Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingateβ 352 pages Book Blurb: Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their familyβs Mississippi River shanty boat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one...
The Girl Who Wrote In Silk by Kelli Estesβ Audio Book Blurb: Inara Erickson is exploring her deceased aunt’s island estate when she finds an elaborately stitched piece of fabric hidden in the house. As she peels back layer upon layer of the secrets it holds,...
Goodnight From London by Jennifer Robsonβ 400 pages Book Blurb: In the summer of 1940, ambitious young American journalist Ruby Sutton gets her big break: the chance to report on the European war as a staff writer for Picture Weekly newsmagazine in London. She jumps...
Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevensβ Audio Book Blurb: Eleven years ago, Lindsey Nash escaped into the night with her young daughter and left an abusive relationship. Her ex-husband was sent to jail and she started over with a new life. Now, Lindsey is older and wiser,...
The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wisemanβ 304 pages Book Blurb: On a summer evening in 1931, Lilly Blackwood glimpses circus lights from the grimy window of her attic bedroom. Lilly isn’t allowed to explore the meadows around Blackwood Manor. She’s...
Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albaneseβ 320 pages Book Blurb: In the dazzling glitter of 1900 Vienna, Adele Bloch-Bauerβyoung, beautiful, brilliant, and Jewishβmeets painter Gustav Klimt. Wealthy in everything but freedom, Adele embraces Klimtβs renegade genius as the...
Review:Strangers in the Night by Heather Webb was an intimate introduction to Frank Sinatra and his lifelong love, Ava Gardner. Admittedly, I knew next to nothing about the man or the woman behind their star status. I for sure have heard Frankβs music as my parents were, and still are, fans of his songs.The good news is that by writing in the first person from Frankβs POV and Avaβs POV, the reader is introduced to them in an accessible way. It didnβt matter if youβve been a lifelong fan or not familiar with either of them, we all start the book as equals.I was shocked at the at how fast their relationship could go from cold to hot. The way they could both love and fight with such passion and acrimony was crazy. Yet they always, well almost always, came back to one another.Learning about how they were raised, the struggles they went through, and the allowances given to men (not women) were all addressed throughout the book. Depression, alcoholism, addiction, and infidelity were commonplace in star-studded Hollywood.Fans of movies and old Hollywood will adore this book and folks like me, who knew little to none about Frank and Ava will enjoy it too!Heather Webb, Author @msheatherwebb @williammorrowbooks π What's your favorite song? π#newreview#bookreader#bookreview#goodbookfairybookreview #tbr #AddtoTBR#goodbookfairy... See MoreSee Less