Susan Zabolotny
The Walnut Tree
A light, romantic story, The Walnut Tree takes place at the outbreak of World War I. Lady Elspeth Douglas leads…
Vengeance
Benjamin Black, pseudonym for Irish writer John Banville, has written number five in a series of crime noir novels featuring…
Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women’s Literary Society
This story is told in the first person by 80-year-old Dora Witherspoon as she takes us back to Collier County,…
Blackberry Winter
“Blackberry winter” is a term used by farmers to describe the cold snap in spring that’s needed to set the…
Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes: A Memoir of Dublin in the 1950s
I’m sure Martha Long’s book was liberating for her to write, but it was tough for me to read. I…
Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life
This nonfiction account of the life and death of Marian “Clover” Hooper Adams begins with her birth in Boston in…
Arms of Love
This story takes place in Central Pennsylvania in the late 18th century. The citizens are embroiled in the revolution for…
The Forest Laird
Being Scotch-Irish and fascinated with the history of Scotland, I was happy to have the opportunity to read and review…
The Rebel Wife
“I know that Eli is dying.” The opening line of this debut novel by Taylor M. Polites is intriguing, and…
The Snow Child
This story opens in Alaska in 1920. The main characters, Mabel and Jack, are a childless middle-aged couple who have…
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