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She considers whether her role as an author offers an opportunity to write about her mother and gain Invent a single man and call your book a novel. The freedom one fictional man grants you is immeasurable. the author shares recollections and imagined current encounters with her mom, refusing to allow her many

Stephenson was a con man and womanizer who had told enough enormous lies to reinvent himself into one But she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention of dreamy

Sometimes short stories tend toward exploring tragedy, as in many of the luminous collections here and for my full review of The Office of Historical Corrections. 03 Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile In Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, Maile Meloy keeps you on your toes as you consider what may lay in wait within the relationships she lays out, and you may not be able to anticipate who's going to In Iraq Marine veteran and Dartmouth grad Phil Klay's National Book Award winner Redeployment, the author

It seems Charlotte may have created a situation in which she has fewer options than her constrained existence play roles as well as facilitate meetings and encounters), Charlotte reimagines what a Victorian woman may Watson pretends to be the maid in a hastily set-up false household; and Charlotte is both followed and

She considers whether her role as an author offers an opportunity to write about her mother and gain

Bookworm, I've read even more books than before, talked about books more often than before, and met many I've enjoyed so many fun, unexpected offshoots of being a ravenous reader because of this little book If so, please drop me a message or an e-mail and let me know! Happy reading!

librarian near the front lines of World War I, and 1976, when another young woman is determined to gain

I finished No Cure for Being Human in one evening, tabbed many, many passages, immediately bought my Bowler tells the truth, whether about small gems of wisdom she gains through her grueling experiences , her emotional and physical pain, or the many absurdities that make her laugh. So many moments struck me, surprised me, or touched me as I read this lovely work, including Bowler's

disparaging, tedious, selfish ex--would have been so deeply involved with someone Winfrey presents as without many I delighted in the e-mails in which Teddy and Everett share pieces of their true oddball, vulnerable,

trainer of the French Resistance despite the physical limitations caused by her prosthetic leg (which she gained Her desire for vengeance against a man who has betrayed the cause has motivated her to continue slogging

Riley is murdered after gaining his freedom, which makes those involved in the case wonder: if Riley

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.

She's asked to play the role of maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman in a dastardly plot to take Meanwhile, Maud's bristly uncle, a strict man of books who has raised his niece primarily to assist him

I’m not sure how to feel about the construct of having a young woman’s desire to gain acknowledgment

about race seem wildly optimistic in light of his voiced views about women and Jewish people, but they may It may be difficult to fully appreciate or imagine the danger Greene placed herself in by hiding her Christie, The Only Woman in the Room, Carnegie's Maid, and Lady Clementine. Murray is the author of Stand Your Ground, A Sin and a Shame, Too Little, Too Late, Never Say Never, and many

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman. the tension of living under false pretenses, fearing how tenuous the foundation of your life and love may

A lady’s maid in love with the lady, racy scenes, angst, wonderful details of a life in service to a In this upstairs/downstairs novel, set in nineteenth century New York, Mary Ballard is a lady’s maid But on her own time, Mary is Irish exile Maire O’Farren, and she keeps mixed company as part of a secret

She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance of outsmarting the canny and intelligent Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing.

Wings is historical fiction that tracks the characters of (the real-life) Sarah Grimke and her enslaved maid In 1803 Charleston, plantation owners wield cruel and immense control over their many enslaved people enslaved people considered disobedient; the oppressive power exercised over the humans considered by many

suggest community resources for those who might benefit, run story times for littles, host book clubs, maintain

She's fake-dating a nice man in order to keep his family off of his back. But it looks like she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention

"I mean, there are so many people," [Ted Bundy] reasoned. "It shouldn't be a problem." Anyhoo! Many horrors play a role in warping these tortured souls, but what happens if we add a light dusting repeatedly checks in on years of multiple violent vehicular deaths due to a negligently designed and maintained doesn't address the question of why certain (few, in the scheme of things, although even one is too many people exposed to heavy metals and toxic waste would become remorseless, insatiable murderers and why so many

in on her with his roommate, in flagrante delicto; her throwing up on his shoes; her deliriously e-mailing But I didn't love that a man was swooping in to help cement that who she was as a person was acceptable

She's asked to play the role of a maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman and play a key part in a complements it) often makes her wonderful books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man community, a long-ago loss of several of its beloved young people, and a fresh tragedy that brings the pain

tour months, attempts to improve ATP ranking, sleeping on floors, and struggling to focus as a young man His shift into comedy also offers a look behind the curtains at the good, bad, and ugly, but Kosta mainly Kosta is so frank about his often-messy path as a young man--including an awkward sexual encounter in

tour months, attempts to improve ATP ranking, sleeping on floors, and struggling to focus as a young man His shift into comedy also offers a look behind the curtains at the good, bad, and ugly, but mainly focuses

It had shaped who she was in many senses, but now she was a grown woman with a full life, and she was There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says: "So many memories we share and purposely

It's nominally a mystery, but it's mainly a heartwarming story about determination and honoring old loyalties

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.

She's Barbara Van Lear, the daughter of the owners of the camp where many local residents work. But Cushla--along with many other citizens--is more and more astounded by the increasing conflict between of the story, vividly building the constant undercurrent of tension, the twinges of fear, the devil-may-care The prose in Intermezzo is gorgeous and often feels poetic--in fact, many of the notes in the back matter Here One Moment tracks many characters' subsequent dilemmas and decision-making, in a few cases delving

He's struggling to maintain two relationships--with Naomi, a playful and uninhibited younger woman, and with his intellectual and caring first love, Sylvia, who is coping with chronic pain and disability The prose in Intermezzo is gorgeous and often feels poetic--in fact, many of the notes in the back matter

He's struggling to maintain two relationships--one with Naomi, a playful younger woman, and one with

Belle is fearful--particularly for her mother's sake--that her father's true origins may be uncovered All of this, along with her pain at the loss of her beloved father, keeps her closed off emotionally. And she also realizes she may not be helping; she may be making everything worse. When she finds that she's pregnant, she begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails

There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says, "So many memories we share and purposely Moorer's love of music (including her passion to write, sing, and harmonize) links many of these memories

When she finds that she's pregnant, she begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails book that takes a very different look at unexpected single motherhood--its tone is much lighter, and many

When she finds that she's pregnant, she begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails

Julie Yip-Williams is a beautiful writer who is so smart, reflects deeply, and candidly shares the many That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may full review of this book, please see Know My Name . 06 Open Book by Jessica Simpson Open Book is a mainly

She's spent her first year at school holing up and studying, maintaining a quiet life.

After being involved in multiple disasters in only her first day of classes, she fears college may become She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance of outsmarting the canny and intelligent Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing. Katy is deeply grieving while questioning her own life, including her marriage to a kind man.

She maintains a best friend from childhood who talks Adina into publishing a book of her brief yet powerful The book becomes a polarizing work, with many responding positively to Adina's perspective and others Meanwhile the reader is privy to Adina's many missives to her extraterrestrial family--and their often-terse

and Sweet Light Fiction Adorable rom-coms feel like the perfect summertime reading, and I've loved so many She's fake-dating a nice man in order to keep his family off of his back. But it looks like she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention

danger Adelaide has never acknowledged outside the family yet has carried with her; the reasoning for maintaining

different take, you might check out The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, in which vampires mainly

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.

But it looks like she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention

Ko is an Indigenous man who is taken advantage of time after time. them--homes they never desired but have been forced to take on; the mounting expenses of upkeep and maintenance It details the goings-on at an Indian Training School and the "restructuring" that cut off many American

For my full review, check out A Marvellous Light. 02 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler I listened to Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe's exhaustive history of the Sackler family as traced Empire of Pain is essential nonfiction that details the shocking narcissism, relentless ambition and Click here for my full review of Empire of Pain. 03 See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon Rachel Lynn Douglas Stuart is also the author of Shuggie Bain. For my full review, check out Young Mungo.

Now Smithy's out of prison and he mainly resists sinking back into illegal habits. that the mystery of the code in deceased author Edith Twyford's largely condemned, prejudiced stories may be linked to the vanishing of his teacher so many years earlier--that is, linked by a hidden fortune

at night peers out the window to see him--he is armed, and to her horror, she sees him kill another man stories of Keegan's acclaimed debut, Antarctica, a young wife leaves town to experience being with a man Now he's out of prison and mainly resists sinking back into illegal habits...but he's got a hunch that Edith Twyford's largely condemned, simplistic, prejudiced stories and the vanishing of his teacher so many years earlier may be linked by a hidden fortune.

It had shaped who she was in many senses, but now she was a grown woman with a full life, and she was There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says: "So many memories we share and purposely