It has always been a burden for quiet, level-headed Tess Lanier to be the daughter of Nina Lane -- the gifted and tormented author who died soon after Tess's birth. Determined to be nothing like her exuberant mother, Tess, a collector of antique lace, lives in California, safe and anonymous, far ...
3.5 stars I ended up feeling quite conflicted about this book. The story at the heart of it all takes some fascinating twists and turns, and the author does at times write beautifully. However, this book also contains many of the sillier cliches of older contemporaries. The heroine, Jill Casler'...
I surprised myself by picking this up at the library but I have read a real variety of books this year. I guess an odd sort of high school politics chick lit novel from the perspective of the mum (should I say mom?) just gives me another odd genre to include in my wide selection, although I'm not...
She lay on her side and let her body relax until she felt as if she were floating, until she could almost feel the inch-deep cushion of air between herself and the mattress. Then her mind grew still, and she waited, and during this peace, this waiting, her body sent messages to her. She would not...