Truths I Never Told You is the latest offering from Australian author Kelly Rimmer. It’s the deeply evocative story of one woman’s quest to understand not only her past but the ways in which that past affects the life she’s currently living. Once I started reading, I hated putting the book down, and actually managed…
In The Henna Artist, author Alka Joshi introduces readers to a smart, independent-minded heroine, struggling to gain independence in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Lakshmi Shastri makes her living creating beautiful henna designs on the skin of some of the city’s wealthiest women. It’s a far cry from life in the rural Indian village…
Back in the eighties, Cyndi Lauper reached the top of the charts with her free spirited ballad, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, which celebrates the party girl lifestyle. Grown-Up Pose is the story of what happens when a young woman, after years of being perfectly responsible, decides she’d like to pursue that more freewheeling way…
This book was everything I didn’t know I needed this winter. Amid a haze of historical and contemporary romances with perky young heroines along with the occasional fantasy romance, Suddenly Psychic stands out. It’s a paranormal women’s fiction book which sees women in their mid-forties developing psychic powers – and if that doesn’t sound like…
The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant is an epic, detailed novel relating a singular story set in two different times through the eyes of three unique characters. In 1951, college graduate Esther has been living as a middle-class housewife and mother when a vacation with her husband turns out to be a lure which deposits…
As someone who regularly asks the question posed by the title of Jenny Colgan’s mid-2000s novel Where Have All the Boys Gone?, I don’t know if I’m comforted or horrified by the proof that women have been pondering this mystery for at least a decade and a half. Regardless, I’m quite glad that the publishers…
Once upon a time, Charlotte Perkins had a close-knit, happy family – or so it seemed on the surface. In reality, the kids were kind of miserable and she was miserable, but she’s painted over those memories in shades of rose. But her children, Cord, Lee and Regan, were all – if not unsatisfied with…
“Can one woman’s life go from crappy to happy in just one year?” That is the question on the cover of Mink Elliott’s Annie Beaton’s Year of Positive Thinking and I’d have to answer “Not in this case!” On her fiftieth birthday, Annie Beaton loses her job and her marriage. Instead of giving Annie chocolates…
In The Carousel, author J.A. Stone introduces readers to four women who are struggling to understand not only their connections to one another, but also how they fit into an ever-changing world. It’s a multi-generational tale with a ton of heart, a book that’s sure to appeal to any woman who has questioned her place…
Meg & Jo is a charming – but yet another modern retelling of – Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Little Women. Though there have been a ton of retellings of the novel released in latter days (such as 2017’s The Spring Girls), Meg & Jo stands apart for injecting a little bit of Southern nice…
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