Tag: Massachusetts
Boy, Snow, Bird
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/08/24/boy-snow-bird/
Title: Boy, Snow, Bird Author: Helen Oyeyemi Publisher: Riverhead Books, March 2014 Summary/Review: A loose retelling of the story of Snow White, Boy, Snow, Bird deals with the issues of jealousy, race, family, and identity. Set in Massachusetts during the pre-civil rights era, Boy...
Defending Jacob
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2012/09/06/defending-jacob/
Title: Defending Jacob Author: William Landay Publisher: Delacorte Press, 2012 Summary/Review: Andy Barber has been a well-respected assistant district attorney in Massachusetts for many years until his 14-year-old son Jacob is accused of killing former classmate Ben Rifkin. As the community presumes Jacob’s guilt...
The Heretic’s Daughter
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/06/03/the-heretics-daughter/
Title: The Heretic’s Daughter Author: Kathleen Kent Publisher: Little, Brown; September 2008 Summary: Young Sarah Carrier has a tense relationship with her bold and opinionated mother, Martha. When she is sent to live with her aunt, cousins, and charismatic uncle during an outbreak of the...
Garden Spells and The Lace Reader
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/07/03/garden-spells-and-the-lace-reader/
Titles: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen and The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry Summary: It was sheer coincidence that I read these two novels back to back, so I thought it would be nice to review them together. The two stories have a...