Light fiction and easy reading, but Lisa Jewell just has a knack of writing books that have such likeable characters and twisty interesting storylines that you don't want to put them down.The only issues I had were these: I would be very doubtful that Penny was educationally subnormal as they use...
This is a very sweet easy read about a young woman whose past is a mystery after a fire at her parents house. Now an adult memories of her past come back in bits after being hypnotized on a theatre visit with a new boyfriend. Gradually more and more unfolds. As I said this is a sweet read, the c...
Ijust discovered the author, Lisa Jewell. This is the second book of hers that I have read, and I enjoyed it. The subject matter, donor children meeting each other and their father, is not something I read about often, so it was interesting. I loved how the author let us know each character deep...
This was a book that I picked up months ago, at Daughter's school summer fair. It sat there in my contingency book section, to be picked up when I've run out of all other books. I came across it when I was busy tidying and rearranging the book shelf, and decided to read it. It's almost time for t...
This book was a fantastic read! It was completely enjoyable from cover to cover. The author does a great job describing the characters, so that you get a good rounded sense of each one and even wish you were a "friend of [their] family." The quote on the back is a "great summer read." I wouldn't ...
Lisa Jewell's 2001 novel One-Hit Wonder certainly classifies as chick lit, with its female protagonist and her story of self-discovery and self-empowerment. I don't see why this should discourage me from reading it. After all, as Anjura Razdan wrote in the Utne Review in 2004, the genre's examina...
Vince and Joy meet each other on a camp site where they are holidaying with their parents. Joy is 18 and Vince is almost 19 when they meet and they fall madly and completely in love with each other. Joy's parents are in their 60's and Vince's are much younger and trendier. Vince and Joy are made ...