The Silent Wife by Kerry Fisher Book Review
The Silent Wife by Kerry Fisher Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Published February 24, 2017 Would you risk everything for the man you loved? Even if you knew he’d done something terrible? Lara’s life looks perfect on the surface. Gorgeous doting husband Massimo, sweet little son Sandro and the perfect home. Lara knows something about Massimo. Something she can’t tell anyone else or everything Massimo has worked so hard for will be destroyed: his job, their reputation, their son. This secret is keeping Lara a prisoner in her marriage. Maggie is married to Massimo’s brother Nico and lives with him and her troubled stepdaughter. She knows all of Nico’s…
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan Book Review
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication date May 23, 2017 When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside–but he’s not alone. It seems the entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe, ostensibly to care for their matriarch but truly to stake claim on the massive fortune that Su Yi controls. With each family member secretly fantasizing about getting the keys to Tyersall Park–a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore–the place becomes a hotbed of intrigue and Nicholas finds himself blocked from entering…
#Girlboss The Book & Netflix
#Girlboss The Book & Netflix Publication Date May, 6th 2014 The lowdown from Goodreads At seventeen, Sophia Amoruso decided to forgo continuing education to pursue a life of hitchhiking, dumpster diving, and petty thievery. Now, at twenty-nine, she is the Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Nasty Gal, a $100+ million e-tailer that draws A-list publicity and rabid fans for its leading-edge fashion and provocative online persona. Her story is extraordinary—and only part of the appeal of #GIRLBOSS. This aspirational book doesn’t patronize young women the way many business experts do. Amoruso shows readers how to channel their passion and hard work, while keeping their insecurities from getting in…
The Mothers by Brit Bennett Book Review
The Mothers by Brit Bennett Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Published October 11, 2016 A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community—and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett’s mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. “All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we’d taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked too…
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Really Into This: Looking Back at 2016
Really Into This: Looking Back at 2016 Sarah: 2016 was a hell of a year. Jessica: I actually sent this picture to Sarah – I am definitely ready to have 2016 in the rear view mirror. Sarah: For me, it was the year of discovering a love of audiobooks, saying goodbye to Downton Abbey, sobbing over George Michael, giving into Hallmark, searching for the perfect flannel PJs & creating a slumber party room in my house. Jessica: Ahh Downton Abbey, I miss that show too. 2016 was filled with a few books, new and old TV shows, hanging out in wine country, Tim Duncan’s retirement, fun new recipes and the…
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen Book Review
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Published January 20, 2015 From the New York Times bestselling author of Garden Spells comes a story of the Waverley family, in a novel as sparkling as the first dusting of frost on new-fallen leaves.. It’s October in Bascom, North Carolina, and autumn will not go quietly. As temperatures drop and leaves begin to turn, the Waverley women are made restless by the whims of their mischievous apple tree… and all the magic that swirls around it. But this year, first frost has much more in store. Claire Waverley has started a successful new venture, Waverley’s Candies. Though her handcrafted confections…
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Book Review
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Published August 28th, 2007 The women of the Waverley family — whether they like it or not — are heirs to an unusual legacy, one that grows in a fenced plot behind their Queen Anne home on Pendland Street in Bascom, North Carolina. There, an apple tree bearing fruit of magical properties looms over a garden filled with herbs and edible flowers that possess the power to affect in curious ways anyone who eats them. For nearly a decade, 34-year-old Claire Waverley, at peace with her family inheritance, has lived in the house alone, embracing the spirit of the grandmother…
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance Book Review
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Published June 28, 2016 From a former Marine and Yale Law School Graduate, a poignant account of growing up in a poor Appalachian town, that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class. Part memoir, part historical and social analysis, J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy is a fascinating consideration of class, culture, and the American dream. Vance’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love.” They got married and moved north from Kentucky to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. Their grandchild (the author)…
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Book Review
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Book Review Published August 27, 2012 The lowdown from Goodreads A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell, but must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and…
Rising Strong by Brene Brown Book Review
Published August 25th 2015 The lowdown from Goodreads The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. The author of the #1 New York Timesbestsellers Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection tells us what it takes to get back up, and how owning our stories of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak gives us the power to write a daring new ending. Struggle, Brené Brown writes, can be our greatest call to courage, and rising strong our clearest path to deeper meaning, wisdom, and hope. Rising Strong by Brene Brown Book Review Full disclaimer: I LOVE Brené Brown. How could I not? She’s a Texas girl who tells me what my heart…
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