The Thread Collectors by Shaunna J. Edwards and Alyson Richman β 320 pagesΒ ARC from Graydon House and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: The Thread Collectors by Shaunna J. Edwards and Alyson Richman: 1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an...
Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall KellyΒ β Audio Book Blurb: Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday, an American philanthropist who helped young girls released from Ravensbruck concentration camp. Now, in Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the story of her...
Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson – 288 pages ARC from Simon and Schuster and Netgalley for an honest reviewΒ Book Blurb: Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Brown was promised her freedom on her eighteenth birthday. But when her birthday finally...
Β The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali β 320 pages Book Blurb: A novel set in 1953 Tehran against the backdrop of the Iranian Coup about a young couple in love who are separated on the eve of their marriage, and who are reunited sixty years later, after having moved...
Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird β 399 pages ARC courtesy of St. Martins Press in exchange for my honest opinion Book Blurb: Though born into bondage on a βmiserable tobacco farmβ in Little Dixie, Missouri, Cathy Williams was never allowed to consider...
Trouble the Water by Jacqueline Friedland β 353 pages Book Blurb: Abigail Milton was born into the British middle class, but her family has landed in unthinkable debt. To ease their burdens, Abbyβs parents send her to America to live off the charity of their old...
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