The Blurb: Be careful who you let in. Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am. She soon learns not only the identity of … Continue reading Book Review: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
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Book Review: The Girls by Lisa Jewell
The Blurb: You live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people’s houses. You’ve known your neighbours for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really? Midsummer night: a thirteen-year-old girl is found … Continue reading Book Review: The Girls by Lisa Jewell
Book Review: After the End by Claire Mackintosh
The Blurb: Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. They're best friends, lovers—unshakable. But then their son gets sick and the doctors put the question of his survival into their hands. For the first time, Max and Pip can't agree. They each want a different future for their son. What if they could … Continue reading Book Review: After the End by Claire Mackintosh
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
Book Review: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
The Blurb: The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new … Continue reading Book Review: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Book Review: The Farm by Joanne Ramos
The Blurb: Nestled in the Hudson Valley is a sumptuous retreat boasting every amenity: organic meals, private fitness trainers, daily massages—and all of it for free. In fact, you get paid big money—more than you've ever dreamed of—to spend a few seasons in this luxurious locale. The catch? For nine months, you belong to the … Continue reading Book Review: The Farm by Joanne Ramos
Book Review: Where’d you go Bernadette? by Maria Semple
The Blurb: Bernadette Fox is notorious. To Elgie Branch, a Microsoft wunderkind, she's his talented, volatile, troubled wife. To fellow mothers at the school gate, she's a menace. To design experts, she's a legendary architect. But to 15 year-old Bee, she is quite simply Mum. Then Bernadette disappears. And Bee's search for her mother reveals … Continue reading Book Review: Where’d you go Bernadette? by Maria Semple
Book Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Blurb: Reclusive Hollywood icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant to write her story, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Determined to use this opportunity to jump-start her career, Monique listens in fascination. From … Continue reading Book Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book Review: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
The Blurb: For two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetime - maybe even love - in this romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling authors of Roomies. Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be … Continue reading Book Review: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren