
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim– 229 pages Book Blurb: Growing up under the tender care of Mattie, Lisbeth adopts her surrogate mother’s deep-seated faith in God, her love of music and black-eyed peas, and the tradition of hunting for yellow crocuses in the early days...

The Beautiful Possible by Amy Gottlieb
The Beautiful Possible by Amy Gottlieb– 336 pages Book Blurb: Spanning seventy years and several continents—from a refugee’s shattered dreams in 1938 Berlin, to a discontented American couple in the 1950s, to a young woman’s life in modern-day Jerusalem—this epic,...

Loving Eleanor by Susan Wittig Albert
Loving Eleanor by Susan Wittig Albert– 306 pages Book Blurb: Set during the chaotic years of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World War, Loving Eleanor reveals Eleanor Roosevelt as a complex, contradictory, and entirely human woman who is pulled in...

A Dictionary Of Mutual Understanding by Jackie Copleton
A Dictionary Of Mutual Understanding by Jackie Copleton – 292 pages Book Blurb: When Amaterasu Takahashi opens the door of her Philadelphia home to a badly scarred man claiming to be her grandson, she doesn’t believe him. Her grandson and her daughter, Yuko, perished...
2016 Spring Break Reading List
The Good Book Fairy’s 2016 Spring Break Reading List Whether you’re going tropical, heading to the slopes or happily at home with no routine, here’s this year’s list of Spring Break reads! The Orphans Of Race Point by Patry Francis The Talk Funny Girl by Roland...

Georgia by Dawn Tripp
Georgia by Dawn Tripp –336 pages Book Blurb: Georgia O’Keeffe is a young woman, painting and teaching art in Texas, when she travels to New York to meet Alfred Stieglitz, the married gallery owner of 291, modern art promoter, and photographer. Their instantaneous...

An Undisturbed Peace by Mary Glickman
An Undisturbed Peace by Mary Glickman – 472 pages Book Blurb: Abrahan Bento Sassaporta Naggar has traveled to America from the filthy, Jew-hating streets of East London in search of a better life. But Abe’s visions of a privileged apprenticeship in the Sassaporta...

The Act Of Settlement by Peter J. Murgio
The Act Of Settlement by Peter J. Murgio – 428 pages Book Blurb: With the clouds of World War II gathering, William Carnegie was born with every advantage in life: wealthy and famous parents, a world-famous pedigree, and access to the best in everything. Fueled by...

Language Arts by Stephanie Kallos
Language Arts by Stephanie Kallos – 416 pages Book Blurb: Charles Marlow teaches his high school English students that language will expand their worlds. But linguistic precision cannot help him connect with his autistic son, or with his ex-wife, who abandoned their...

Sisi: Empress On Her Own by Allison Pataki
Sisi: Empress On Her Own by Allison Pataki – 464 pages ARC from The Dial Press in exchange for an honest review. Book Blurb: Married to Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabeth—fondly known as Sisi—captures the hearts of her people as their “fairy queen,” but beneath that...