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…
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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…
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 #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…
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