London art students, love triangles, and World War II are combined in Barker’s beautifully nuanced book.
Laura
For as long as the insular Bascom, North Carolina community can remember the Waverleys have been different — with their exceptional gardening skills and their coveted, and willful, apple tree — and Claire and her half-sister Sydney are no exceptions. After years of estrangement the Waverleys pull together to fight community prejudice, bad memories, and internal doubt while opening the garden gate to allow romance and love to enter
Laura
Hoffman carefully develops three distinct segments to this book, yet links the stories in creative ways, all centered on the London Lion Park Hotel. Her characters are full of yearning and Hoffman brings alive their doubts and dreams as they navigate the confusion of love and loyalty.
Laura
Once again, as with Bel Canto, Patchett slowly and carefully develops a full cast of characters that, by the end of the book, you feel you have known all your life. The book covers a twenty-four hour period during a snowstorm when an accident changes lives and introduces a new twist on family, love and loyalty.
Laura
This controversial, edgy book recounts a student scandal at a prestigious Vermont academy. It’s told from the perspectives of the students, administrators and parents.
Lynn G.
While this is a compelling story about the birth of a nation (Bangladesh), it is foremost a story about finding, recognizing, and keeping love in one’s heart when the world around you is falling apart.
Laura
Like the quirky movie, Little Miss Sunshine, the Troutmans are on the road, dealing with stress in imaginative ways, providing heartfelt moments.
Laura
Even though Sepha fled the violence of Ethiopia seventeen years ago, he is still living a life in limbo. This debut novel is a moving and thoughtful story of displacement and acceptance.
Laura
This is a fast-paced New York City newspaper crime caper with lots of action, wacky characters, and fun dialog. Darnton was a reporter for The New York Times for forty years so his newsroom action is bristling with authenticity.
Laura
The book is based on the actual lead-mining village of Eyam, Derbyshire, whose inhabitants 
voluntarily quarantined themselves for a year when stricken with Bubonic Plague in 1665-1666. Anna Frith is widowed at 18 by a mining accident and is the mother of two young boys. Through her recollections, readers live through the year as her endurance and abilities are sorely tested.
Betsy
