Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune
Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune The lowdown on Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim from Goodreads Publication Date June 11th, 2019 Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim is a magical tale filled with healing, second chances, tons of food, lots of traditions & a dash of romance. Returning Home Years ago, Natalie Tan says goodbye to her home in San Francisco’s Chinatown. In spite of her agoraphobic mother, she leaves & travels the world. Throughout her travels, she tastes & savors different cuisines. Food is her calling & she becomes a chef. Suddenly, her mother dies & she must return…
What Was Mine by Helen Klein Ross Book Review
What Was Mine by Helen Klein Ross Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publish Date January 5, 2016 Simply told but deeply affecting, in the bestselling tradition of Alice McDermott and Tom Perrotta, this urgent novel unravels the heartrending yet unsentimental tale of a woman who kidnaps a baby in a superstore and gets away with it for twenty-one years. Lucy Wakefield is a seemingly ordinary woman who does something extraordinary in a desperate moment: she takes a baby girl from a shopping cart and raises her as her own. It s a secret she manages to keep for over two decades from her daughter, the babysitter who helped raise…
Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight Book Review
Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight Book Review Published April 14, 2015 The lowdown from Goodreads From the author of the New York Times bestseller and 2014 Edgar and Anthony nominee Reconstructing Amelia comes another harrowing, gripping novel that marries psychological suspense with an emotionally powerful story about a community struggling with the consequences of a devastating discovery. At the end of a long winter, in bucolic Ridgedale, New Jersey, the body of an infant is discovered in the woods near the town’s prestigious university campus. No one knows who the baby is, or how her body ended up out there. But there is no shortage of opinions. When…
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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