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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 … Read More “Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker” »
Shortly after the Twin Towers fall on 9/11 in New York, Shirli, a young Jewish girl, is cast as Golde (the older mother) in her middle school’s production of Fiddler on the Roof. She’s upset she won’t have a solo, until her crush, Ben Morgan (who isn’t Jewish,) is cast as Tevye (her character’s husband.) … Read More “Broken Strings by Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer” »
This book is told from the perspective of three different women — Alice and Molly both in the present time, and Margaret, mostly in the past, although her chapters cross into the present time toward the end. Alice is a married mother of three with a horrific past. Molly is a loving and very loved … Read More “The Nowhere Girl by Nicole Trope” »
This delightful book alternates between the present day (2018) and 1940. In 1940, Anna Dale, a young, naive artist from New Jersey, wins a contest to paint a large mural to represent Edenton, North Carolina. In 2018, Morgan Christopher, a young art student who is sitting in prison serving a 3-year sentence for a DUI … Read More “Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain” »
When I picked up this book, I thought I was getting something light and fast. It was definitely a fast read — I got sucked in and finished it in a day — but it was not light. Have tissues at the ready, especially in the middle of the book. But it was a really … Read More “The Missing Letters of Mrs Bright by Beth Miller” »