The Fairies Of Turtle Creek by Jill K. Sayre
The Fairies Of Turtle Creek by Jill K. Sayre – 322 pages Book Blurb: Magical realism for readers age 9 and up. Fantasy and history all mixed together, with a cross-generational relationship between an eccentric grandmother and a skeptical granddaughter....
Life Drawing by Robin Black
Life Drawing by Robin Black – 238 pages Book Blurb: Augusta and Owen have moved to the country, and live a quiet, and rather solitary life, Gus as a painter, Owen as a writer. They have left behind the city, and its associations to a troubled past, devoting their days...
Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience And Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience And Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand – 473 pages Book Blurb: On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil,...
What The Lady Wants by Renee Rosen
What The Lady Wants: A Novel Of Marshall Field and The Gilded Age – 420 pages Book Blurb: The night of the Great Fire, as seventeen-year-old Delia watches the flames rise and consume what was the pioneer town of Chicago, she can’t imagine how much her life, her city,...
2014 Best Books
The Invention Of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd My Review: I believe that some books need to be read at the right time for each reader. This is so true with The Invention of Wings. Two different times it came in for me at the library and for whatever reason, I just didn’t...
Henna House by Nomi Eve
Henna House by Nomi Eve– 320 pages Book Blurb: Nomi Eve’s vivid saga begins in Yemen in 1920, when Adela Damari’s parents desperately seek a future husband for their young daughter. After passage of the Orphan’s Decree, any unbetrothed Jewish child left orphaned will...
All I Love And Know by Judith Frank
All I Love And Know by Judith Frank– 422 pages Book Blurb: For years, Matthew Greene and Daniel Rosen have enjoyed a quiet domestic life together in Northampton, Massachusetts. Opposites in many ways, they have grown together and made their relationship work. But when...
The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg
The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg– 468 pages Book Blurb: A terrible darkness has fallen upon Jacob Weisz's beloved Germany. The Nazi regime, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, has surged to power and now hold Germany by the throat. All non-Aryans --...
The Museum Of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
The Museum Of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman – 368 pages Book Blurb: Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the sinister impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a Coney Island boardwalk freak show that thrills the masses. An exceptional swimmer,...
A Sudden Light by Garth Stein
A Sudden Light by Garth Stein – 416 pages Book Blurb: In the summer of 1990, fourteen-year-old Trevor Riddell gets his first glimpse of Riddell House. Built from the spoils of a massive timber fortune, the legendary family mansion is constructed of giant, whole trees,...
