Review: HAPPY HOUR By Michele Scott
HAPPY HOUR By Michele Scott Published: October 31, 2009 Four friends working in Napa Valley, Sundays are for fellowship, good food and wine. Jamie is editor-in-chief at “Wine Lover’s Magazine,” and a single mother. Before her husband died, she lived a fairy tale life. Guilt from his death keeps her from moving forward. Kat is…
Read More Review: JOY FOR BEGINNERS By Erica Bauermeister
JOY FOR BEGINNERS By Erica Bauermeister Published June 9, 2011 At an intimate, festive dinner party in Seattle, six women gather to celebrate their friend Kate’s recovery from cancer. Wineglass in hand, Kate strikes a bargain with them. To celebrate her new lease on life, she’ll do the one thing that’s always terrified her: white-water…
Read More Review: The Art of Saying Goodbye by Ellyn Bache
THE ART OF SAYING GOODBYE By Ellyn Bache Fiction Published June 1, 2011 She was the thread that wove their tapestry together. With a group of women as diverse as the ladies from Brightwood Trace, you might not think them to be close. There’s Julianne, a nurse with an unsettling psychic ability that allows her…
Read More Review: Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
DREAMS OF JOY By Lisa See Published May 31, 2011 Lisa See continues the story of sisters Pearl and May from SHANGHAI GIRLS, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, and anger at her mother and aunt for keeping them from her, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957…
Read More New Book Alert: Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister
A couple days ago, a new book came onto the market. I haven’t read it yet, but will be soon. But, I think the concept of the story is so neat, I just had to share it with you now. JOY FOR BEGINNERS By Erica Bauermeister On Sale June 9, 2011 It tells the story…
Read More Review: The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
THE POSTMISTRESS By Sarah Blake Published 2009 Fiction Filled with stunning parallels to today’s world, The Postmistress is a sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women-and of two countries torn apart by war. On the eve of the United States’s entrance into World War II in 1940, Iris James, the postmistress…
Read More Review: Heaven is for Real
HEAVEN IS FOR REAL By Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent Published 2010 Christian Non-Fiction From the back of the book: This is the story of a young boy who emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his trip to heaven. It is the true story of Colton Burpo, the 4 year-old son of a…
Read More EXPOSURE: A NOVEL by Therese Fowler
EXPOSURE: A NOVEL Therese Fowler Pub Date: May 3, 2011 Amelia Wilkes’s strict father does not allow her to date, but that doesn’t stop the talented, winsome high school senior from carrying on a secret romance with her classmate Anthony Winter. Desperately in love, the two envision a life together and plan to tell Amelia’s…
Read More Review: Friendship Bread by Darien Gee
FRIENDSHIP BREAD By Darien Gee Publish Date: April 5, 2011 An anonymous gift sends a woman on a journey she never could have anticipated. One afternoon, Julia Evarts and her five-year-old daughter, Gracie, arrive home to find an unexpected gift on the front porch: a homemade loaf of Amish Friendship Bread and a simple note:…
Read More Review: The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
The Recipe Club A Tale of Food and Friendship A Novel By Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel Fiction 358 Pages Lilly and Val are lifelong friends, united as much by their differences as by their similarities. Lilly, dramatic and confident, lives in the shadow of her beautiful, wayward mother and craves the attention of her…
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