How much can one summer change a person's life? For thirty-two year old Caddie Winger, one summer can make the whole world look different. A piano teacher who gives lessons to the neighborhood children, Caddie still lives with her grandmother and is extremely happy with her present life. Caddie's...
This is a book that I should have liked better than I actually did.Upon reflection I think that much of this had to do with the fact that the heroine was simply too sweet and self sacrificing for her own good. Warning spoilers:Dr Tyler Wilkes moves to small town Pennsylvania where he comes across...
In a year I probably won't remember this book; but while I was reading it, I found it enjoyable and captivating. Although it was a hard read emotionally, it was hard to put down. It's the recollections of four middle-aged friends who form a club out of a deep need for unconditional friendship a...
It is entirely the fault of the fine ladies at Smart Bitches Trashy Books that I picked up an ebook copy of Patricia Gaffney's Wild at Heart, which showed up on Smart Bitch Candy's list of books with Schlocky Premises But Good Executions. And let's face it, folks, "boy raised by wolves" is a pret...
Very good. To Have and to Hold is a favourite book of mine and this is the last of the Wyckerley Trilogy - with the following swoon worthy information about Rachel and Sebastian "He seemed always to be touching his wife, her hand or her elbow, the small of her back, and Sophie found being with th...
The girl: Sara Cochrane, daughter of an impoverished duke (long dead) and raised by her alcoholic mother until she was sold off to a brute of a Chicago businessman: "Ben was incredibly wealthy by the time he was twenty-five. He started out in the Chicago stockyards, prodding cattle along a chute ...
After the sudden death of her husband, Carrie struggles with feelings of immense grief and guilt. She silently wonders: "Can grief last for a person's whole life?" For her, these feelings are twofold: Although she mourns the loss of her husband, she also mourns the death of their love - an emotio...