A family on a remote island finds a mysterious woman who washes ashore during a storm.

Despite the picture of the horse on the cover of the book, Whistler is not a story about a horse. It is a story about Daphne Fuller and her step dad, Eddie Triplett. Although Daphne’s mother was married to Eddie for only a little over a year when Daphne was nine, a chance meeting of the two many years later at a NY museum brought them back together. Patchett weaves their story through the years and back to the accident that brought Daphne and Eddie’s personal qualities to the forefront. Whistler reinforces my belief that all families are messy and allows the characters to develop and shine. The story about the horse is a small but important component within the beautifully crafted work. My favorite line, although there are many in Whistler, is when Eddie explains Daphne to their rescuers. “Line up all the girls in the world, you’re never gonna find a girl as good as this one.”

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A nice, light but complex, easy summer read! Revolving stories about an author who, after a surprise divorce request from her NBA star husband, finds out that she has a half-sister in Italy who needs her help. She and her friends travel to the Amalfi coast to meet and take care of her sister... The description of Italy is relaxingly pretty as a number of intermingled stories unravel in her life...

FIVE by Ilona Bannister is a fascinating idea for a novel. Not what I expected. It started slowly and then I was able to follow the premise. It was mundane. It should have been better, which is why I gave it only 3 stars.

This fascinating and emotionally charged historical fiction taught me so much I never knew. 1676 Massachusetts Bay Colony, a Puritan village, is attacked and massacred by American Indians: almost all are killed in hideous ways, a few are taken hostage. Mary Rowlandson was one of those taken captive. She was a real person fictionalized for this novel. The book details her new life living among the indians. We see how she adapts, and ultimately discovers her true self, and how, after she is returned to her old life her adjustment is very difficult. She is a changed person. Excellent reading. Very thought provoking.

Lisa Scottoline does it again. Have you read "The Unraveling of Julia"? Well, in this book we hear more from those characters with a new murder. I really enjoyed this one.

Unfortunately, I would not recommend this psychological thriller. It was slow and dull. I almost did not finish.

Loved this story. Calvin, the patriarch of the Shipman family calls his daughters to a one week family reunion at their beach house in New Hampshire. Jordan, Natalie and May arrive and find out that their dad is going to sell the beach house before it will need expensive repairs. The sisters must overcome the grief from their mother’s death, the realization that they have grown apart and the recent marriage of their dad to their mom’s younger hospice nurse. Will family win in the end and will the Shipman’s end up fine? Read and find out.

I really enjoyed this book. I liked the Great Gatsby when I read it in school, but this was a much more compelling story and made the characters more engaging. These were always great characters and it was nice to see them in a different type of story. I think the great writing shows how great these characters are that they can be in additional situations. A really great read.