Posted on February 25, 2010 by Ti
The Weight of Heaven
By Thrity Umrigar
HarperCollins Publishers
April 2009
384pp
Here’s the blurb from the publisher:
When Frank and Ellie Benton lose their only child, seven-year-old Benny, to a sudden illness, the perfect life they had built is shattered. Filled with wrenching memories, their Ann Arbor home becomes unbearable, and their marriage founders. Then an unexpected job half a [...]
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Posted on December 28, 2009 by Ti
When She Flew
By Jennie Shortridge
Penguin Group (USA)
November 2009
352pp
Here’s the blurb from the publisher:
Police officer Jessica Villareal has always played by the book and tried to do the right thing. But now, she finds herself approaching midlife divorced, estranged from her daughter, alone, and unhappy. And she’s wondering if she ever made a right choice in [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2009 by Ti
Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD
By Beth Alison Maloney
Crown Publishing Group
September 2009
272pp
Here’s the blurb from the publisher:
The summer before entering sixth grade, Sammy, a bright and charming boy who lived on the coast of Maine, suddenly began to exhibit disturbing behavior. He walked and ate with his eyes shut, refused to bathe, burst [...]
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Posted on November 10, 2009 by Ti
Local Bounty
By Devra Gartenstein
The Book Publishing Company
September 2008
192pp
This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great books printed in an environmentally friendly way. Our goal is to encourage publishers to get greener and readers to take the environment into consideration when purchasing books. This campaign is organized by Eco-Libris, a a green company [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2009 by Ti
The Return
By Victoria Hislop
HarperCollins
October 2009
404pp
The blurb from the publisher:
Sonia knows nothing of Granada’s shocking past, but ordering a simple cup of coffee in a quiet café will lead her into the extraordinary tale of a family’s fight to survive the horror of the Spanish Civil War.
Seventy years earlier, in the Ramírez family’s café, Concha and [...]
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