The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel – 384 pages ARC from Gallery Books and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a shadow of...
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson – Audio ARC from PRH Audio for an honest review Book Blurb: Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson: Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, carefully guarded, old-money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and...
The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman – 304 pages ARC from Kensington and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman: Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they...
Gilt by Jamie Brenner – 384 pages Finished Copy from GP Putnam for an honest review Book Blurb: Gilt by Jamie Brenner: The Pavlin family built an empire on love. As the first jewelers to sell diamond rings exclusively for proposals, they started a tradition that has...
The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman – 320 pages ARC from author, St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Loigman Cohen: Even as a child in 1910, Sara Glikman knows her gift: she is a maker of...
Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer ARC from Mira Books and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer: As the creator and CEO of the popular Jewish dating app J-Mate, matchmaker Dara Rabinowitz knows the formula for lasting...
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The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters is a novel not to be missed. I went into the book completely blind, and it served me well. I still can’t believe this is a debut.When Ruthie, the youngest in a large Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia goes missing, her family is wrought with grief. Joe, one of the protagonists suffers the most as he was the last person with Ruthie. His life is shattered in many ways, both physically and emotionally. Not a day goes by where he doesn’t feel guilt and/or shame for his behavior. We learn early on that Ruthie was taken by a woman unable to hold a pregnancy. She is overprotective to a fault for fears of Ruthie (now Norma) getting hurt or recognized. Norma has dreams that relate to her family, but she was too young at four years old to have any real memories of her earlier family. Norma’s parents completely ignore her dreams by shushing them away.There is a lot of grief in this book, but there is also many lessons about forgiveness and hope. Peters also touches on alcoholism, discrimination, and terminal illness. At its heart, this book centers around the meaning of family, the hope of reunion and the ties that bond one person to another.I will be first in line to pick up Peters next book. The writing was exquisite.@amandapetersauthor #Catapult 📘 Have you ever been berry 🫐🍓 picking? #newbookreview#bookreview#bookreader#TBR #addtoTBR #booklover#bookstagram#goodbookfairy#goodbookfairybookreview ... See MoreSee Less