This book is told from the perspectives of three women: Sarah, Connie, and Anna. Sarah is a London restaurant owner who leaves her husband (after the police start questioning her about his business practices) and returns to her family home to spend more time with her father. She ends up buying an old house to restore, which used to belong to Connie. Connie is the daughter of the former overseer of the old orphanage and … Read More “The Orphan House by Ann Bennett” »
Author: Erin Shanahan
Former in-house book editor turned stay-at-home mom who will hopefully return to the industry some day -- let me know if you hear of any openings -- but for now who reads as much as I can and reviews online, both here and on Instagram (@bookwormerin.) I love books. Reading them. Buying them. Recommending them. I was the kid whose mother had to limit the number of books I could check out from the library each week to the number of books I could physically carry home. Now, I have a husband who enables me, children who love books almost as much as I do, and a bit too much time on my hands, which I fill with reading.Sister Evelyn became a Catholic nun after her father made a vow that if his son (her brother) came back alive from the war, he would give his youngest daughter to God, and she never realized that she could make a different decision for herself. After a tough beginning, Evelyn founded Mercy House with two of her fellow nuns–and friends–around 25 years ago, and together they have helped hundreds of women escape domestic violence and … Read More “Mercy House by Alena Dillon” »
Ginny is about to turn 35 and finds herself jobless, roommate-less, boyfriend-less, and desperately wanting a baby. Cassie, Ginny’s neighbor, is an almost washed up actress with a lot of issues of her own. Somehow, these two women form a deep friendship. I really wanted to like this book a lot more than I actually did. This particular genre is one I turn to for fun, light-hearted reading as a break from some of the … Read More “The Neighbours by Nicola Gill” »
Roz, a single woman in Ireland who is barely making ends meet and living paycheck to paycheck, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant after a “one night stand.” She decides she wants to adopt out (sell) the baby, and finds a great online agency that will help make it possible. She is introduced to Julie–half of a millionaire couple–who wants Roz to move into the basement of her and her husband’s home in NYC to finish her … Read More “The Perfect Mother by Caroline Mitchell” »
Three years ago, teenage sisters Emma and Cass go missing, with very little for investigators to go on to find them. Now, Cass has returned–alone–and the investigators are anxious to get her help to find her sister. Dr. Abby Winters, a psychologist who was part of the initial investigation, is still sure the girls’ mother is responsible for their disappearance. Abby’s professional research was always focused on children of narcissist mothers, and she sees too … Read More “Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker” »