Author: Nadia Hashimi

I had a book by this author on my Want to Read list but a fellow quilter passed this one to me. I absolutely loved this book; I’ve already picked up a third title by the author from our library.

The story is set in a women’s prison in Afghanistan. Zeba, a mother of four, has been accused of murdering her husband; misconduct of almost any kind lands women in prison and murder is the most serious offence. A young lawyer, from America, is given the task to defend Zeba but her reluctance to tell the full story makes his job even more difficult.

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Author: Lisa Wingate

I loved this book – but what’s not to love about it?

It covers multiple generations, but basically skips over the one in the middle. It is based on some real facts that were revealed in a scandal involving an orphanage in Tennessee. It is well written and the ending isn’t rushed. It was a “real” book; the Kindle version was more than I wanted to spend so I was able to get it at the Library. Although I admit that reading in bed, late at night, is much easier on the Kindle than holding a heavy book!

I think the original recommend for the book came from Tracie – she, Regan and Kathryn are my Goodreads friends so I’m never without something to add to my list.

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Author: Laila Ibrahim

I belong to the BookBub mailing list and saw the follow-up book to this one listed. But I didn’t want to read the second one until I’d read the first one so both were downloaded to my Kindle.

Although the ending might have been just a little too neat I enjoyed the story all the way through and even up to the end I wasn’t sure whether or not there would be a happy ending.

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Author: Caroline Anderson

When a friend was looking for a book recommendation this was one of the suggestions – and it was a good one.

Ellen, a middle-aged, single mother of two grown children, is the main character of the book. Her life is presented as both reflections of the past and descriptions of her current life (and it is an interesting one). The first part of the book is very light and humorous but it gets serious further along.

Part of the appeal was that it is set in Vancouver so many of the locations were familiar.

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