You can’t change the past. You can, however, forget it. Or bury it so that it is barely spoken of. The Filling Station speaks of a critical ‘lost’ moment in American history with courage, integrity, and grace. Greenwood, 1921: Just outside Tulsa is Greenwood, a thriving community known as Black Wall Street, where folks not…
A rough start makes All My Secrets a difficult book to begin with, but a charming second half is the reward for those who can make it through that rough patch. New York, 1898. When the wealthy Arthur Stanhope III dies at the age of forty-seven, it causes no end of turmoil for his family….
The Wings of Poppy Pendleton is an engrossing dual-timeline story featuring three women whose lives intersect over the course of several decades. It is 1907, and the world is in the grip of the opulence and glamour of the Gilded Age. At least as far as the Pendleton family is concerned. The patriarch, Leslie, has…
Code Name Edelweiss shines a spotlight on American anti-semitism in the years prior to WWII and brings attention to some little-known history in the fight against fascism in America. Summer 1933: Liesl Weiss is the second generation of her family employed by MGM. The huge movie lots and sound stages of the massive studio have…
The Curator’s Daughter is a story of how women often find themselves in the most impossible situations and manage to rise above them to create a better world for themselves, those they love and all who come after them. Hanna Tillich is not a Nazi, but she is reluctantly employed by them. She worked all…
The Moonlight School is a prettily written if occasionally predictable inspy with a heart of gold. Its feeling for life in the Kentucky hills alone is worth the price of admission. Lucille – Lucy – Wilson carries an ugly, heavy burden with her. When she was a little girl, it had been her job to…
The publisher of The Librarian of Boone’s Hollow classifies this book as a romance, but I don’t agree with this choice. Although love does develop between two of the characters, the dominant story follows the struggles, dreams, and choices of three people living during the Great Depression, as well as the people who surround them,…
When I read the blurb for The Fifth Avenue Story Society, it appealed to me. The idea of strangers mysteriously brought together, people finding second chances in life, and perhaps some romance along the way all caught my eye. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a bit of a clunker. It has its moments, but…
One of the last passages in the The Bright Unknown is “A lot of bad had to happen for us to have all the good in our lives.” One thing I can definitely attest to is that a lot of bad happens in this story. Whether that was truly necessary in order for any good…
Based on the cover copy of Home All Along, I was looking forward to an emotional read about two people separated by culture and religion, and the obstacles they overcome to find their happily-ever-after. Sadly though, I was disappointed in the novel’s execution; the author assumes familiarity with the first two books of the Amish…
End of content
End of content