Title/Author: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano Publisher: The Dial Press of Random House Publishing Group In a nutshell (Publisher): What does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live? One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los…
Category: women fiction
Jee reviews #TheGown by Jennifer Robson @AuthorJenniferR @wmMorrowBooks and is looking forward to meeting her at @DBookFestival !! #historicalfiction #DecaturBookFestival #dbf2019
Title/Author: The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson Publisher: William Morrow In a nutshell (Publisher): London, 1947: Besieged by the harshest winter in living memory, burdened by onerous shortages and rationing, the people of postwar Britain are enduring lives of quiet desperation despite their nation’s recent victory. Among them are Ann Hughes and…
A tiger’s wife, a deathless man, Punjabi women & a murder mystery case! Jee delves into two very different worlds with these #minireviews : #TheTigersWife by #TeaObreht #RandomHouse @randomhouse #magicalrealism #literaryfiction & #EroticStoriesForPunjabiWomen by #BalliKaurJaswal #AsianAmericanLiteratureFiction #WilliamMorrow @WMmorrowBooks
Title/Author: The Tiger’s Wife: A Novel by Tea Obreht Publisher: Random House Verdict: Read if you like magical realism! The death of her grandfather led Natalia to retrieve the items that he left behind. That journey took her mind back to her days spent with him and the stories he told her about his encounters…
Jee reviews #HouseOnFire by #BonnieKistler #AtriaBooks #NetGalley #eARC #GeneralFiction #WomensFiction
Title/Author: House on Fire by Bonnie Kistler Publisher: Atria Books In a nutshell (Publisher): Divorce lawyer Leigh Huyett knows all too well that most second marriages are doomed to fail. But five years in, she and Pete Conley have a perfectly blended family of her children and his. To celebrate their anniversary, they grab some…
Jee reviews #MotherCountry by #IrinaReyn #Netgalley #StMartinsPress #eARC #WomensFiction
Title/Author: Mother Country by Irina Reyn Publisher: St Martin’s Press In a nutshell: Nadia’s daily life in south Brooklyn is filled with small indignities: as a senior home attendant, she is always in danger of being fired; as a part-time nanny, she is forced to navigate the demands of her spoiled charge and the preschooler’s…
Jee’s #bookreview of #TheGirlsAt17SwannStreet by #YaraZgheib #NetGalley #StMartinsPress #eARC #literaryfiction #womenfiction
Title: The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Verdict: 5/5 Publication day: Feb 5, 2019 In a nutshell (Publisher): Yara Zgheib’s poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting portrait of a young woman’s struggle with anorexia on an intimate journey to reclaim her life. The chocolate went first, then…
Jee’s #bookreview of #SomethingInTheWater by Catherine Steadman #BallantineBooks #womenfiction #psychologicalthriller *WARNING* #UNPOPULARopinion
Title: Something in The Water: A Novel by Catherine Steadman Publisher: Ballantine Books Verdict: 2/5 In a nutshell: A newly-wed couple, Erin and Mark embarked on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoyed the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they…
Jee’s #bookreview of #TheSevenHusbandsofEvelynHugo by #TaylorJenkinsReid #AtriaBooks #bookreview #womenfiction
Title: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid Publisher: Atria Books Verdict: 4.5/5 In a nutshell: The well-loved, alluring Hollywood icon, Evelyn Hugo, at 79, has decided to give a ‘tell-all’ biography about her glamorous yet scandalous and tumultuous life. And there was only one person she’d share her truth with…
Jee’s review of #ClockDance by #AnneTyler #Bookreviews #fiction #AAKnopf
Title: Clock Dance by Anne Tyler Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Verdict: 3.5/5 In a nutshell (Amazon): Willa narrates her life starting at 11 years old in 1967, then 21 in 1977, 41 in 1997, and 61 in 2017. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother’s sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed…
