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#181 ~ Last Light over Carolina ~ Review and Blog Tour

Last Light over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe Life is hard in McClellanville, South Carolina. It was built on shrimping, a difficult and demanding industry that had once been good. With the easy access to foreign shrimp and the decreasing catches over time, more and more people are leaving McClellanville behind. Carolina and Bud Morrison [...]

Filed Under: book review, book tour, female author, fiction Tagged With: Atlantic Ocean, In the Bedroom, Last Light over Carolina, marriage, Mary Alice Monroe, Pocket Books, shrimp boat, shrimping, Sissy Spacek, South Carolina, Tom Wilkinson

#175 ~ Baggage Claim

28 Jun By Jennifer 5 Comments

Baggage Claim by Tanya Michna Beth Overton comes up with a brilliant idea after learning that her only daughter Joy is expecting her first baby – she flies from Atlanta to Houston to surprise her husband with the news. Beth is not at all confident in herself or her marriage, so she is hoping to [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, fiction Tagged With: Atlanta, Baggage Claim, Houston, marriage, Problem gambling, relationships, Tanya Michna

#163 ~ The Story of a Marriage

15 May By Jennifer 18 Comments

The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer Pearlie loves Holland. She has since they were growing up in Kentucky, before he went into service during World War II. Despite all odds, they run into each other in San Francisco after the war. Holland is hesitant to start a relationship, but eventually he gives [...]

Filed Under: book review, fiction, male author, War Through the Generations Tagged With: Andrew Sean Greer, Kentucky, marriage, relationships, San Francisco, The Story of a Marriage: A Novel, Twitter, World War II

#81 ~ Mrs. Lieutenant

24 Jun By Literate Housewife 16 Comments

Mrs. Lieutenant: A Sharon Gold Novel by Phyllis Zimbler Miller A special thanks to Lisa from Books on the Brain for hooking me up with this book and the blog tour and to Phyllis Zimbler Miller for sending me a copy of this book. Mrs. Lieutenant tells the story of four very different newlywed women [...]

Filed Under: Books, Historical Fiction, LIfe, Religion Tagged With: anti-war demonstrations, friendship, Ft. Knox, Kentucky, marriage, Michigan State, Mrs. Lieutenant, officer's wife, Phyllis Zimbler Miller, prejudice, ROTC, Sharon Gold, Vietnam

#80 ~ Matrimony

21 Jun By Literate Housewife 10 Comments

Matrimony by Joshua Henkin This novel tells the story of Julian Wainwright, an only son from a well-to-do family. At the beginning, we meet Julian as a young man beginning his college and writing career at Graymont College, a liberal arts college that both gets him away from his parents and, to a certain extent, [...]

Filed Under: Books, Family, LIfe, Reading Tagged With: friendship, Joshua Henkin, marriage, Matrimony, relationships, socio-economic differences, Writing

#18 ~ Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

18 Apr By Literate Housewife 10 Comments

. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is an amazing book about the lives of women in 16th century China. I selected the book for this very reason. I have two Chinese/American nieces and I wanted to learn more about the culture that has been permanently [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, fiction, Historical Fiction Tagged With: 16th century China, China, class, dead branch, foot binding, friendship, Lisa See, marriage, matchmaking, Mother-in-law, obedience and subservience, regret, relationships, role of women, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, value of daughters

#03 ~ The Mermaid Chair

24 Jan By Literate Housewife 2 Comments

The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd I was excited to begin this book because I loved her previous novel, The Secret Lives of Bees so much. In a word, I am disappointed with this book. This book was sluggish. There were sections that I had force myself to sit down and read. There are [...]