Monthly Archives: September 2011

Love and Summer by William Trevor

The Emperor has no clothes.   Young, pretty Ellie Dillahan is caught between two damaged men.  One is her husband, the other her (almost) lover.  Ellie past wasn’t carefree either.  She’s an orphan raised by kindly but strict nuns.  Though … Continue reading

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Nightwoods by Charles Frazier

Beauty Queen to Recluse: A Journey Luce is a loner. She’s a caretaker at a North Carolina bed and breakfast that’s been long out of business and whose owner, Stubblefield, has just died. Out of the blue Luce‘s sister Lily … Continue reading

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