“We’re all tricksters. Each and every one of us. No one is a totally reliable narrator. Life is all Story. Every bit of it. We […]
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The Women by Kristin Hannah
Synopsis: When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her […]
Read moreAll the Broken Places by John Boyne
“When is a monster’s child culpable? Guilt and complicity are multifaceted. John Boyne is a maestro of historical fiction. You can’t prepare yourself for the […]
Read moreHello, Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Synopsis: William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him—so […]
Read moreOnly the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
Synopsis link (click) Psalm 139:13-14 “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am […]
Read moreThe Only One Left by Riley Sager
Synopsis: At seventeen, Lenora HopeHung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one […]
Read moreThe Teacher by Freida McFadden
Synopsis: Lesson #1: Trust no one. Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math […]
Read moreNone of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Synopsis: Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns […]
Read morePenpal by Dathan Auerbach
In an attempt to make sense of his own mysterious and unsettling childhood memories, a man begins to reconstruct his past. As the games and […]
Read moreFourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
First, I’ll say that I actually listened to this as an audio book. I DO NOT like audio books. However, I downloaded this version through […]
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