Tag: relationships
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2022/08/28/mondays-not-coming-by-tiffany-d-jackson/
TW: child abuse/neglect, miscarriage, homophobia The novel Monday’s Not Coming is complex. The novel focuses on the mysterious disappearances of black children and the faulty system that frequently causes the kids to fall between the cracks. These are two extremely serious themes. The narrative...
Hani and Ishi’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2022/07/01/hani-and-ishis-guide-to-fake-dating-by-adiba-jaigirdar/
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating manages to be light and romantic, while simultaneously dealing with the issues and perspective of a culture that rarely sees the light of day in Western storytelling. The dual-perspective plot follows two Bengali (one Indian, one Bangladeshi)...
What Alice Forgot
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2016/04/21/what-alice-forgot/
Title: What Alice Forgot Author: Liane Moriarty Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books, 2011; Penguin Audio, 2011 Summary/Review: After taking a tumble off a spinning bike and being knocked unconscious, Alice Love awakes thinking it’s 1998 and that she’s 29 expecting her first child. What a...
Hide
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2016/04/10/hide/
Title: Hide Author: Matthew Griffin Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, February 2016 Summary/Review: Matthew Griffin’s debut novel is an honest, realistic look into the lives of of two men in love. Griffin reminds us in our 2016 marriage equality world that not so long ago, gay...
Pretty Girls
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2016/01/31/pretty-girls/
Title: Pretty Girls Author: Karin Slaughter Publisher: William Morrow, September 2015 *This book contains graphic descriptions of violence, particularly sexual violence against women, so be warned.* Summary/Review: I found this novel a somewhat interesting read because it describes good, bad, and even horrible relationships,...
Lucy Barton
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2016/01/10/lucy-barton/
Title: My Name is Lucy Barton Author: Strout, Elizabeth Publisher: Random House, January 2016 Summary/Review: Elizabeth Strout is one of the best out there when it comes to writing about flawed, complicated women. As Lucy Barton recovers from a mysterious illness in the hospital,...
Railwayman’s Wife
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2015/12/10/railwaymans-wife/
Title: The Railwayman’s Wife Author: Ashley Hay Publisher: Atria Books, April 2016 Summary/Review: A poignant, post WWII novel set in New South Wales, The Railwayman’s Wife is the type of book you wish you could step into, if just for a moment, to make...
Dumplin’
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2015/10/06/dumplin/
Title: Dumplin’ Author: Julie Murphy Summary: Willowdean Dickson is waiting for that moment when her life will really start. Living in a small Texas town famous for it’s beauty pageant as a fat girl isn’t always easy, but Will knows that she is who...
Man Called Ove
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2015/06/18/man-called-ove/
Title: A Man Called Ove Author: Fredrik Backman Publisher: Atria Books, 2014/Dreamscape Media, LLC. (audiobook), 2014 Summary/Review: Ove is not someone you want to cross paths with. He is an older man, set in his ways, and not afraid to tell people what he...
Aquarium
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2015/03/22/aquarium/
Title: Aquarium Author: David Vann Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press, March 2015 Summary/Review: David Vann is a master of family dysfunction. Hidden within his beautiful writing lurk some of the cruelest and manipulative characters you will ever meet. His newest novel, AQUARIUM, is no exception. This...