Tag: friendship
Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
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Title: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend Author: Katarina Bivald Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark, June 2015 Summary/Review: If you are looking for a heartwarming, charming and cozy read, that involves a small town bookstore, this is the book for you! Amy from Broken Wheel, Iowa...
Peach Keeper
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Title: The Peach Keeper Author: Sarah Addison Allen Publisher: Bantam Books, 2011 Summary/Review: Ever since Willa Jackson moved back to her Southern hometown of Walls of Water she has chosen to lead a quiet life away from society’s rich townspeople and the disgrace of...
My Mother Was Nuts
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Title: My Mother Was Nuts: A Memoir Author: Penny Marshall Publisher: Brilliance Audio, 2012 Summary/Review: Penny Marshall reminisces about growing up in the Bronx, where she spent most of her time in her mother’s dance studio. She talks about her accidental introduction into acting...
Calling Me Home
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Title: Calling Me Home Author: Julie Kibler Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, 2013 Summary/Review: A beautiful debut novel about the unlikely friendship between two women, the journey that brings them closer together, and a past of heartbreak and secrets. The novel is told in two...
Age of Miracles
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Title: The Age of Miracles Author: Karen Thompson Walker Publisher: Random House, 2012 Summary/Review: Julia is only eleven years old when the earth’s rotation begins to slow. “The Slowing” as it comes to be called, adds minutes to the days and nights. Scientists have...
When We Were the Kennedys
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Title: When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico Maine Author: Monica Wood Publish: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012 Summary/Review: When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico Maine by Monica Woods is an endearing memoir told from the voice of a nine...
The Last Time I Saw You
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Title: The Last Time I Saw You Author: Elizabeth Berg Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, April 2010 Summary: Do you remember those dreaded high school reunions? You know, trying to lose weight, getting your hair done, wondering if you should drag your spouse along. Elizabeth Berg’s...
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
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Title: Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Author: Beth Hoffman Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books, January 2010 Summary: Twelve year old CeeCee Honeycut is struggling to find normalcy in her chaotic life. Her mother is suffering from a mental illness and her father stays away from home as much as possible. Ceecee is left...
The Girls from Ames
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Title: The Girls from Ames: A story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship Author: Jeffrey Zaslow Publisher: Gotham, April 2009 Summary: How does a group of ten women manage to stay friends for 40 years? With a lot of hard work! After reading their story, it...
After the Fire
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Title: After the Fire: A True Story of Friendship and Survival Author: Robin Gaby Fisher Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, August 2008 Summary: On January 19, 2000, a fire set in a freshman dormitory at Seton Hall University killed 3 students and injured 58....