Good Book Fairy | Best Book Reviews by Lauren Margolin

The Dressmaker’s War by Mary Chamberlain

Feb 23, 2016 | England, Germany, Historical Fiction, Holocaust, WW2, Year 2016

The Dressmaker’s War by Mary Chamberlain – 314 pages Book Blurb: In London, 1939, Ada Vaughan is a young woman with an unusual dressmaking skill, and dreams of a better life for herself. That life seems to arrive when Stanislaus, an Austrian aristocrat, sweeps Ada...

Where We Fall by Rochelle B. Weinstein

Feb 21, 2016 | Beach Read, Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Fiction, Friendship, Mental Health, Year 2016

Where We Fall by Rochelle B. Weinstein – 323 pages ARC from author Book Blurb: By all accounts, Abby Holden has it all. She’s the mother of a beautiful teenager and the wife of a beloved high school football coach. And all it took to achieve her charmed life was her...

Everyone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris Cleave

Feb 19, 2016 | England, Historical Fiction, WW2, Year 2016

Everyone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris Cleave - 432 pages ARC from NetGalley and Simon and Schuster Book Blurb: It’s 1939 and Mary, a young socialite, is determined to shock her blueblood political family by volunteering for the war effort. She is assigned as a teacher...

Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

Feb 15, 2016 | Audio, Funny, Memoir, Mental Health, Non-Fiction, Year 2016

Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson- 7 discs (Audio Version) Book Blurb: In her new book, FURIOUSLY HAPPY, Jenny explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. And...

Lainie’s Hot Romance Picks for Valentine’s Day

Feb 9, 2016 | Fiction, Lists, Romance, Year 2016

I don't read a lot of books from the romance genre but I have a friend and Good Book Fairy follower who adores them! I look to her every Valentine's Day for the best she's read each year. Click the title to purchase. Enjoy!! Lainie’s 2016 Hot Romance Picks Susan...

Washing The Dead by Michelle Brafman

Feb 6, 2016 | Coming Of Age, Fiction, Judaic Themes or Characters, Mental Health, Motherhood, Mothers/Daughters, Year 2016

Washing The Dead by Michelle Brafman- 340 pages Book Blurb: Three generations of women confront family secrets in this exquisitely wrought debut novel that examines the experience of religious community, the perilous emotional path to adulthood, and the power of...

After The Fall by Charity Norman

Feb 5, 2016 | Beach Read, Family, Fiction, Motherhood, Mothers/Daughters, Mystery, New Zealand, Suspense, Year 2016

After The Fall by Charity Norman- 357 pages Book Blurb: In the quiet of a New Zealand winter's night, a rescue helicopter is sent to airlift a five-year-old boy with severe internal injuries. He's fallen from the upstairs veranda of an isolated farmhouse, and his...

Into The Dim by Janet B. Taylor

Feb 2, 2016 | Adventure, Coming Of Age, England, Family, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Scotland, Time Travel, YA, Year 2016

Into The Dim by Janet B. Taylor- 432 pages ARC courtesy of Netgalley Book Blurb: When fragile, sixteen-year-old Hope Walton loses her mom to an earthquake overseas, her secluded world crumbles. Agreeing to spend the summer in Scotland, Hope discovers that her mother...

The Golden Son by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Feb 2, 2016 | Coming Of Age, Favorites, Fiction, India, Year 2016

The Golden Son by Shilpi Somaya Gowda- 387 pages Book Blurb: Anil is the cherished son of a large family in rural India. As the eldest boy, he is expected to inherit the role of leader of his clan and arbiter of its disputes, dispensing wisdom and good advice. Leena...

It’s. Nice. Outside. by Jim Kokoris

Jan 25, 2016 | Beach Read, Book Club, Chicago, Family, Fatherhood, Favorites, Fiction, Funny, Mental Health, Year 2016

It’s. Nice. Outside. by Jim Kokoris- 320 pages Book Blurb: Meet John Nichols. He's fifty-something years old, an ex-basketball player, ex-author, ex-philanderer, ex-husband, ex-high school English teacher. And he's the father of three: two overachieving adult...