Story Circle Book Reviews

Gamble Vance works as an art conservationist at the esteemed Galliard Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina, where she specializes in the history and restoration of 17th-19th century miniature portraits. She is thirty-two years old and divorced, although not completely disentangled from her former husband, Harry (he […]

The Good War by Elizabeth Costello is a book that grabs your attention and holds on to it throughout the story. You can’t help but feel compassion for the main character, Charlotte, who traverses her way through post-WWII years of change and growth while guiding her family along […]

“Mr. Taggart’s experienced an acute neurological event.” When Beth Ann Mathews’ husband, Jim, experiences a rare type of stroke that severely impacts his speech and his ability to walk, their world is upended. At Beth’s insistence, and with the help of their doctor and friends, Jim is medevacked […]

This small book of twenty-one poems is a gem. As I finished my second, third, fourth reading and diligently was taking notes, I realized I didn’t have to hunt for the theme. Capek told me the theme. Love Lessons in poems transcribed over fifty years of the poet’s […]

From the back cover: “This debut historical novel from Peggy Joque Williams captures the vibrancy and quandaries of 17th-century life for a village girl seeking love and excitement during the dangerous reign of the Sun King.” I love history and I also adore historical fiction because it allows […]