This was a very good book about a woman dealing with her first year as a widow. Janie’s husband Robby was killed in a motorcycle accident. It was one of those life changing moments that I can imagine always looking back on and thinking ‘if only….’ Janie had a three-month old baby and a five-year [...]
Archive > September 2010
A Diamond in the Desert by Jo Tatchell
This is the story of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. A Diamond In The Desert is written as a memoir but includes a lot of historical and background information, which I appreciated since I didn’t know much. Jo Tatchell first went to Abu Dhabi in 1974 when she was a small [...]
A Widow for One Year by John Irving
This is one of my favorite books by John Irving…and I’m not even sure why. It is quirky like a lot of his other books. A Widow for One Year is about the Cole family. Marion and Ted Cole have had tragedy in their life with the death of their two teenage sons in a [...]
The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve
The Pilot’s Wife is one of my favorite books by Anita Shreve. It is the story of the wife of a pilot who is involved in a plane crash and the investigation that follows. Kathryn Lyons has been the wife of Jack Lyons for many years. They have a fifteen-year-old daughter together, and she has [...]
Waiting by Ha Jin
This is a beautiful book written by Ha Jin. It takes place in China. Lin Kong is a doctor who spends his years working in a military compound, away from his wife who is caring for his parents and raising their daughter in his village. Lin Kong had married in an arranged marriage as a [...]
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Half Broke Horses is a second book written by Jeannette Walls. Her first book was a memoir where she detailed her nomadic childhood and the colorful parents and siblings that she has. Half Broke Horses is sort of a prequel in that it tells the story of her grandmother, Lily Casey, but in first person [...]
The Snakehead by Patrick Radden Keefe
I was not familiar with the term “snakehead” when I first came across this book but the blurb on the front and back were enough to catch my interest. It is a story of illegal Chinese immigration focusing on a period in the late 80s to early 90s when it was at it’s highest. A [...]
The Pact by Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult is an author that has become very popular over the past years for writing good books about sensitive topics such as school violence, sexual abuse and religion. The Pact was written over ten years ago and focuses on teenage suicide and assisted suicide. This book introduces us to two families who have lived [...]