A novel by Melanie Golding, published by Crooked Lane Books in 2021. “Forgiveness wasn’t about the other person, though. It was about drawing a line under something, and moving on.” I recently found myself in a “must-read-for-distraction” situation, and a forgotten Christmas gift—The Hidden by Melanie Golding—turned out to be the perfect antidote to a…… Continue reading The Hidden
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English Animals
By Laura Kaye, published January 2017 by Little Brown I follow a handful of book critics in the UK and heard them raving about this book’s “charm” and ease of prose. I was intrigued because it is about a young Slovakian woman who relocates to the English countryside to work for an English couple who…… Continue reading English Animals
My Name is Lucy Barton
Published January 2016 by Random House. Literary awards include Man Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist, Women’s Prize for Fiction Nominee for Longlist, and Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction, all awarded in 2016. For the second time, Elizabeth Strout has taken my breath away. Her prose and stories have this way of nudging right into…… Continue reading My Name is Lucy Barton
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