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The Wedding People
by Alison Espach
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Penelope Stone, the main character in Alison Espach's THE WEDDING PEOPLE, is at the end of her rope ....After years of unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant, her husband has divorced her. Her job is going nowhere. She has no family. Her cat has died. What's a person to do? What follows is Phoebe coming to terms with life ...or not. As the book states, the novel is "In turns absurdly funny and and devastatingly tender..." I loved the cast of characters she runs into as she runs for, or from, her life - the bridezilla bride, hopeful groom, hotel staff, and a group of friends and relatives that make up the wedding guests where Phoebe ends up. A very enjoyable read!
Only Ever You
by Rebecca Drake
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Flashback, Jill and David’s daughter Sophia goes missing at the park, she is found 40 minutes later, fine, but with bug bites, or are they needle puncture marks in her arm? Blood tests reveal no drugs, no harm done. Or so they think. Then three months later Sophia disappears again. The parents are now suspects. Interesting premise. Kept me guessing as to what happened.
Good Dirt
by Charmaine Wilkerson
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Wilkerson's follow-up to "Black Cake" centers on a wealthy Black family, the Freemans, who live on the Connecticut coast. The family's prized possession is a 20 gallon stoneware pot they call "Old Mo" made by an enslaved ancestor. This jar was broken by masked intruders during a horrible home invasion which resulted in 15- year old Baz being shot to death in the presence of his 10-year old sister Ebony (Ebby). As we meet Ebby she has suffered a second trauma : In 2018, her rich White husband- to -be,ditched her on their wedding day for reasons that take a while to emerge.
Eleanore Of Avignon
by Elizabeth DeLozier
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This wonderful novel describes a rarely seen time in history. It is the 1300’s, and the plague comes to Avignon. Eleanore’s mother was a locally famous healer, and Eleanore has taken over her healing duties after her mother’s death. Women who healed were considered to be witches, but a famous physician takes Eleanore under his wing. Together they try to heal those afflicted with the plague. Several characters in the book are real historical people, including this physician. Very highly recommended!
We Used To Live Here
by Marcus Kliewer
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Eve and Charlie are refurbishing an old house when a man shows up with his family claiming that he used to live there and asking if he can show his family around. All of a sudden strange things start happening in the house and the family can’t seem to take the hint to leave. When a dark entity appears in the basement, Charlie disappears without her locket and the house starts changing, Eve starts to freak out. Is Eve imagining these incidents or are they actually happening? Read and find out.
The Diary Of A Young Girl
by Anne Frank
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I admit that I never read The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank. To coincide my visit to the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Center of Jewish History. it was time to read it, It is harrowing the story that a teenage girl tells that she managed to capture a part of life that should not have been experienced by anyone of any age. Even knowing the ending, I was gripped that there is going to be/should be,/there will be a happier ending. as in real life, which is exactly that this diary is, there are not always happy endings.
Homeseeking: A Gma Book Club Pick
by Karissa Chen
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The book was good but I thought it was too long. I think she could have told the same story in fewer page
The Lake Escape
by Jamie Day
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These friends have continued to summer at the lake since they were children. Now adults, they look forward to those few weeks in summer when their family’s vacation together, keeping up the tradition. This year things are off. The friends are not comfortable with each other. Their children are not talking to each other, and the new nanny is an enigma. David, now divorced has brought a new girlfriend, along with his twin 5-year-old children and the new Nanny. He has also built a huge glass house that does not fit in to the area, and has blocked his friends’ views. There is tension among the friends. There is a legend that every thirty years a woman disappears from the lake…. the lake takes them. There have been 2 of these disappearances. It is now thirty years after the last disappearance, and guess what, David's girlfriend disappears. A complicated murder mystery with connections to three generations. Some outlandish sections, but if you can get over that, a good solid mystery. I actually enjoyed it, despite my misgivings.
Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil
by V. E. Schwab
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If you enjoyed Interview With a Vampire you will like Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. This book is the epic story of three women bound by love and bloodlust. Sabine, Charlotte and Alice unwind their stories and connections to each other covering decades of years both together and apart. Love becomes their undoing. I enjoyed this book and recommend it as a must read.
The Lemon Tree
by Sandy Tolan
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A Palestinian comes to visit his childhood home and encounters the Israeli who currently lives there, thus starts a dialog between them. I didn't feel that the viewpoints were balanced.
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