Taking on one day at a time
Plot outline: Two years later, Ava’s body is found and another little girl, Audrey Briggs, goes missing. Audrey also attended that party … Leading the investigation is Detective Natalie Ward. A mother of two teenagers, this case chills her to the bone, and is a disturbing reminder of the last job she worked on. One… Continue reading Book Review: The Birthday By Carol Wyer
Plot outline: Tina Craig works all the hours she can and volunteers in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and unfranked. Tina opens the letter and reads it - a decision that will alter the… Continue reading Book Review: The Letter By Kathryn Hughes
Plot outline: Bored one day, Jess finds her lost pirate hat and sails off to a magical land by the sea. Where the mermaids all have rainbow tails and pixies live up in the trees. With the wind in her sails and a parrot called Pip, find out whether Jess’s magical adventure proves a hit…… Continue reading Book Review: Jess and the Pirate Hat By Anna Luciano
Plot outline: Starting over, the dream of many and the reality of a few. Abigail Echevarría flies from the warmth of the Caribbean to the cold land of Canada in search of fortune. Challenging herself to find a job in thirty days, Abigail wants to become the designer of her destiny--and throw away her return… Continue reading Book Review: Tomahawks And Tembleque By Milady Zafiro
Plot outline: Christine wakes up every morning in an unfamiliar bed with an unfamiliar man. She looks in the mirror and sees an unfamiliar, middle-aged face. And every morning, the man she has woken up with must explain that he is Ben, he is her husband, she is forty-seven years old, and a terrible accident… Continue reading Book Review: Before I Go To Sleep By SJ Watson
Plot outline: It's first the story of two women in the 1980s, of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women—of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth, who back in the thirties ran… Continue reading Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe By Fannie Flagg Review
Plot outline: Matilda Wormwood's father thinks she's a little scab. Matilda's mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matilda's headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well, she's the worst of all. She is a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey. As for Matilda, she's an extraordinary little girl… Continue reading Matilda By Roald Dahl Review
