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Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell

April 24, 2015August 29, 2019 Gilbert - Hampshire LibrariesLeave a comment

A gothic, intricate tale of family secrets, lost lives, and the freedom brought by truth, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox will haunt you long past its final page.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged asylums, Family, fiction, gothic, O, reading groups, secrets, women

The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble

April 17, 2015August 29, 2019 Gilbert - Hampshire Libraries6 Comments

The Reading Group follows the trials and tribulations of a group of women who meet regularly to read and discuss books.Over the course of a year, each of these women become intertwined, both in the books they read and within each other's lives.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged Book group, fiction, friendship, N, reading groups, Relationships, women

Singled Out by Virginia Nicholson

March 6, 2015August 29, 2019 Gilbert - Hampshire LibrariesLeave a comment

Virginia Nicholson's Singled Out is the touching and beautifully told story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were changed by war; and in their turn helped change society.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged History, loss, Memoirs, N, reading groups, society, Tradegy, women, WW1

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

March 6, 2015August 29, 2019 Gilbert - Hampshire Libraries4 Comments

Reading Lolita in Tehran is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged English literature, Iran, Liberating, N, power, reading groups, Tehran, women

The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller

February 18, 2015August 29, 2019 Gilbert - Hampshire Libraries1 Comment

Once again Sue Miller takes us deep into the private lives of women with this mesmerizing portrait of two marriages exposed in all their shame and imperfection, and in their obdurate, unyielding love.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged fiction, love, M, Marriage, reading groups, Relationships, women

Homestead by Rosina Lippi

January 21, 2015August 29, 2019 Gilbert - Hampshire Libraries1 Comment

Its focus is on the women of a remote Alpine village, where life revolves around farming – and more particularly, around milk and cheese – in a way it has done for generations.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged farming, fiction, friendship, L, reading groups, women

Amenable Women by Mavis Cheek

December 10, 2014 Karin, Hampshire LibrariesLeave a comment
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This novel about two intelligent, accomplished women who lived in the shadow of the men they married, interweaves a fascinating and little-known part of history with a funny, charming contemporary tale.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged C, fiction, History, reading groups, women

Courtesans by Kate Hickman

November 20, 2014 Karin, Hampshire Libraries2 Comments

During the course of the nineteenth century, a small group of women rose from impoverished obscurity to positions of great power, independence, and wealth. In doing so they took control of their lives -- and those of other people -- and made the world do their will.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged Courtesan, fiction, H, reading groups, women

The Future Homemakers of America by Laurie Graham

November 4, 2014 Karin, Hampshire Libraries4 Comments

In the tradition of "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, " this moving novel, filled with warmth, wit, and wisdom, is about a group of women who discover--over the course of 40 turbulent years--the nature of true friendship.

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Group ReviewsTagged America, fiction, friendship, G, reading groups, women
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