This was a really good book, but make sure you pack the tissues (and you’ll need them almost immediately.) Natalie Harper inherits her late mother’s failing bookshop and the care of her grandfather, suffering from dementia. With the bookshop (and her family home) falling down around them, will she be able to convince her grandfather to sell or lose everything? Owning a bookstore, in theory, sounds wonderful — an excuse to read all the time, … Read More “The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs” »
Publisher: William Morrow
This book was definitely a page turner, but the ending was a let down. When Lucy was nine, she (and her imaginary friend Eliza) snuck her 3-year-old baby brother out of the house in the middle of the night. And while she returned home, Teddy never did. Now, Lucy’s all grown up and married and has become a best-selling crime writer with her lead detective based on her imaginary friend (who she still sees and … Read More “To Tell You the Truth by Gilly Macmillan” »
Liza, Maggie, and Tricia are the Sweeney Sisters, very different adult sisters dealing with the unexpected death of their father, famous author William Sweeney. While dealing with the memorial and estate, they are shocked to discover they have a fourth sister, Serena, who lived next door while they were growing up and is now an accomplished reporter. Their father not only left a surprise daughter but a contract guaranteeing his publisher a tell-all memoir, which … Read More “The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan” »
The Operator is a book primarily about Vivian, a nosey switchboard operator in the Midwest, although we also get snippets of life from her daughter, Charlotte, and Flora, a local woman who has just robbed a local bank (yes, really) and fled to Canada. Vivian always tries to measure up to those around her, including the thoroughly obnoxious and very wealthy granddaughter of the town mayor (who in turn is a bit too obsessed with … Read More “The Operator by Gretchen Berg” »
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” »