family secrets

#381 ~ The Peach Keeper

The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen Published by: Bantam Published on: March 2011 Page Count: 288 Genre: Women’s Fiction My Reading Format: Audiobook rented from my local library Audiobook Published by: Random House Audio Narrator: Karen White Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook My Review There are times in [...]

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#141 ~ Mermaids in the Basement

11 Feb By Literate Housewife 6 Comments

Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West Imagine finding evidence that your boyfriend, an up and coming movie director, was cheating on you with one of his starlets through a gossip magazine. Imagine also that your mother Shelby and beloved step father just recently died in a plane crash, you’ve never had a good [...]

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#137 ~ The Sinner’s Guide to Confession

26 Jan By Jennifer 10 Comments

The Sinner’s Guide to Confession by Phyllis Schieber Kaye, Barbara, and Ellen are women whose friendships came together came together as adults and has remained and solidified as they grew older. Kaye and Barbara have grown children they love. Ellen, who married later in adulthood, tried unsuccessfully to conceive with her husband, Bill. Her attempts [...]

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#56 ~ The House at Riverton

7 Feb By Literate Housewife 6 Comments

The House at Riverton: A Novel by Kate Morton When Barnes and Noble announced their second offering to the First Look Book Club I was ecstatic. Just reading the brief descriptions of the novel and its author made me excited to receive a copy of this book. When it arrived, I found that it even [...]