Many people take to heart the notion of charity, or performing helpful deeds, as a prerogative of simply being human. For every one person we learn or hear about, thousands […]
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Author: Leslie Budewitz
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Rules for Mothers
Author: Julie Swendsen Young
When Elly Sparrow opted for marriage over graduate school and a career, she didn’t imagine the reality that such a domestic life might offer. She loves her four children and […]
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Her Daughter
Author: Fran Hawthorne
Every mother of a daughter will find something to relate to in Fran Hawthorne’s novel about a woman who loses her connection with her beloved teenage daughter and wonders if […]
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The Bailiff’s Wife
Author: Maren Halvorsen
Maren Halvorsen is a historian by profession, and her knowledge and love of history explode through every page of this engrossing debut novel. The Bailiff’s Wife is not only a […]
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Seeds of the Pomegranate
Author: Suzanne Uttaro Samuels
Seeds of the Pomegranate is a well-written debut novel with an inside look at organized crime, counterfeiting, and the desperation of immigrants in early 1900s New York City. The plot […]
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Did You Have the Life You Wanted?
Author: Andrea Simon
When I saw the title, I knew I wanted to read Andrea Simon’s book, Did You Have the Life You Wanted? How would people answer? What would work in their lives and […]
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