This is one of my favorites of the year so far. It reminds me a bit of A Man Called Ove, which I also really enjoyed, but I really liked how this book included a lot more history of the main character. Eudora Honeysett is 85-years-old, lives alone with her crotchety old cat, and outside of occasionally swimming laps at the local pool, is just sitting around and waiting to die. In fact, she’s so … Read More “The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons” »
Category: Women’s Fiction
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 of strength and magick. Elzibeth (Lizzy) Moon wants nothing to do with that life, and leaves for New York, not … Read More “The Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis” »
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 flaws, while trying to find Diana, Zoe’s best friend from childhood, who had gone missing. Told in chapters alternating between … Read More “The Lost Girls of Devon by Barbara O’Neal” »
What a fun piece of British chick lit! Nina is a soon-to-be-out-of-work librarian who takes the plunge, leaves city life behind for Scotland, and opens her own traveling bookstore in a big van that she can barely handle driving. And, of course, there are love interests and a best friend and other people who she helps along the way. After reading a very serious, sad book, I think I was in the right frame of … Read More “The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan” »
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. But life throws her a curveball when she meets and falls in love with the handsome Abe, who could only … Read More “The Last Bathing Beauty by Amy Sue Nathan” »