Author: JB Rowley
I read this on my iPad (Kindle version) during breaks between movies at the film festival.
It is well-written and the story is quite interesting. After the death of her mother, the author found birth certificates belonging to three other children. She tracks down her mother’s history and imagines the story she might have told.
I’m looking forward to reading the second book in this memoir series – about the lives of the other three children.
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Author: Ann-Marie MacDonald
I really wanted to like this book – the author is Canadian and I enjoyed her previous books (I remember the titles although I couldn’t find any reviews).
The main character, Mary-Rose or Mister, is a mother of two small children. The book switches back and forth from her point of view as a child, her mother’s point of view following Mary-Rose’s birth, and various points in the timeline of Mary-Rose herself. As Mary-Rose struggles to deal with her domestic life a “cured” childhood ailment seems to reoccur and she is forced to deal with family issues and speculations.
I keep thinking maybe I missed something and that is why I didn’t “get” it.
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Author: Kate Morton
I’ve read a number of Kate Morton books and I’ve always enjoyed them. Her format in this is very similar to others I’ve read – part of the story takes place in the past and part of the story takes place in the present.
This particular book had a good twist at the end, one I never would have guessed. And once I knew the secret I almost wanted to go back and start over!
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Author: Caroline Leavitt
I’m not sure where this book came from but most likely from Kathryn, and perhaps via Regan as well. I love having readers in the family.
The book is divided into two parts. The first part takes place in 1956 in the days before and after a young boy, Jimmy, has disappeared. His sister, Rose, and Lewis are his only friends and, because of a missed meeting, neither of them know what happened.
The second part of the book begins seven years later when Jimmy’s body has been discovered in a bomb shelter on a neighbour’s property. As Rose and Lewis re-unite, they piece together what probably happened to Jimmy.
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