Multi-Period
The Ghost of Lily Painter
Split between the early-to-mid 20th century and contemporary North London, this novel has a true event as its core –…
The Mermaid Garden
Heartache and romance wing their way from a palazzo in Italy to an old hotel in Devon-by-the-Sea in England –…
Hothouse Flower
Julia Forrester, a concert pianist, has high cheekbones, almond eyes and a dark exotic beauty. Slowly recovering from a family…
I Gave My Heart to Know This
This multigenerational saga takes us from the female shipbuilding welders of Rosie the Riveter fame during World War II to…
Children and Fire
Hegi is a writer I’ve intended to read for some time now. I also intend to finish Madame Bovary some…
The Salt Road
In The Salt Road, Jane Johnson creates twin narratives about women from very different cultures who both take the eponymous…
The Moment
Just as writer Thomas Nesbitt’s marriage fades to a close, a package arrives from Germany bearing the name, ‘Dussman’. It…
Remember Ben Clayton
What a thoughtful, psychologically penetrating novel this is. The action begins in a terrifying battle near the end of World…
Bit Player: A Jeri Howard Mystery
Browsing through a Hollywood memorabilia shop, private investigator Jeri Howard chats with an elderly man about her grandmother, Jerusha Layne,…
The Things We Cherished
The Things We Cherished is a mesmerizing read in the vein of Geraldine Brooks’ People of the Book. Instead of…
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