This work describes the intertwined lives of a pregnant eldest sibling, a middle-sister civil rights activist, an infantry soldier brother deployed to Vietnam and a lonely 13-year-old youngest child who find their lives upended by troubling family secrets. Set in the summer of 1969 on Nantucket this work has a strong sense of place with rich emotion and details. I love learning about the 1960’s and this novel gave me some perspective for social norms of that era.

Arriving at Oxford University to uncover the truth about her mother’s death and dark past, student Cassandra Blackwell, plunged into the glamorous, arcane life of Raleigh College, finds a world like no other, intertwined in tradition, privilege, mystery and murder. This work of Gothic fiction is a uniquely suspenseful fast-paced haunting thriller that is hard to put down!

Reeling from the sudden death of her husband of 30 years, an artist on the brink of a gallery opening struggles to pick up the pieces of her life before harrowing evidence of her husband’s affair is brought to light. This work of domestic fiction is well composed and emotionally honest with a tone that is thoughtful and complex.

A woman caring for a lost child during WWII who never believed she wanted children finds herself unexpectedly at a loss and grieving when the child is taken away to live with its father. This book has a lot of feeling and characters that connect with the reader. I enjoyed the irony of the plot and how the story unfolded over time.

This thought provoking literary work tracks the experiences of a wife/mom whose efforts to protect her family from sudden unemployment and relocation are shaped by the story of an ostracized 19th-century scientist. The Parallel narratives of this work are richly detailed and relatable.

A bookshop owner living in 1962 Denver, begins experiencing powerful, reality-challenging dreams of an alternate life where she is a wife and mother. This is a fast Thought-provoking read that causes you to question what could be.

This work describes the intertwined lives of a pregnant eldest sibling, a middle-sister civil rights activist, an infantry soldier brother deployed to Vietnam and a lonely 13-year-old youngest child who find their lives upended by troubling family secrets. Set in the summer of 1969 on Nantucket this work has a strong sense of place with rich emotion and details. I love learning about the 1960’s and this novel gave me some perspective for social norms of that era.