Book Review: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

The Blurb: Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They'd been together for more than a decade, and Lydia thought their love was indestructible.But she was wrong. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident.So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants to do is hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall … Continue reading Book Review: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

Book Review: A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler

The Blurb: In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighbourhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son. Xavier is headed to college in the fall, and after years of single parenting, Valerie is facing the prospect of an empty nest. All is well until the Whitmans … Continue reading Book Review: A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler

Book Review: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

The Blurb: Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life abourd their family's Mississippi River shanty boat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge - until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and … Continue reading Book Review: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate