This book was just all right. It was really similar to one I just finished, called The Birthdays, which I liked more. This novel follows a family who are stuck together for a family weekend. The mom has cancer but doesn't want to tell her children. Her 3 children are all at crossroads in their li...
Mira and Max Zielinski are about to celebrate their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary, and the grown children will soon be descending upon the family home.As Mira contemplates their descent, she reminisces about moments in the past and about how, despite her efforts, none of them seem to share her...
First, I have to say had this book not had the bad words marked out, I wouldn't have been able to give it such a high score. I really enjoyed the story but if all the whited out spaces had the F-bomb, it would have been too harsh to enjoy.The cleaned up version was enjoyable, however. At the en...
I’ll have to roll the sewing machine back in my closet to have any room to move at all. How will I finish my reunion dress now?I haven’t been exactly hiding my sewing project from Anna, but I haven’t been advertising it, either. I can make myself a dress if I want; I don’t need a special reason. ...
She parked facing a grassy swath with a picnic table in the center and let her eyes unfocus, feeling herself go inward, to her baby. She rubbed circles over her little one and in doing so calmed herself. In that first moment seeing her, Rain had felt a spasm of revulsion. Not at the girl, no, at ...
“I can’t sing the note like that, I need another one.” Milo put his hand over Allen’s forearm, gripping hard with a warning shake of the head. Allen whispered back, “He could sing it if he wanted to, he’s just a lazy guinea.” “Change the note, it doesn’t make much difference now.” Allen snorted. ...
my father says when I tell him I want to go to Cleveland, if nothing else so that when the police find him, I’ll be halfway there. Yet I dare not brave these wintry roads in my little Honda.“I was thinking I could just borrow your SUV.”“Have you slept all night? Certainly not. Driving sleepless i...
Her cell phone buzzes—thank God Irina knows about this crap, it’s finally just a buzz—and she flips it open, still striding down the hall. “Kat’s Cradle Design.” “Kat Peterson? This is Angelica from the caterer. Just confirming your guest list of two hundred twenty people—” Kat stops in midstride...