Category Archives: Women’s Fiction

Review: The Resurrection of Tess Blessing by Lesley Kagen

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Jenn

Paperback: 386 pages Publisher: SparkPress (a BookSparks imprint); 1 edition (December 9, 2014) ISBN-13: 978-1940716558 Source: Publisher When forty-nine year old Tess is diagnosed with breast cancer, she instantly assumes the worst.  Convinced her death is imminent, she creates a to-do … Continue reading →

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Review: The Book of Someday by Dianne Dixon

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark (September 3, 2013) ISBN-10: 1402285728 Source:  Publisher “No matter how painful your life has been, you have the choice to learn from your past and then leave it. You have the choice. Every day. To love and … Continue reading →

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Review: The Last Original Wife by Dorothea Benton Frank

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: William Morrow; First Edition edition (June 11, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062132466 Source: Publisher Leslie Anne Greene Carter is just about to turn sixty. She married young to Wesley and a majority of her life has been devoted … Continue reading →

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Review: Porch Lights by Dorothea Benton Frank

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Jenn

Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (April 23, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062211765 Source: Publisher While Jackie McMullen is serving her country overseas as a military nurse her husband Jimmy, a fireman, is killed when the floor in a … Continue reading →

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Review: And Then I Found You by Patti Callahan Henry

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (April 9, 2013) ISBN-10: 0312610769 Source: Publisher Kate Vaughan has a successful life: a caring family, a wonderfully devoted boyfriend and a thriving boutique. Yet when she imagines her life before her, she … Continue reading →

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Review: The Secret of Nightingale Palace by Dana Sachs

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Jenn

Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (February 19, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062201034 Source: Publisher Anna is shocked when she receives a phone call from her grandmother, Goldie. The two haven’t seen each other in five years after Goldie … Continue reading →

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Review: The Lion Is in by Delia Ephron

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Jenn

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Plume; Reprint edition (January 29, 2013) ISBN-10: 0452298938 Source: Publisher Three women are on the run. Tracee is a kleptomaniac, running from a life spiraling out of control. Her best friend, Lana, is alcoholic who just … Continue reading →

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Mini-Review: The Good Daughter by Jane Porter

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Jenn

Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Berkley Trade; 1 edition (February 5, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425253422 Source: Publisher Kit Brennan has always been a good girl, the good daughter, as far as her family is concerned. She’s teacher at a Catholic school, attends Mass every weekend, and … Continue reading →

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Review: Everything Was Good-bye by Gurjinder Basran

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Jenn

Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Pintail; Reprint edition (December 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 0143186817 Source: Publisher Meena is the youngest of six daughters raised by a widowed mother. Her family, native of India, continues to hold on to many of their culture’s customs. A young woman … Continue reading →

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Review: The Meryl Streep Movie Club by Mia March

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Gallery Books; Original edition (June 19, 2012) ISBN-10: 145165539 Source: Publisher (for She Reads) After their parents died in a car accident, June and Isabel moved into their Aunt Lolly’s inn on the Maine Coast, joining … Continue reading →

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