Tag Archives: Jewish

“The Wartime Sisters” by Lynda Cohen Loigman – Book Review

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Fictionophile

Firstly, the sisters: Ruth Blum – Married to Arthur, an MIT graduate who works overseeing arms assembly, Ruth now lives on the Springfield Armory campus, in a house for officer’s wives. She is the mother to twin girls. All her … Continue reading →

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“The Two-Family House” by Lynda Cohen Loigman – Book Review

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Fictionophile

Abe and Mort Berman are brothers who are as different as night and day.  Abe is personable and gregarious.  Mort is anti-social and acerbic. Together they run a company that makes cardboard boxes.  When their father passed away they took over the … Continue reading →

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“Lilac Girls” by Martha Hall Kelly – Book Review

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Fictionophile

“Lilac Girls” is a story of the mind numbing horrors of war.  Horrors so gruesome that they are unimaginable unless you’ve experienced them first hand. The author has written about them in such a way that you as a reader … Continue reading →

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“Playing with fire” by Tess Gerritsen – Book Review

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Fictionophile

Many readers are familiar with Tess Gerritsen for her immensely popular Rizzoli and Isles mystery series.  Now she has written a riveting, partly historical stand-alone novel that kept me spellbound throughout! When I say partly historical I mean that there … Continue reading →

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