
The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman
The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman– 304 pages Book Blurb: On a summer evening in 1931, Lilly Blackwood glimpses circus lights from the grimy window of her attic bedroom. Lilly isn't allowed to explore the meadows around Blackwood Manor. She's never even...

Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese
Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese– 320 pages Book Blurb: In the dazzling glitter of 1900 Vienna, Adele Bloch-Bauer—young, beautiful, brilliant, and Jewish—meets painter Gustav Klimt. Wealthy in everything but freedom, Adele embraces Klimt’s renegade genius as the...

I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi
I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi– 272 pages Book Blurb: Maddy is a devoted stay-at-home wife and mother, host of excellent parties, giver of thoughtful gifts, and bestower of a searingly perceptive piece of advice or two. She is the cornerstone of her family, a true...

The Twelve Lives Of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti
The Twelve Lives Of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti– 480 pages Book Blurb: After years spent living on the run, Samuel Hawley moves with his teenage daughter, Loo, to Olympus, Massachusetts. There, in his late wife's hometown, Hawley finds work as a fisherman, while Loo...

The Magdalen Girls by V.S. Alexander
The Magdalen Girls by V.S. Alexander – 304 pages Book Blurb: Dublin, 1962. Within the gated grounds of the convent of The Sisters of the Holy Redemption lies one of the city’s Magdalen Laundries. Once places of refuge, the laundries have evolved into grim workhouses....

Our Souls At Night by Kent Haruf
Our Souls At Night by Kent Haruf– audio Book Blurb: In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf’s fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town...

The Women In The Castle by Jessica Shattuck
The Women In The Castle by Jessica Shattuck– 368 pages Book Blurb: Amid the ashes of Nazi Germany’s defeat, Marianne von Lingenfels returns to the once grand castle of her husband’s ancestors, an imposing stone fortress now fallen into ruin following years of war. The...

The Night The Lights Went Out by Karen White
The Night The Lights Went Out by Karen White – 418 pages Book Blurb: Recently divorced, Merilee Talbot Dunlap moves with her two children to the Atlanta suburb of Sweet Apple, Georgia. It’s not her first time starting over, but her efforts at a new beginning aren’t...

The Unseen World by Liz Moore
The Unseen World by Liz Moore– 451 pages Book Blurb: Ada Sibelius is raised by David, her brilliant, eccentric, socially inept single father, who directs a computer science lab in 1980s-era Boston. Home-schooled, Ada accompanies David to work every day; by twelve, she...
Graduation Gifts
Here's a great list of fabulous books for both High School and College graduates. I love giving a helpful book and a gift card for gas or fast food. These books range from humorous to emotional to very helpful; there is something for everyone. Congratulations, By The...