Tag Archives: Fiction

Winter Birds

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Theresa

Sophie Hess is the last of her family. Her parents and both sisters have been gone for some years now. Reduced to the realization that she will soon be cast upon others for her aging body, she comes up with … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 22, 2016 by Theresa

Glory has returned to her childhood home, partly to care for her frail, aging father. Glory, the youngest of eight in the family, has no other choice but to return home to a father who now needs physical care. Her … Continue reading →

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The Scent of Water

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Theresa

It’s Christmas time and I needed a Christmas read. With recent family events and illnesses that bordered on serious, I was looking for something I could pick up when I needed a distraction and a relaxation. Well, I chose “The … Continue reading →

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Painted Dresses

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Theresa

Those who have not read “Painted Dresses” need to know that there will be some uncomfortable and sad situations in the book. Gaylen has been having nightmares and can remember as a child, pulling her hair out in handfulls (you … Continue reading →

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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Theresa

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Having seen this book making the rounds in the book review world, I snatched it up while at the library last week and read it … Continue reading →

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The Housemaid’s Daughter

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Theresa

The Housemaid’s Daughter by Barbara Mutch My rating: 5 of 5 stars The child of a black housemaid of the white English gentry in the early 1900’s, Ada is left with a dilemma. Her master, (who really doesn’t have a … Continue reading →

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Anna and Her Daughters by D.E. Stevenson

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Theresa

Anna has three daughters, Helen, Rosalie and Jane. Jane has a problem.  She has two lovely sisters, and they are both (recently) married.  Jane, sadly (you will see why this is sad for Jane later in the book), is not. … Continue reading →

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Taking on Dickens — A Guest Review

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Theresa

Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens This novel is everything my mind ever pictured when it hears the name of Dickens – grimy, smoggy London; sly and somewhat greasy criminals; and ugly festering secrets (the rotted wedding cake was just a … Continue reading →

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Guest Review – The Code of the Woosters

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Theresa

Debra has written a great review on P.G. Wodehouse’s “Code of the Woosters”! Welcome to the world of Bertie Wooster – where friends are known as “good eggs”, where aunts, (in particular, Wooster’s), shove their nephews into scrapes for purposes … Continue reading →

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Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Theresa

Well, I really wasn’t interested in reading this one… just not my normal sphere of interest. However my library system had it as an e-read and since there were very few titles available, I decided to give it a whirl….and … Continue reading →

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