Month: March 2023
Lost Sierra by Amanda Traylor
27-year-old Daphne Barlow escapes her parents’ ruthless expectations as the heir to their Fortune 10 organic food brand and finds a different kind of ruthlessness—the remote town of Sierra Ridge in the inhospitable Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern California. Daphne seeks out an idyllic Mayberry existence in a small town where residents might appreciate her personal brand of homeopathic techniques and herbal cures. When … Read More Lost Sierra by Amanda Traylor
+ alcoholism, brothers, crime fiction, family, fiction, friendship, jealousy, journalist, lies, marriage, motherhood, murder, politics, review, secrets, thriller
The Mother by TM Logan
Framed for murder. Now she’s free . . . A woman attends a funeral, standing in the shadows and watching in agony as her sons grieve. But she is unable to comfort them – or reveal her secret. #TheMother @TMLoganAuthor @Tr4cyF3nt0n #CompulsiveReaders #blogtour A decade earlier, Heather gets her children ready for bed and awaits the return of her husband Liam, little realising that this is … Read More The Mother by TM Logan
+ autism, childhood, coming-of-age, family, fiction, literature, love, motherhood, relationships, review
All The Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
I lived for and loved a bird-heart that summer; I only knew it afterwards. Sunday Forrester lives with her sixteen-year-old daughter, Dolly, in the house she grew up in. She does things more carefully than most people. On quiet days, she must eat only white foods. Her etiquette handbook guides her through confusing social situations, and to escape, she turns to her treasury of … Read More All The Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
Clues by Cat On A Piano / Theatrephonic
Deirdre and Arthur are on the case again so you know this will be fun. Cryptic crosswords are good for the brain Arthur. I saw a programme…But why does Deirdre have to read the clues out loud? It helps me think Arthur. Arthur is angry about some missing computer parts. And he’s hungry. Deirdre’s new diet is like rabbit food and it gives him … Read More Clues by Cat On A Piano / Theatrephonic
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