibrant life, … Continue reading
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Tagged domestic drama, Maine, recommended reading, stand-alone novels
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“After the Rising” by Orna Ross – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth21
Twenty years ago, Jo Devereux fled Mucknamore, the small Irish village where she grew up, driven away by buried secrets and hatreds. Now she is back and needs to uncover the truth of what really happened between her family and their … Continue reading
“Life Sentences” by Billy O’Callahan – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth21
1920 – The first story we read is that of Jer (Jerimiah). A man who, born in dire poverty in an Irish workhouse, has gone on to fight in the trenches of WWI and raise a family of six children … Continue reading
“The River Home” by Hannah Richell – Book Review
“What is it about homecoming that can strip a person of all that they have become?” Eve – the eldest of the three Sorrell sisters, is married and the mother to two young girls. She is a planner, a perfectionist, … Continue reading
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Tagged England, recommended reading, stand-alone novels
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“The Second Home” by Christina Clancy – Book Review
Ann Gordon – the eldest of the three Gordon children, is seventeen the year that everything changed for her family. This is the year that the family introduces their newest member to the family’s second home, an old saltbox style … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Family sagas, NetGalley, Women's fiction
Tagged debut novels, Massachusetts, recommended reading, stand-alone novels
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“Letters From the Past” by Erica James – Book Review
With many points of view taken into account, this is a story of family. As in all families, there are those we love, those we like, and those we cannot abide. All are portrayed here. Central to the novel is … Continue reading
“The Salt House” by Lisa Duffy – Book Review
“…Gorgeously written, heartbreaking, yet hopeful debut set during a Maine summer traces the lives of a young family in the aftermath of tragedy.” “the isolation of sorrow” In a small Maine coastal town lives the Kelly family. Father Jack is … Continue reading
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Tagged debut novels, Maine, parental grief, recommended reading, stand-alone novels
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“The Last Wave” by Gillian Best – Book Review
A novel that shows how ordinary people can be extraordinary. This novel is about the Roberts family who live in Dover, England. In particular, it is about Martha Roberts – wife, mother, and long distance swimmer. We first meet Martha … Continue reading
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Tagged debut novels, England, stand-alone novels
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“The truth according to us” by Annie Barrows – Book Review
Several years ago I read “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. I enjoyed it so much that I felt sure I would enjoy a novel by one of its authors, and I … Continue reading
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Tagged small town life, stand-alone novels, Virginia
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“After the lie” by Kerry Fisher – Book Review
Lydia Rushford’s normal, some would say idyllic, life is overshadowed by an event from her past. She has moved from Norfolk to Surrey and is now married with two teenage children. She is a loving and somewhat overprotective mother to … Continue reading
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Tagged domestic drama, England, stand-alone novels, thrillers
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“Miller’s Valley” by Anna Quindlen – Book Review
Sometimes a novel comes along that you just know will resonate with you for years. “Miller’s Valley” is just such a novel. A story with characters, descriptions, and emotions, so REAL that after reading it you feel as though you … Continue reading
“Commonwealth” by Ann Patchett – Book Review
I’m happy to say that TLC Book Tours gave me an excuse to try out an author I’ve always meant to read, but somehow never got around to reading. Thanks TLC! I own three of Ann Patchett’s books, including the … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, characters, Fiction, novels, recommended reading, stand-alone novels
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