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#395 ~ A Year and Six Seconds

A Year and Six Seconds: A Love Story by Isabel Gillies Published by: Voice Published on: August 2011 Page Count: 256 Genre: Memoir My Reading Format: Audiobook provided to me by the narrator for consideration Audiobook Published by: Tantor Audio Narrator: Karen White Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48 minutes Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook and Audiobook [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, Memoir Tagged With: A Year and Six Seconds, divorce, Isabel Gillies, Karen White, new love, New York City, single parenting

#393 ~ First You Try Everything

30 Jan By Jennifer 3 Comments

First You Try Everything by Jane McCafferty Published by: Harper Published on: January 17, 2012 Page Count: 288 Genre: Fiction My Reading Format: ARC sent to me by the publisher for consideration Available Formats: Hardcover and eBook My Review When offered the opportunity to review First You Try Everything, there was just something about the [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, fiction Tagged With: divorce, First You Try Everything, Harper, Jane McCafferty, mental illness, Pittsburgh

#388 ~ The Odds

20 Jan By Jennifer 12 Comments

The Odds: A Love Story by Stewart O’Nan Published by: Penguin Group Published on: January 19, 2012 Page Count: 192 Genre: Fiction My Reading Format: eGalley requested from NetGalley Available Formats: Hardcover and eBook My Review Art Fowler, a middle aged man, has lost his job and his life is falling apart. He and his [...]

Filed Under: book review, fiction, male author Tagged With: Canada, divorce, gambling, Heart, marriage, Niagra Falls

#369 ~ Townie

26 Sep By Jennifer 6 Comments

Townie by Andre Dubus III Published by: W. W. Norton & Company Published on: February 28, 2011 Page Count: 400 Genre: Memoir My Reading Format: Audiobook sent to me by Blackstone Audio for consideration Audiobook Published by: Blackstone Audio Narrator: Andre Dubus III Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook and audiobook (paperback [...]

Filed Under: book review, male author, Memoir Tagged With: absentee father, Andre Dubus, Andre Dubus III, Boston, boxing, child of divorce, coming of age, divorce, father/son relationship, Merrimack River, street violence, The Garden of Lady Days, The House of Sand and Fog, Townie, Writing

#324 ~ Sea Change

6 Apr By Jennifer 4 Comments

Sea Change by Jeremy Page Published by: Viking Adult Published on: December 2010 Page Count: 288 Genre: Fiction My Reading Format: Audiobook sent to me for review by Blackstone Audio Audiobook Published by: Blackstone Audio Narrator: John Lee Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Available Formats: Harcover, audiobook, eBook My Review The death of a [...]

Filed Under: book review, fiction, male author Tagged With: audiobook, Blackstone Audio, death of a child, depression, divorce, Dutch barge, grief, Jeremy Page, John Lee, North Sea, Sea Change

#280 ~ Good Enough To Eat

1 Oct By Jennifer 10 Comments

Good Enough to Eat by Stacey Ballis Published by: Berkley (Penguin Group) Published on: September 2010 Page Count: 320 pages Genre: Fiction My Reading Format: Review copy sent to me by the publisher Available Formats: Paperback and eBook My Review Good Enough to Eat is the story of Melanie Hoffman, a 30-something Chicago professional who, [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, fiction Tagged With: compulsive eating, divorce, Good Enough to Eat, obese characters, Stacey Ballis, weight loss

#182 ~ The Goodbye Cousins

17 Jul By Jennifer 4 Comments

The Goodbye Cousins by Maggie Leffler Di, short for Diotima, was born in Pittsburgh. After her parent’s divorce and her father’s remarriage when she was eleven, her psychic mother kidnapped her and took her to Europe. There, she was constantly on the move. Her mother loved her, but she moved around a lot and never [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, fiction Tagged With: Diagnosis of Love, Diotima, divorce, Family, kidnapping, Maggie Leffler, Mental disorder, relationships, Single parent, The Goodbye Cousins

#134 ~ Loving Frank

13 Jan By Literate Housewife 11 Comments

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan In search of a home of his own, Mr. Edwin Cheney of Chicago convinced his wife Mamah to agree to commissioning a local American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, to design and build their family home. Mr. Cheney gained his house, but he couldn’t have known that he would ultimately lose [...]

Filed Under: Books, Historical Fiction, Reading Tagged With: American architecture, architecture, book review, Chicago, divorce, Edna Pontellier, Ellen Key, fiction, Frank Lloyd Wright, Historical Fiction, Japan, Loving Frank, Mamah Cheney, Nancy Horan, The Awakening, The Yellow Wallpaper, Wisconsin, women's suffrage

#91 ~ Rabies Mom

1 Aug By Literate Housewife

Rabies Mom by Pat Carroll and Jack McGowan This book tells the story of Pat Carroll’s failed marriage to Jeanine, a mentally unstable alcoholic and drug addict, and the toll it took on his six children. Shannon, the fourth of six, paid the ultimate price for her mother’s negligence. She died of rabies in a [...]

Filed Under: Books, Family Tagged With: custody dispute, divorce, family court, Jack McGowan, negligent mothers, Pat Carroll, Rabies Mom

#60 ~ Eat, Pray, Love

27 Feb By Literate Housewife 9 Comments

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert I don’t typically read books about food. For whatever reason, I get bored reading paragraphs filled with nothing but food preparatory details. Knowing this about myself, I never considered even picking up this book off of the shelf to [...]