Tag Archives: women’s fiction
Book review: ‘What Came First’ by Carol Snow
In their quest to become mothers, three women find their lives intersecting in unexpected ways in this novel of family — the ones we have, the ones we create — and love. Carol Snow’s What Came First follows Laura, Vanessa … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Nice To Come Home To’ by Rebecca Flowers
It’s hard to sum up a book like Nice To Come Home To. I feel the snarky coming out, but . . . Rebecca Flowers’ novel about a 30-something realizing her life has gone awry isn’t terribly original. I mean, … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘gods in Alabama’ by Joshilyn Jackson
When Arlene Fleet fled small-town Possett, Alabama, she made a pact with God: in exchange for his help in keeping a murder quiet, she would stop sleeping around and telling lies — and flee, never returning to Possett again. Rebuilding … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Stay’ by Allie Larkin
After suffering through the wedding of her two best friends, Savannah Leone is struggling to pull herself up from a black hole. It’s not enough that she had to suffer the indignity of wearing pumpkin orange at the nuptials, after … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘I Love the Eighties’ by Megan Crane
Everyone has a certain affinity for the time in which they grew up and the music defining that period — but Jenna Jenkins is taking it one step further. Her office at Video TV is a shrine to ’80s band … Continue reading
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Book review: 32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter
Growing up in Glass, Miss., is anything but easy for Davidia “Davie” Jones. Given the moniker “Monkey Night” by her unforgiving classmates, Davie dreams of singing like Tina Turner and rising above her impoverished roots. After a traumatic incident with … Continue reading
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