An oldie but a goodie…Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a perennial favorite, and though I love all her work, her Chicago Stars series is one of my faves, filled with keepers that reside on my keeper shelves and are always good for a re-read. She routinely makes me
Read more →This book is as powerful–maybe more so–than when I first read it some years back. The pain, the beauty, the gorgeous prose, the characters who leap to life…a very rare few characters are as unforgettable, heart-breaking and inspiring as Victoria Jones. It’s one of the books that
Read more →Shelby is a character, by turns tragic and eccentric and touching, I’ll never forget. A remarkable story of a character I wasn’t at all sure would get her happy ending (her characters sometimes don’t!) but I was rooting for her and her merry cast of characters, every
Read more →Get ready to smile, to sigh, to have your heart torn out. To hope, to dream, to wish, to celebrate the beauty of the human existence. Every Cathy Lamb book is, I always think, my favorite Cathy Lamb book, but this one…I guess what it comes down
Read more →I thought I’d read all of Barbara Delinsky’s books (a longtime fave author) but came across this one and realized I hadn’t. (Yay! Unexpected treat!) It’s trademark Delinsky–difficult dilemmas to solve and hurdles to overcome by characters you can’t help but feel deeply about and root for
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