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| Birthday book in a not-so-plain brown wrapper. |
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| It was a winner! |
Fiction:
The Bells of Bruges by Rodenbach, Georges; translated from the French by Mitchell, Mike
Kin by Jones, Tayari
Excellent!
When the Cranes Fly South by Ridzén, Lisa; translated from the Swedish by Menzies, Alice
When the Cranes Fly South by Ridzén, Lisa; translated from the Swedish by Menzies, Alice
Super end-of-life story.
A Far-Flung Life by Stedman, M.L.
I really liked this multi generation novel set in Western Australia.
Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel by Dapier, Jarrett; illustrated by Dungo, A.J.
A graphic novel about the banning of a graphic novel.
The Seven O'Clock Club Ireland, Amelia
Group therapy with a twist. I didn't see that coming!
Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests by Whittle, K.J.
Another twisty one, This group is not in therapy but maybe they ought to be.
The Singer's Gun by Mandel, Emily St. John
Very good.
All the World Can Hold by Yun, Jung
A cruise from Boston to Bermuda during the week following 9/11/2001. Told from three POVs: a has been TV actor on a cast reunion gig; a Korean family observing the mother's 70th birthday; and a grad student with a bad roommate situation.
Hot Air by Dermansky, Marcy
Goofy, farce-like weekend involving a bunch of wanna bes - wanna be mom, wanna be-writer, wanna be rich, etc. An engaging plot that could have been better executed. Gave it a dubious 2 stars.
Holler, Child: Stories by Watkins, LaToya
Nice collection.
Contents: The Mother - Cutting Horse - Tipping - Moving the Animal - Vigil - Dog Person - Holler, Child - Sweat - Paternal - Everything's Fine - Time After.
Good Evening, Mrs Craven: The Wartime Stories... by Panter-Downes, Mollie
A collection of 21 stories of the English home front; originally published in The New Yorker between September 1939 through December 1944.
Contents: The Mother - Cutting Horse - Tipping - Moving the Animal - Vigil - Dog Person - Holler, Child - Sweat - Paternal - Everything's Fine - Time After.
Good Evening, Mrs Craven: The Wartime Stories... by Panter-Downes, Mollie
A collection of 21 stories of the English home front; originally published in The New Yorker between September 1939 through December 1944.
The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth by O'Neal, Barbara
Unlikely travel companions - a 25 year old athlete and a 50 something newly divorced women - both dealing with grief.
Last Christmas in Paris by Gaynor, Hazel and Webb, Heather
WW2love story.
Lanternfly by Emma Copley Eisenberg
Nonfiction:
Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour by Haddon, Mark
Boring.
Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste by
Barr, Luke
Barr, Luke
London War Notes, 1939-1945 by Panter-Downes, Mollie
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