Hello Beautiful

The Padavano sisters (Julie, Sylvie, Cecelia, Emeline) are close and grow up in a home with love for each other. William grows up in a

Salvage This World

No one writes desperation like Michael Farris Smith. South Mississippi has been ravaged by Hurricanes, crops are failing, people are moving and those that remain

On the Savage Side

Tiffany McDaniel can write like nobody’s business! I am in awe at the beauty of her writing. I could feel her words as I read

All That Is Mine I Carry With Me

Questions, loss, and Doubt Ten-year-old Miranda Larkin came home one day in November 1975 to an empty house. Her mother was not there. Her mother

The Light Through the Leaves

What an absolutely wonderful book! A mistake that changes everything. After a shocking revelation, Ellis Abbey, takes her children into the woods to a river

Maame

Family can be messy. Maddie is the primary care giver for her father who has Parkinson’s, while her mother resides most of the time in

Our Missing Hearts

Our Missing Hearts is a thought provoking book that looks at injustice, community, power, what we are willing to do for our children, using whatever means

Take My Hand

Inspired by True Events, Take My Hand, is a beautifully written book about the devastating practice of forced sterilization. Reproductive rights are a hot topic, and

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

This book was initially recommended to me by a co-worker who handed it to me and said, “I think you will like this book.” Well,

Now Is Not the Time to Panic

Two lonely teenage misfits meet one summer and create art which changes their lives forever. Talk about a fantastic book! I loved reading this and