The Widower’s Tale by Julia Glass

The Widower’s Tale by Julia Glass

by | Jul 31, 2020 | Book Review, Romance

Summary: In a historic farmhouse outside Boston, seventy-year-old Percy Darling is settling happily into retirement: reading novels, watching old movies, and swimming naked in his pond. His routines are disrupted, however, when he is persuaded to let a locally beloved...
There There by Tommy Orange

There There by Tommy Orange

by | Oct 3, 2020 | Book Review, Historical Fiction

Summary: Tommy Orange’s wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and...
Time and Again by Jack Finney

Time and Again by Jack Finney

by | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, SciFi

Summary: “Sleep. And when you awake everything you know of the twentieth century will be gone from your mind. Tonight is January 21, 1882. There are no such things as automobiles, no planes, computers, television. ‘Nuclear’ appears in no dictionary....
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

by | Aug 7, 2020 | Book Review, Nonfiction

Summary: This true story about the love between a spiritual mentor and his pupil has soared to the bestseller list for many reasons. For starters: it reminds us of the affection and gratitude that many of us still feel for the significant mentors of our past. It also...