The descendants: a novel

From Catherine Given Author:  Kaui Hart  Hemmings The descendants: a novel By now you’ve probably seen either The Descendants’ promos or the movie featuring George Clooney and Beau Bridges. In the novel it’s based on, Hemmings provides a sensitive account of the dealings of a comfortably numb man. Matthew, the mostly emotionally absent father of [...]

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One Summer

From Geri Sundermier author: Baldacci, Daniel  One Summer  Get a box of tissues ready for this one.  This is a powerful, moving book that is hard to put down.  It’s about a terminally ill man with a lot of courage.  Great for a rainy day!

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Maine

From Marie K. Schulken author: Sullivan, J. Courtney Maine  This is the first book I have read by J. Courtney Sullivan and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  The story evolves around multiple generations of an Irish family who summered at their cottage in Maine.  A definite cast of characters beginning with the Matriarch, Alice, who rules [...]

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Shanghai Girls

From Shelley Lauer-Bader author: See, Lisa Shanghai Girls This story of Shanghai during the Japanese invasion and immigration to the US has great period detail. May and Pearl escape China in 1937 and arrive in the United States, although not without great pain and suffering. They finally connect with the men they married through an [...]

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In the Middle of the Night

From Jackie Cantwell author: McDonald, Brian In the Middle of the Night In the Middle of the Night tells the horrifying tale of two parolees who go on a crime spree in Cheshire, CT on July 23, 2007.  The instigator was Joshua Komisarjevsky, a convicted serial burglar, who met his partner in crime, Steven Hayes, [...]

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Embroideries

From Rosalia Milan: Embroideries, by Marjane Satrapi By far one of the best graphic novels I have read this year. Marjane and the women of her family regularly gather to have tea and gossip. Through the gossip of her elders Marjane and the readers find out about the heartbreaks of both marriage for love and [...]

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Handle With Care

from Regina Cortina: Handle With Care, by Jodi Picoult  When faced with the reality of a fetus who will be disabled, should a parent have the right to consider termination? As usual Jodi Picoult tackles this one with lots of emotion, twists, and turns. I was not too happy with ending. Not one of her [...]

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Golden Reads review

From Susan Martin: My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult  Extraordinary story of the consequences of conceiving a child for the purpose of saving a sibling. Anna is the donor and her sister Kate is the recepient. For thirteen years, Anna has been subjected to various medical procedures in order to help Kate. Anna’s decisions have [...]

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Golden Reads reviews

From Donna Southard: The Gatehouse, by Nelson DeMille This is the sequel to DeMille’s novel, The Gold Coast.    I had look forward to reading this book, but I was very disappointed in it after I read it.  I found the narrative of the main character to be very repetitive and it became annoying to read.  [...]

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