A tail of ruin and riches, love and heartbreak, joy and sorrow. History and fantasy entwine in Imogen Hermes Gowar’s debut novel The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock to completely captivate the reader.
Tag: Fiction
The Garden Party by Grace Dane Mazur
It had all the makings of an incredible little novel. Unfortunately, it completely fell short. It's probably the most forgettable book I have ever read. So much so, I was forgetting it as I was reading it.
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Through the Victorian language of flowers, a newly emancipated foster girl finds acceptance and forgiveness.
The Caregiver by Samuel Park
A novel about the desire to understand people and situations. The desire is rarely satisfied, but you don't have to understand to connect and care.
Putney
Sofka Zinovieff's Putney is a complex look into the psyches of the abuser, the abused, and the observer. This is not a normal review because of my past with sexual assault, I decided to add a biased and personal review of this novel.
The Forty Rules of Love
When an unhappy, Jewish mother in Massachusetts begins reading a novel by a wandering, Sufi man, she embarks on a personal journey for love, self, and truth.