Good Book Fairy | Best Book Reviews by Lauren Margolin

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Apr 23, 2012 | Book Club, Favorites, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Japan, Year 2002

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett – 352 pages Book Blurb: In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor of a visiting Japanese industrial titan. His hosts hope that Mr. Hosokawa can be persuaded to build a factory in their...

The Physick Book Of Deliverance Dane

Apr 23, 2012 | Book Club, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism / Dreams, Witches, Year 2010

Order on Amazon today! The Physick Book Of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe- 376 pages Book Blurb: Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin needs to spend her summer doing research for her doctoral dissertation. But when her mother asks her to handle the sale of...

Ember From The Sun

Apr 22, 2012 | Before Y2K, Fantasy, Fiction, Native American, Science Fiction, YA

Order on Amazon today! Ember From The Sun by Mark Canter – 528 pages Book Blurb: In the blue ice of an arctic cave, a scientist has made an extraordinary discovery: a woman's body, frozen for 25,000 years in a near-perfect state, with pliant tissues, vessels filled...

The Nazi Officer’s Wife by Edith Hahn Beer

Apr 22, 2012 | Favorites, Germany, Historical Fiction, Holocaust, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Year 2010

The Nazi Officer’s Wife: How one Jewish Woman Survived The Holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer – 305 pages Book Blurb: Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman studying law in Vienna when the Gestapo forced Edith and her mother into a ghetto, issuing them papers branded with...

The Wives Of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran

Apr 19, 2012 | Book Club, Historical Fiction, Marriage, New Zealand, Year 2010

The Wives Of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran- 367 pages Book Blurb: When Henry Oades accepts an accountancy post in New Zealand, his wife, Margaret, and their children follow him to exotic Wellington. But while Henry is an adventurer, Margaret is not. Their new home is...

How To Talk To A Widower by Jonathan Tropper

Apr 18, 2012 | Beach Read, Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Fatherhood, Fiction, Funny, Year 2010

How To Talk To A Widower by Jonathan Tropper- 352 pages Book Blurb: Doug Parker is a widower at age twenty-nine, and in his quiet suburban town, that makes him something of a celebrity—the object of sympathy, curiosity, and, in some cases, unbridled desire. But Doug...

Fifty Shades Of Grey

Apr 16, 2012 | Erotic, Romance, Year 2012

Fifty Shades Of Grey by E.L. James- 528 pages Book Blurb: When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to...

If I’m Missing Or Dead

Apr 9, 2012 | Book Club, Memoir, Year 2012

If I’m Missing Or Dead by Janine Latus - 336 pages Book Blurb: In April 2002, Janine Latus's youngest sister, Amy, wrote a note and taped it to the inside of her desk drawer. Today Ron Ball and I are romantically involved, it read, but I fear I have placed myself at...

This Burns My Heart

Apr 4, 2012 | Historical Fiction, Korea, Year 2012

This Burns My Heart by Samuel Park - 310 pages Book Blurb: Chamara is difficult to translate from Korean to English: To stand it, to bear it, to grit your teeth and not cry out? To hold on, to wait until the worst is over? Such is the burden Samuel Park’s audacious,...

Update For Lincoln Lovers (article)

Apr 2, 2012 | Updates

Mary Todd Lincoln Insanity Case To Be 'Retried' This Fall This is a photograph of an undated daguerreotype of first lady Mary Todd Lincoln. (AP Photo/Library of Congress) Former First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln, will be "retried" for insanity this...