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This was a sweet love story, 50 years in the making. Every year for 49 years, Elizabeth Davenport has received a crocus (her favorite flower) and a written wish left on her doorstep by Tom Hale, the man she’s been in love with since she was 18, but couldn’t marry because of family pressure. This … Read More “Little Wishes by Michelle Adams” »
This was the second novel I’ve read by Barbara O’Neal, and while I liked When We Believed in Mermaids more, I still enjoyed this one. Set in a small village in Devon, England, four generations of women in one family — Lillian, Poppy, Zoe, and Isabel — try to heal from each other’s actions and … Read More “The Lost Girls of Devon by Barbara O’Neal” »
This was a sweet love story, split between 18-year-old Betty set in 1951 and 84-year-old Boop in modern time. Young Betty lives with her Jewish grandparents at their South Haven resort, where she dreams of being crowned a beauty queen, going to college in NY, and having a successful career as a fashion magazine editor. … Read More “The Last Bathing Beauty by Amy Sue Nathan” »
I really enjoyed this mix of mystery, family drama, and love story with a bit of “magick” thrown in. The Moon Girls are taught from a young age that their singular goal in life is to have a daughter — specifically without a husband — and to raise her to follow in the Moon legacy … Read More “The Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis” »
I really struggled with the characters and their decisions in this book, but I really enjoyed the story itself, along with the writing. Rachel has a whirlwind romance with Dhruv and after eloping, moves to Mumbai (from New York.) While there, she experiences culture shock to the extreme, and even more so when her mother-in-law … Read More “Mother Land by Leah Franqui” »