Slave and Sister by Sabra Waldfogel
Slave And Sister by Sabra Waldfogel– 367 pages Book Blurb: Adelaide Mannheim and her slave Rachel have grown up with a shameful secret. Adelaide’s father is Rachel’s father, too. Their secret shadows their girlhood together and follows them into Adelaide’s marriage....
A Fall Of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
A Fall Of Marigolds by Susan Meissner– 364 pages Book Blurb: September 1911. On Ellis Island in New York Harbor, nurse Clara Wood cannot face returning to Manhattan, where the man she loved fell to his death in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Then, while caring for a...
The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson– 338 pages Book Blurb: Nothing is as permanent as it appears . . . Denver, 1962: Kitty Miller has come to terms with her unconventional single life. She loves the bookshop she runs with her best friend, Frieda, and enjoys complete...
The Sound Of Glass by Karen White
The Sound Of Glass by Karen White– 432 pages Book Blurb: It has been two years since the death of Merritt Heyward’s husband, Cal, when she receives unexpected news—Cal’s family home in Beaufort, South Carolina, bequeathed by Cal’s reclusive grandmother, now belongs to...
The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack
The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack– 366 pages Book Blurb: Bryan Pierce is an internationally famous artist whose paintings have dazzled the world. But there's a secret to his success: Every canvas is inspired by an unusually vivid dream. When Bryan awakes, he...
The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman
The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman– 367 pages Book Blurb: Bloom where you’re planted,” is the advice Christine Bolz receives from her beloved Oma. But seventeen-year-old domestic Christine knows there is a whole world waiting beyond her small German village. It’s a...
On Leaving: Round Two
On Leaving: Round Two – June, 2015 Three years ago, I wrote a piece (attached here) about my first born leaving the nest. It went semi-viral which was complimentary, but certainly not my intent. For me, writing is therapeutic and I shared my sentiments as a comfort to...
Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova
Inside The O’Briens by Lisa Genova– 352 pages Book Blurb: Joe O’Brien is a forty-four-year-old police officer from the Irish Catholic neighborhood of Charlestown, Massachusetts. A devoted husband, proud father of four children in their twenties, and respected officer,...
The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy
The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy– 320 pages Book Blurb: When Sarah Brown, daughter of abolitionist John Brown, realizes that her artistic talents may be able to help save the lives of slaves fleeing north, she becomes one of the Underground Railroad’s leading...
Finding The Time To Read
Finding The Time To Read! I was recently at a networking meeting and was not only promoting goodbookfairy.com, but also preaching about the importance of reading. After the meeting, a woman told with me that she has no time to read anymore and wanted to know where I...
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