Tag: Marriage
Guest Room
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2016/04/03/guest-room/
Title: The Guest Room Author: Chris Bohjalian Publisher: Doubleday, January 2016 Summary/Review: In the blink of an eye, Richard Chapman’s home goes from bachelor party venue to bloody crime scene in this riveting novel by Chris Bohjalian. No one could have predicted the carnage...
Mrs. Hemingway
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/06/19/mrs-hemingway/
Title: Mrs. Hemingway Author: Naomi Wood Publisher: Penguin, May 2014 Summary/Review: Favorable comparisons with Paula McLain’s outstanding novel “The Paris Wife” are inevitable and deserved, and anyone who enjoyed “The Paris Wife” will no doubt love “Mrs. Hemingway.” What makes Naomi Wood’s book such...
A Reliable Wife
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/04/24/a-reliable-wife/
Title: A Reliable Wife Author: Robert Goolrick Publisher: Algonquin, March 2009 Summary: Robert Goolrick resurrects the Gothic romance! This book is so dark, suspenseful, sensual, and scary that I’m not quite sure how to begin to explain it, accept to say that is absolutely...
The Leisure Seeker
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/04/07/the-leisure-seeker/
Title: The Leisure Seeker Author:Michael Zadoorian Publisher: William Morrow, January 2009 Summary: The Leisure Seeker isthe second book by Mr. Zadoorian. He wrote Second Hand,which was an ABA Booksense 76 selection, a Barnes & Noble Award Finalist, and the winner of the Great Lakes Colleges...
The Sound of Butterflies
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2007/12/12/the-sound-of-butterflies/
Title: The Sound of Butterflies Author: Rachael King Summary: Thomas Edgar, an amateur naturalist, joined an expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon determined to be the first to capture the elusive butterfly he calls “Papilio Sophia.” He returns home several months later a...