Category: friendship
+ Dogs, fiction, friends, friendship, grief, literature, loss, love
LJ Ambrosio Reflections of Michael Q&A
In Book One ‘A Reservoir Man’ we were introduced to Michael. Everywhere Michael turned he saw a Reservoir Man. Michael’s endless trials of survival included sexual assault, the Vietnam War, an arrest in Spain, Hollywood scandal, the AIDS outbreak, 9/11 and beyond. If only Michael could have found the one thing he valued most, his freedom. Michael’s coming-of-age was tarnished by many, but the courage to … Read More LJ Ambrosio Reflections of Michael Q&A
+ audio book, family, feel-good, fiction, friendship, loss, love
The Phoenix Ballroom by Ruth Hogan
When it’s time to face the music, all we can do is dance… Recently widowed Venetia Hamilton Hargreaves is left with a huge house, a bank balance to match and an uneasy feeling that she’s been sleepwalking through the last fifty years. Determined to live fully again, she embraces life with an enthusiasm and purpose she’d forgotten she could muster. Buying the dilapidated Phoenix … Read More The Phoenix Ballroom by Ruth Hogan
Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns from sixty years in Australia to the English village of her childhood. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. #Sipsworth X/Twitter @simonvanbooy #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #BookX Instagram @simonvanbooy @randomthingstours #blogtour #bookstagram #mouse Helen retreats into her home on Westminster Crescent, becoming a creature of routine and habit. Then, one cold autumn night, a chance encounter … Read More Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
+ 1970s, adoption, Catholic Church, family, female friendship, fiction, friendship, grief, Historical fiction, Ireland, loss, motherhood, rape, religion, review, secrets, seventies
The Walk by Emma Marns
‘The two girls sat in the back of the car, their destination unknown and their crimes worse than murder.’ In November 1979, Ailbe and Maire disappear from their rural village in Ireland, never to return. Pregnant out of wedlock, they are now outcasts from society. Genre: Historical fiction / Literary fiction / ContemporaryPublisher: Cranthorpe Millner Publishers Believing they will at least have each other, the girls … Read More The Walk by Emma Marns
+ adventure, crime fiction, dark humour, family, fiction, Finland, friends, friendship, humour fiction, murder
The Beaver Theory by Antti Tuomainen (translated by David Hackston) Paperback Out Now
This brilliant and hilarious book is now out in paperback. Available to buy on Amazon.www.amazon.co.uk Henri Koskinen, intrepid insurance mathematician and adventure park entrepreneur, firmly believes in the power of common sense and order. That is until he moves in with painter Laura Helanto and her daughter… #TheBeaverTheory @antti_tuomainen @OrendaBooks#RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #paperback As Henri realises he has inadvertently become part of a group of local dads, a competing … Read More The Beaver Theory by Antti Tuomainen (translated by David Hackston) Paperback Out Now
+ audio book, feel-good, female friendship, fiction, fifties, friendship, gay, grief, List, loneliness, loss, love, marriage, motherhood, relationships, review, sixties
The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson
The list he left had just one item on it. Or, at least, it did at first… Mabel Beaumont’s husband Arthur loved lists. He’d leave them for her everywhere. ‘Remember: eggs, butter, sugar’. ‘I love you: today, tomorrow, always’. But now Arthur is gone. He died: softly, gently, not making a fuss. But he’s still left her a list. This one has just one … Read More The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson
+ Dogs, fiction, friends, friendship, grief, literature, loss, love
Exiles by LJ Ambrosio (Reflections of Michael Trilogy Book 3)
In this final chapter, Ron’s story concludes from Reflections on the Boulevard (2023). Michael’s wish was for Ron to exile himself in the heart of Paris with its beautiful culture and citizens as they protest and fight for the soul of the city. Ron’s journey is met with life-affirming friendships and lessons along the way. The final book in the Reflections of Michael Trilogy, … Read More Exiles by LJ Ambrosio (Reflections of Michael Trilogy Book 3)
+ family, fiction, friendship, grief, Historical fiction, history, holocaust, jewish history, jews, loss, nazi germany, obsession, revenge, review, war, World War Two, WW2
The Girl from Berchtesgaden by Alistair Birch and Kim Rigby
In early 1930s Germany, life for the Stiepermann family was simple yet idyllic. Artistic Ingrid and her inventive brother Dieter loved the freedom of the Bavarian Alps, but that was before the Jew haters surfaced in their society. Fuelled by Nazi ideologies, Stefan Weiss and his friends suppress and destroy anyone who opposes their beliefs. #TheGirlFromBerchtesgaden X(Twitter) @ABirchAuthor #KimRigby @ZooloosBT #ZooloosBookTours #blogtour #BookX Instagram #alistairbirch @kimrigby27 @zooloosbooktours #bookstagram While one family battles for … Read More The Girl from Berchtesgaden by Alistair Birch and Kim Rigby
+ childhood, community, family, feel-good, female friendship, fiction, friendship, healing, journalist, motherhood, retreat, review
Garden of Her Heart by Zoë Richards
An uplifting story of healing and recovery that will warm your soul…and get you into the garden. Eleanor Oliphant meets The Authenticity Project on a well-being retreat in this story of one loner, two secrets and three weeks at Pinewoods Retreat. When Holly Bush (yes, she still hasn’t forgiven her mother for that combination) is made redundant with gardening leave, after a brutal attack, … Read More Garden of Her Heart by Zoë Richards
+ community, feel-good, fiction, friends, friendship, humour fiction, loneliness, marriage, revenge, review
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy from New York Times- bestselling author Clare Pooley When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens’ Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she’ll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards. The members of the Social Club, however, are not at … Read More How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
+ childhood, Dorset, female friendship, fiction, friendship, Ghost story, grief, lies, loss, love, murder, mystery, review, secrets, supernatural
Vex Not Her Ghost by Gill Calvin Thomas
Caitlin was four years old when her mother died in mysterious circumstances. Thirty years later she comes into possession of her family home in Dorset. #VexNotHerGhost X(Twitter) #gillcalvinthomas @BlossomSpring3 @ZooloosBT #ZooloosBookTours #blogtour #bookxInstagram @blossom.spring.publishing @zooloosbooktours #bookstagram As she slowly recovers memories of her past, she becomes convinced that her mother’s ghost is warning her of impending disaster. Aided by Charlie Bond, a private investigator, an enthralling story of deceit and deception … Read More Vex Not Her Ghost by Gill Calvin Thomas
+ family, female friendship, fiction, friendship, Ghost story, grief, loss, love, review, romance, secrets, supernatural, Sweden
Echoes of Drowning by Lis McDermott
It is 2018, and Jess is delving into the mysterious and tragic events surrounding the sinking of the Aliciana in 1915. Her only link is Amy, who, although now deceased, survived only to mourn the loss of her husband, Will. Following her mother’s death, Jess and her father, Danny, move to Llaneirw on the Welsh coast. Both grieving, Danny begins renovating their new house … Read More Echoes of Drowning by Lis McDermott
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